Research and resources on social cohesion theory and best practice.
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Research and resources on social cohesion theory and best practice.
Research and resources on social cohesion theory and best practice.
Research and resources on social cohesion theory and best practice.
The Belong Library is free to access and brings together a wide range of online resources produced by the public, private and civil society sectors to build the evidence base around social cohesion.
It is regularly updated and includes:
Please contact us if you are unable to find what you need – we’d be delighted to help.
On Cohesion is a report offering expert insight into issues surrounding extremism and community cohesion in the UK today.
This report explains the role played by refugee-led community organisations (RCOs) in supporting integration, cohesion and equality. It includes recommendations for funders and commissioners, civil society, local and central government, and RCOs.
Ash and Akala explore race and empire in the context of contemporary British society. They discuss contemporary race relations and class divisions.
This is a baseline questionnaire used to measure the impact of an ESOL Plus programme on social integration in Tower Hamlets, London. It was administered at the beginning and end of the project to measure distance travelled.
This document provides a list of social integration measures identified by the GLA’s Intelligence Unit that are being used to measure social integration in London, against the three dimensions that underpin the GLA's definition of Social Integration: Relationships, Participation, and Equality. Useful if you're looking for some guidance on how to measure change in this area.
The Migration Museum partnered with the OCR Exam Board to create a competition that gave GCSE students the opportunity to design an exhibition on the theme of migration. The initiative gave students a unique insight into migrants’ contribution to Britain and provided an opportunity to make the study of history more inclusive. An excellent example of a creative partnership project working across sectors to build cohesion and celebrate diversity.
In this podcast, psychologist Melanie C. Green explains how using the narrative format - a story - is one of the most effective ways to change people’s minds. She explains that the most persuasive narratives are those that transport us. Once departed from normal reality into the imagined world of a story, we become highly susceptible to belief and attitude change.
Looking at six different places across the country – Birmingham, Halifax, Hastings, Redruth, Southampton and Stoke-on-Trent – this report examines if and how an area’s arts and cultural offer attracts individuals and businesses to settle there. It considers whether it’s a factor in them staying there and whether that cultural offer shapes a place’s local identity.
This report provides a comprehensive overview of public views on immigration. It is based on the biggest-ever public consultation on immigration and integration to have taken place in the UK, with 60 locations visited. It presents a model for deeper, ongoing public engagement from the Government on this issue going forward.
This article provides an overview of academic and political discussion about social cohesion. For those interested in drilling down into the detail it may be useful to look at the document in conjunction with discussions about the concepts and definitions of community cohesion.