Community Connectedness and Cohesion Julie Robbins - Head of Inclusion, YST

Jennie Jordan - Innovations Manager, YST

Billy Cousins – Community Coordinator , Slough

Borough Council

Social Integration

What do we know?

Societal Impact

▪ Increase in distrust

▪ Increases risk - exposing children to harmful views & prejudices

➢ Public Authorities - Equality Objective to Promote Integration

➢ Schools admissions are more representative

➢ Consideration for Integration on all new FREE Schools

➢ Promotion British Values and Integration – OFSTED inspection framework

➢ NCS – increased focus on social mixing

➢ Creating a Unified School Ethos – if there is a serious weakness in school

overall promotion of SMSC, which included promotion of British Values

and Integration, likely to be judged inadequate.

Integrated Communities Action Plan Education Sector

People with diversity in their social networks are more likely to express positive attitudes or sympathy towards people of a different background to themselves

❖ Requirement to take/plan in deliberate and methodical approach to

bolstering social interaction

❖ Contact Theory works in supporting meaningful interaction

Physical Education, Sport is a really effective TOOL

Positive

Discussion

How do you utilise young people and the

voice of young people, to improve social

connectedness and action within school

and beyond the school gates?

Breaking Boundaries

PROGRAMME AIMS TO BRING ABOUT significant and measurable increases in…

1. Social connectedness and attitudes to diversity

2. Empowerment and community voice

3. Community participation and sense of belonging

4. Partnership working

5. Wellbeing

6. Knowledge and skills to support community cohesion

Youth Led Model

Community Coordinator

Age 18 - 25Community Champions

Age 14 - 25

Activation Grant

Social Action

Youth Led

Change TeamLocal Delivery

Management Group

Image

The Local Picture 87 young people polled in their

relevant areas around what the

local issues are.

Chalvey: Develop increased sporting provision,

safe space for young people to spend time and

developing interactivity within the community

Baylis and Stoke: Self-defence workshops,

promotion of local opportunities and more cricket

for younger people

Wexham: More events, increase in diversion

activities and education around negative

behaviours

Britwell: Increased youth provision that is safe,

further promotion of current sporting provision and

education around prejudices

Ditton Park Academy, a mix of Year 10 and 11

Within the School Gates

What for?

• Captured audience

• Aware of local tensions

• Personal and career

development

Key Methods of Engagement

• Channelling expectations, less is more

• Appointment into roles which have

responsibilities

• Teamwork

Chalvey360 - Romany group

Paving the Way - Pakistani group

In the Community

EsaFernando

• Each group have faced similar integration

challenges - how can they work together?

• Roma are hard to reach, developing a

base of coaches who understand their

context

• Changing perceptions and attitudes

Ambassador Aarushe

• Youth-led from the top of the project

• Inspirational young person

• Great understanding of Slough and

local people

Community Champions – Slough

Not about teaching Young

People WHAT to think but

about teaching them HOW

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Collaborative Thinking with othersBuilds COMMUNITY

Caring Thinking of others

Critical Making Reasoned

JudgementsStrengthens ENQUIRY for

Inclusion and Growth

Creative Create new ideas / make

fresh connections

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