Understanding Community Resilience in our Towns August 2020

The Understanding Community Resilience in our Towns report has been published as part of HOPE not hate Charitable Trust’s Hopeful Towns project. The project aims to better understand what makes a place confident, optimistic and open, and to help towns across England and Wales to fulfil their potential. The Hopeful Towns project wants to address the root causes of hate, to stop divisive narratives from taking hold in the first place, and to promote policies that champion the value of towns.

Unity and Division in the Contexts of Covid-19 and Brexit August 2020

Hands Across the Waters – Divided Societies in Britain, Ireland and the United States, focused on the role of psychological research and advocacy in addressing increasingly divided societies in Britain, Ireland, and the United States, drawing on findings from our Beyond Us and Them research project.

The Power of Sport: Guidance on strengthening cohesion and integration through sport August 2020

All in it, but not necessarily together: Divergent experiences of keyworker and volunteer responders to the Covid-19 pandemic August 2020

This report explores how social cohesion within and between different groups and parts of the UK is being affected by the Covid-19 crisis.

Catch Up | Living Room 4: Understanding the lasting impact of Covid-19 August 2020

In July we hosted Living Room 4: Understanding the lasting impact of Covid-19, a series of one-hour online seminars that explored this topic from a range of different perspectives. Here, you can access are the recordings from sessions one, two and three.

Remembering the Kindness of Strangers: division, unity and social connection during and beyond COVID-19 July 2020

British Future has published the report Remembering the Kindness of Strangers: division, unity and social connection during and beyond COVID-19. The report draws from online focus groups and two surveys undertaken in March and May 2020. It shows that a sense of unity has started to fracture as we come out of lockdown, but there is also a strong public desire to keep hold of the kindness and community spirit that has been so visible during this crisis.

Economic Work Package – Everyday Integration Working Document July 2020

The ACH paper Economic Work Package – Everyday Integration Working Document has been prepared through a project funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council on precarious work and its impact on integration of refugees and migrants who so often find themselves in temporary and insecure employment. This situation has been made worse by the Covid-19 crisis.

Beyond Us and Them: Perception of Covid-19 and Social Cohesion – July 2020 Report July 2020

This July report presents first findings from our research project, “Beyond Us and Them” by the University of Kent with The Belong Network. The research is funded by the Nuffield Foundation. We are exploring how social cohesion within and between different groups and parts of the UK is being affected by the Covid-19 crisis.

Refugee and Migrant Entrepreneurship: Rebuilding resilience post COVID-19 July 2020

The latest report from the ACH's Entrepreneurship Lead, Lydia Samuel, details the key issues affecting refugee and migrant businesses during the Covid-19 crisis and beyond. The research shows that refugee and migrant led businesses are at risk. The report sets out recommendations for the business support community to widen their thinking and strategy to provide the support needed to support refugee and migrant entrepreneurship post Covid-19.

Covid-19: Business Support & Information July 2020

The ACH have developed a business support document that features a comprehensive list of support and funding available for businesses during Covid-19 and the lockdown in the UK. The ACH are dedicated to helping businesses to continue trading, adapt or access funding to survive the Covid-19 crisis. In order to ensure the business support document is accessible, it has been translated it into Somali as well as English.