"Community cohesion" refers to the extent to which people in a community feel connected, united, and work together well. It means that everyone in the community, regardless of their background or differences, feel a sense of belonging, trust, respect, and support for each other. A strong
community cohesion ensures that people get along, cooperate towards common goals, and create a harmonious and inclusive environment.
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Among our number are many leading experts
on community cohesion, asylum, refugees, migration, politics, public opinion, policy and law.
These events were the latest in a number of parent workshops which are
building community cohesion and helping parents to take an active part in their children's education.
It reflects the president's understanding that resilience is only partly about infrastructure, agency funding and the like; it's also
about community cohesion.
As part of a bid to
improve community cohesion, the government today unveiled plans for information packs to introduce immigrants to key aspects of British life.
The government is expected to announce plans for
community cohesion camps where young people from different backgrounds can come together later today.
57 % believed that state funded schools that selected students according to their religion
harm community cohesion.
Many urban agriculture projects are fundamentally community focused being run by local people for local people and, as well as producing food, focus actively on addressing issues that
affect community cohesion.
I am absolutely clear that this problem is not attributable to any one community, as I know very well from my many years
promoting community cohesion.
It is one of the most important principles to protect the right to participate in decision - making and ensure it is expressed in a way that
builds community cohesion.
But such tactics do nothing
for community cohesion, for national security or for the reputation of British politics.
I meet the new shadow minister for
community cohesion in a Westminster committee room, fresh from her appearance on Channel Five's The Wright Stuff.
• It would have been interesting in the interview with Dominic Grieve (Journal, 12 May) if he had been asked how his original proposal to remove the 50 % cap for faith schools (now to remain in place) and the allowing of free schools who can have 100 % faith - based admissions square with the government's aim to
encourage community cohesion.
The Conservatives under David Cameron have made tremendous progress to encourage and engage our Party members in
community cohesion projects across the UK.
Gove strutted up to celebrate the «citizen service scheme», in which the Tories seem to be suggesting that we can improve
community cohesion by taking children to Wales so they can climb walls.
«Distasteful propaganda like this can only make our immigration challenges worse, not better, and
damage community cohesion in Britain.»
And Fiha Rashed, from Mount CC, said: «We are here to play the cricket, to engage in contemporary issues, to use the common space, to build and strengthen our interfaith relationships, in terms of
addressing community cohesion, equality, and many of the other issues that face the global community.»
«But they need to make sure the children aren't following an agenda that doesn't fit the community, because we
need community cohesion and we need to prevent radicalisation.»
Nims Obunge, CEO of Peace Alliance, a crime reduction and
community cohesion charity, said it's great the government is stepping in to tackle the issue, but it won't be the sole solution.
The traditional black church has always addressed community ills,
expressed community cohesion and been a refuge of liberty that is personal, social and spiritual.
As such religion is indispensable to man's happiness and his rational and moral operation, and so to fostering the values which are essential to
multi-cultural community cohesion.
The Sports Fit project has been very popular in what is one of the most «difficult» wards in the borough, with a lack of
community cohesion posing specific challenges.
Eric Pickles has become the latest minister to demand a return of Christianity in Britain's public life, as he outlined a
new community cohesion strategy today.
Ms Turley said: «Prevent is too prescriptive from the centre, undermines
broader community cohesion objectives and lacks sufficient integration with police and security services at local and national level.
If community cohesion is good enough for separate seats on the outer isles of Scotland and for the invention of an entirely artificial rule to protect the seat of a former leader of the Liberal Democrats, why is it not good enough for the rest of the United Kingdom?»
The appointment by the Conservative Party of Sayeeda Warsi as shadow minister for
Community Cohesion sends the wrong signal at a time when Britain is fighting a global war against Islamic terrorism and extremism, both domestically and internationally.
With them will com e new challenges if we are to tackle cross border crime,
ensure community cohesion and build an immigration system that maintains a strong outward facing economy and guarantees fairness for all.
Under community cohesions set out today, Ms Blears also said local authorities should move away from funding projects that do not encourage groups to integrate, such as youth clubs for specific communities.
In 2007 he became Britain's first Muslim Minister as International Development Minister, and subsequently served as a Justice Minister, Home Office Minister and most recently as Minister for Race, Faith and
Community Cohesion at the Department for Communities and Local Government.
Baroness Warsi, who was shadow minister for
community cohesion when the Tories were in opposition, is the first Muslim woman to serve in a British cabinet.
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Life Community Cohesion * The only religion included is Christianity as other schools study other religions *