Library : Good Practice Guides - Community Cohesion

Old Ford - Best Practice Guide to Managing Community Cohesion. This Guide highlights the experience of Old Ford and other housing organisations in working with people to build community cohesion in a transparent and equitable way. Increasing understanding of how to do this for all people is vital in the creation of sustainable and cohesive communities; places where poeple want to live, work and play, and bring up their families in a safe and secure community where they know thier neighbours and feel at home. 
Cohesion Delivery Framework: Overview - Communities and Local Government, July 2008 This document contains advice to local cohesion practitioners to help them understand the concept of cohesion, map their local communities to identify possible cohesion issues and develop action plans to address those challenges; and it identifies other resources available to practitioners. The Framework suggests that community cohesion must span policy areas, with an impact on housing, regeneration and community safety. The Framework recommends that social housing providers are a useful source for local authorities wishing to gain information about the level of population churn and mobility, whether of new migrants or new residents (such as student populations).
Creating and Sustaining Mixed Income Communities: A Good Practice Guide - CIH & JRF, June 2006 This new toolkit aims to help associations develop successful mixed income communities. It identifies essential elements for success including a clear assessment of local needs and market conditions, a full range of housing types and sizes in an attractive environment and shared vision across all stakeholders.
Cultural Diversity In Britain: A Toolkit for Cross-cultural Co-operation - JRF Nov 2006 This research project explores the connections between cultural diversity, innovation and thriving and prosperous urban communities. The research also proposes new approaches and seeks to highlight examples of good practice.
Face to Face and Side by Side: A Framework for Partnership in our multi-faith society - Communities and Local Government, July 2008. This document sets out how faith communities, Government and wider society can work together, at all levels, to encourage and enable greater local activity which brings people with different religions and beliefs together. The framework draws on research and on the responses to a three-month public consultation and contains examples of effective practice, practical suggestions for communities and local authorities and links to further sources of support and guidance.
Guidance for local authorities on community cohesion contingency planning and tension monitoring - DCLG, May 2008 This document produced by the Department for Communities and Local Government sets out guidance for local authorities in producing a local community cohesion contingency plan. The Government believes that it is vital for every local authority and its partners to consider developing a local cohesion contingency plan which sets out the roles, responsibilities and processes to be activated should local community tensions be assessed as likely to result in serious violence or disturbance and in the event of actual disorder occurring.
Housing Associations as 'Community Anchors' - HACT, June 2006 This report argues that housing associations must establish themselves at the centre of voluntary action. HACT states that housing associations must become ‘community anchors’ and be the central hub in community activity if they are to be an integral part of the emerging Sustainable Communities Agenda. The report states that there are a range of opportunities open to associations to fulfil the ‘community anchor’ role, predominantly through resources such as ChangeUp and policies such as Neighbourhood Management, but also in highlighting the range of services associations provide in addition to housing.
The Bradford Community Guide: a guide to community and development projects - Joseph Rowntree Foundation, August 2008 The Bradford Community Guide is an online resource, listing community and development projects in the city. The Guide is part of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s ten-year programme of engagement in Bradford, working in partnership with statutory and third sector organisations. The Guide lists projects that fall under the headings of: culture; faith and cohesion; and impact of migration on communities. It features in-depth case studies of a wide range of projects from youth development, training and housing, to faith, regeneration and film and media. Case studies include the Holme Wood Development Project, based at a social housing estate in Bradford. This project aims to support existing work that is being done by the Holme Wood Community Council and St Christopher’s Church to help settle the newer communities and to find innovative ways of building relationships and easing tensions between the established and newer communities, focusing on young adults.