The Social Cohesion Investment: Local areas that invested in social cohesion programmes are faring better in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic

The report presents headline findings on trust and cohesion from comparisons between six local authority areas that have invested in cohesion programmes versus other places in the UK.

This report presents findings from our research project, “Beyond Us and Them” by the University of Kent with Belong – the Cohesion and Integration Network. The research is funded by the Nuffield Foundation and explores social cohesion during the Covid-19 crisis. The report presents headline findings on trust and cohesion from comparisons between six local authority areas that have invested in cohesion programmes versus other places in the UK.

  • Beyond Us and Them
  • Cohesion
  • Community
  • COVID

The Social Cohesion Investment: Local areas that invested in social cohesion programmes are faring better in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic

October 2020

Author: Dominic Abrams and Fanny Lalot, University of Kent Jo Broadwood, Kaya Davies Hayon, and Isobel Platts-Dunn, Belong

The report presents headline findings on trust and cohesion from comparisons between six local authority areas that have invested in cohesion programmes versus other places in the UK.