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Community cohesion: stimulating more interaction
The government's response to the Commission on Integration and Cohesion, published today, anounces new actions including guidance for local authorities to consider how funding can better be used to support greater interaction between people from different backgrounds.
The proposed actions are:
* Specialist cohesion teams to be established by central government to provide advice on conflict resolution, mediation, leadership and on the steps that local leaders might take when new people arrive in their area.
* Local authority twinning - between areas of the country experiencing similar issues in order to share ideas and solutions to inspire innovation to respond to these challenges.
* New guidance for local authorities on developing Information Packs for migrants.
* Consultation on cohesion guidance for funders - to encourage local authorities to consider how funding can better be used to support greater interaction, and reducing funding for single groups.
* All local authorities will have access to an impact assessment tool to assess whether the activities they are planning will have a positive impact on cohesion in their neighbourhoods.
Posted by Kevin Harris on February 4, 2008 at 11:48 AM | Permalink
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Let's hope the specialist cohesion teams consist of people who are already working for better understanding and friendships between communities, rather than people who are just being shifted out of whatever other funding streams are coming to an end (and there are plenty of those).
Posted by: Julian Dobson at 10 Feb 2008 23:35:49
