The Worcestershire
Partnership
Toolkit for Supporting
Cohesive, Strong Communities
"Getting along better
together"
When positive relationships exist between people of all ages and
backgrounds in the area in which they live, communities are said to
be 'cohesive'. Cohesion is about what people have in common, what
brings people together and whether they get along with each other.
Research has shown that everyone benefits when this is the case.
These relationships empower communities to make them stronger, as
by getting along together, people can work together to make
improvements for thier own neighbourhoods and develop a sense of
belonging, where people trust and tolerate each other. This
is a cultural change and is strengthening society to help
itself. This is very much in line with the Governments Big
Society approach.
Using this toolkit:
The Worcestershire Partnership believes that all partner
organisations have a part to play in supporting cohesive, strong
communities and encouraging people to have a sense of belonging in
their neighbourhoods. This should be embedded into what we all do
every day, by adapting activities to benefit communities and to
help bring people from different backgrounds together.
This toolkit has, therefore, been created to provide
useful, practical support and examples, to help you to promote and
include this work in your policies, services, local area and place
of work. This toolkit supports the delivery of our
Strategy for Cohesive, Strong Communities - "Getting Along Better
Together".
Please click on the
buttons above to find out more.
This toolkit is
new! Please tell us how useful you are finding the toolkit
and let us know any specific comments you might have on any of the
content you can do this by clicking on the feedback symbol
which is included throughout the toolkit.
This toolkit will be reviewed after
the first six months and as a result we would really like your
views over this period to inform this process. Visit the feedback pages to send us your thoughts.
