Research and resources on social cohesion theory and best practice.
The Belong Network Library
Research and resources on social cohesion theory and best practice.
Research and resources on social cohesion theory and best practice.
Research and resources on social cohesion theory and best practice.
The Belong Library is free to access and brings together a wide range of online resources produced by the public, private and civil society sectors to build the evidence base around social cohesion.
It is regularly updated and includes:
Please contact us if you are unable to find what you need – we’d be delighted to help.
This presentation, delivered at the launch of the Power of Events Report, highlights the report's key findings and recommendations aimed at helping event organisers enhance social cohesion and strengthen community connections.
In recent years, political scientists, psychologists, and commentators have grown increasingly interested in the psychological theories that explain political and social attitudes. Moral Foundations Theory is a model that can help us to understand the current moment and build empathy for those who have a different worldview - wherever you stand. The theory also illuminates the processes underpinning othering and how those dispositions can be activated by authoritarian populists – or in this case, mainstream politicians adopting their frames.
The Department for Education (DfE) commissioned this report to provide a resource on strategies that could help schools and teachers to promote social integration and community cohesion, which was defined as 'the development of positive relations between different social groups'.
Set out in this paper are ten techniques and approaches designed to foster meaningful connection between people from different generations, backgrounds and experiences. The research demonstrates that creating meaningful connection requires intention, focus and skill, and that there are deliberate steps we can take when bringing people together.
This report synthesises learning from Spirit of 2012's archive and other relevant literature to encourage and support event organisers to maximise their benefits to social cohesion and connection.
This joint paper from the Belong Network, British Future and the Together Coalition looks at the 2024 riots in the UK and examines some of the causes of the disorder and recommends the key elements that should be included in the Government’s strategic response, as it seeks to build and strengthen the foundations of social cohesion in the UK.
Moments to Connect: Building Social Connection into Events Webinar, Thursday 20 June 2024
A free guide from the Belong Network in partnership with Spirit of 2012.
A look at the need for political reform to build cohesion and the role that proportional representation can play.
Belonging In Britain: A Manifesto for Social Cohesion calls upon the next Government to work on a set of practical recommendations to improve social cohesion in the UK.