scenario planning 11 th and 12 th july 2011 atul patel community cohesion
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Scenario Planning 11 th and 12 th July 2011 Atul Patel Community Cohesion. Journey to Community Cohesion. Community Cohesion Important. 2001Disturbances - some areas and communities segregated and polarised. Some of the policies and initiatives had reinforced this segregation. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Community Cohesion Important
• 2001Disturbances - some areas and communities segregated and polarised.
• Some of the policies and initiatives had reinforced this segregation.
– ‘Separate educational arrangements, community and voluntary bodies, employment, places of worship, language, social and cultural networks, mean that many communities operate on the basis of a series of parallel lives’ - ‘Community Cohesion – a report of the independent review team’ published in 2002.
• A new approach and new thinking needed.
Community Cohesion Important – Cont …
• Increase in population• The profile of many communities keeps changing• A wide range of cultures and languages• Threat to community cohesion from ‘violent
extremism’• Recession and unemployment – causing new
tensions
Definition of Community Cohesion
• Community Cohesion is what must happen in all communities to enable different groups of people to get on well together. A key contributor to community cohesion is integration which is what must happen to enable new residents and existing residents to adjust to one another.
Cohesion Delivery Framework
January 2009
Communities and Local Government: London
Community Cohesion and the “Big Society”
• Community Cohesion– A society in which there is a common vision and
sense of belonging by all communities– A society in which the diversity of people’s
backgrounds and circumstances is appreciated and valued.
• Big Society– Taking action to support and encourage social
responsibility, volunteering and philanthropy and make it easier for people to come together to improve their communities and help one another
Community Cohesion and the “Big Society” Cont …
• What is the Big Society?
The programme has five main parts:
1. Give communities more powers
2. Encourage people to take an active role in their communities
3. Transfer power from central to local government
4. Support co-ops, mutuals, charities and social enterprises
5. Publish government data
Source: ICoCo – Institute of Community Cohesion
New Labour – Coalition Dimensions
• New Labour: policy placed duties providers to follow. In terms of community and identity: equalities duties, citizenship education, community cohesion, preventing violent extremism etc
• Coalition policy: Devolving autonomy to the end user. It is people who run and use services, not bureaucrats and politicians, who inspire improvement and better outcomes
Principles on Delivery of Community Cohesion
• Cohesion is relevant to all parts of the country • Building cohesion has wider benefits to individuals,
groups and communities • Solutions are local and one size does not fit all • Cohesion is about all parts of the community, not
just race and faith issues
• Improving cohesion is about multiple actions • Improving cohesion is about multiple actions • Good practice in one place may not be
transferable to another – but it may inspire an action that will work in another place
• Delivery is about common sense solutions that will help people get along better, that is what will make the vision a reality
Principles on Delivery of Community Cohesion Cont …