Members Resources

Access members only items from the Belong Network.

Members Resources

Access members only items from the Belong Network.

As a member of The Belong Network, you have access to additional useful materials.

These can be accessed from this page, and we’ll continue to add more.

Remember, if you’re a member of a Community of Practice, you can also access Community specific resources from these pages.

Members Resources

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Beyond Us and Them: Policy and Practice for Strengthening Social Cohesion in Local Areas

22/03/21

Author: Jo Broadwood, Kaya Davies Hayon, Belong – The Cohesion and Integration Network, Dominic Abrams and Fanny Lalot, University of Kent

Beyond Us and Them: Policy and Practice for Strengthening Social Cohesion in Local Areas, is a companion piece to the report, Community, Connection and Cohesion during COVID-19: Beyond Us and Them Report released on Tuesday 23rd February.

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Discrimination, Prejudice and Cohesion – Intergroup relations among Black, Muslim and White People in Britain in the Context of COVID-19 and Beyond

04/07/22

Author: Dominic Abrams, Jo Broadwood, Fanny Lalot, Kaya Davies Hayon, Hilal Ozkeçeci, Andrew Dixon

This report analyses social cohesion in Britain from May 2020 to July 2021, focusing on unity, division, and attitudes among different societal groups, with a special emphasis on the experiences of Black, Muslim, and White respondents, to inform future research and policy.

Public Perceptions of UK and Local Government Communication about COVID-19

21/08/21

Author: Dominic Abrams and Fanny Lalot, University of Kent, Jo Broadwood, Kaya Davies Hayon, Belong – The Cohesion and Integration Network

As the government lifts the last of the restrictions on movement and social mixing, this report shares the ‘Beyond Us and Them’ project’s most recent findings, exploring public perceptions of communications about COVID-19 from the UK government and from local government.

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27/02/24

Author: Dave Banana, Publisher: Hitch Marketing

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The Power of Participation: Our strategy 2024-28

19/03/24

Author: The Young Foundation

The Young Foundation has launched a new five-year strategy at a time of great challenge and division, says their CEO, Helen Goulden – and they recommend that everyone in the UK should experience the power of participation to affect meaningful change.

The social cohesion investment: Communities that invested in integration programmes are showing greater social cohesion in the midst of the COVID‐19 pandemic

12/04/21

Author: Fanny Lalot, Dominic Abrams, Jo Broadwood, Kaya Davies Hayon and Isobel Platts‐Dunn, Publisher: Wiley

The data featured in this article is part of a large‐scale research project designed to track social cohesion in the United Kingdom during COVID‐19. The research, conducted in partnership by the University of Kent and the charity Belong – The Cohesion and Integration Network, conducted surveys distributed online to respondents from different parts of Great Britain.