Research and resources on social cohesion theory and best practice.
The Belong Network Library
Research and resources on social cohesion theory and best practice.
The Belong Network Library
Welcome to the Belong Network Library
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:
- measurement and evaluation frameworks,
- ‘what works’ guides,
- relevant research,
- best practice sharing
- training materials for small and large charities and other volunteer-involving sports and community organisations.
Please contact us if you are unable to find what you need – we’d be delighted to help.
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Leicester Community Cohesion Evaluation and Assessment Framework January 2007
This is a practical tool for assessing community cohesion, developed by de Montfort University with Leicester City Council. It’s a useful and practical way into understanding how people in different communities are getting on and what the drivers of tensions might be.
Multiculturalism: A failed experiment? November 2006
This short paper captures a lively discussion on multiculturalism between four thinkers. They highlight the fact that multiculturalism can be a positive and progressive agenda, but that there are often complexities hiding not far below the surface, related to, for example, racism and social class.
Community Cohesion: SEVEN STEPS A Practitioner’s Toolkit March 2005
This practical guide, produced by the Home Office and published in 2005, identifies seven steps to developing community cohesion. Despite having been published some time ago, the tips and advice on planning projects and activities are still relevant today.
Evaluating community projects: A practical guide March 2005
A short and basic step-by-step guide to carrying out evaluation. Suitable for small community groups and voluntary sector organisations. Includes a useful evaluation planning template that can be printed out and used to help design an evaluation process.
Community Cohesion: A Report of the Independent Review Team April 2002
This report, often referred to as the ‘Cantle Report’ after its author, Ted Cantle, was written following a number of disturbances that took place in 2001, mostly in the north of England. The report found that communities were living “parallel lives" and highlighted the need to increase contact between communities in order to build ‘community cohesion’. Around 70 recommendations were made in total.