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Introduction |
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| 'Community
cohesion' has recently become high on the Government's priority
agenda list, and this is all fine and good - but what can the
community and voluntary sectors do at a grass roots level when
there is little money or resources at their disposal? |
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all, community cohesion is all about building better understanding
and tolerance within and between our communities, and this should
be the responsibility of us all and not left with government
ministers and national policies and strategies! |
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| The purpose
of this toolkit then is to encourage local communities to become
pro-active in promoting awareness and cultural tolerance from
within. |
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can we do this? We certainly don't claim to have all the answers
but the promotion of mutual respect, trust, co-operation, understanding
and tolerance across communities will be a very good start! |
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might then begin this process by: |
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Creating
opportunities for people from different local communities to
connect, meet openly and share the history and customs of their
respective traditions and cultures. |
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At a local
level help combat discrimination on the basis of race, religion,
belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability or age. |
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By promoting
cross-cultural and inter-generational interaction - celebrating
and valuing differences as well as shared local objectives. |
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Encouraging
and fostering a sense of belonging to a diverse community -
and a community which accepts and embraces everyone within it. |
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