Community Cohesion: An Action Guide

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16/05/07

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Summary/Overview:

This document sets out clear advice for Local Authority practitioners on how to encourage more cohesive communities through various interventions and support. The document covers the application of community cohesion in key policy areas, and provides pointers for implementation as well as inspirational case studies.

The guide is comprehensive without being too detailed, and provides plenty of references to other useful sources of information and to contacts within Local Authorities where good practice is being established.

The guide covers an impressive range of situations, including sections on engaging with traveller communities and asylum seekers, working in partnership with the police and fire services and engaging with older people.

Author(s):

Local Government Association

Date:

2004

Source:

Local Government Association & Partners (Audit Commission, Commission for Racial Equality, Home Office, Improvement & Development Agency, The Inter Faith Network and the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister)

Availability:

Download the full document

Type:

Policy guide / brief

Intended Reader(s):

Practitioner

Intended Reader(s) - Specialist Groups:

Other: Local Authority staff

Focus:

General, Ethnic minority group: General

Policy Area:

Education, Crime & Justice, Planning & Transport, Neighbourhoods, Volunteering, Community Development, Community Cohesion / race equality, Culture & Sport, General

Alternative formats:

None available