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Title: Coventry Promoting Community Cohesion


1
Coventry Promoting Community Cohesion
  • Broad definition
  • Local Authority's leadership role
  • The Role of Schools
  • What we have done in Coventry.

2
Broad Definition
  • We are all part of many communities
  • Cohesion benefits from seeing many dimensions to
    identity community
  • We
  • are family members
  • live in a place
  • have ethnic identity
  • have spiritual identity
  • have sexual identity
  • have common interests
  • have many ways to define ourselves

3
Local Authority's Leadership Role
  • Local Authoritys lead role to
  • shape where we live
  • support many communities
  • promote positive identities
  • welcome new people
  • welcome diversity of all kinds
  • act positively to promote this pluralist view
  • cohesion diversity make for vibrant places

4
The Role of Schools
  • Schools are community institutions
  • Shape children and young peoples experiences of
    each other and of the adult world
  • Modelling positive values of cohesion inclusion
  • Helping C YP join and establish identities
  • Helping C YP talk about cohesion and difference
  • Help us know how children YP are doing

5
Schools In Coventry
  • Promoting positive relationships between all
    children and young people
  • Tackling bullying of all kinds
  • Promoting the voice of C YP School Councils,
    Youth Council, engagement of all kinds
  • Valuing diversity of cultures
  • Engaging in international work e.g. Hiroshima
    links, Belgrade links
  • Being a safe and welcoming place for new arrivals
    children, young people and parents

6
What have we done in Coventry?
  • Making new arrivals welcome in our schools and
    the City
  • Knowing who they are and where they are good
    data
  • Providing language and other support
  • Resources allocated to schools

7
What have we done in Coventry?
  • Supporting supplementary schools
  • Supporting staff through CPD
  • Home visits
  • Linking with other agencies to provide support
  • Friends project

8
Conclusions
  • Local authority leadership
  • Commitment from CYPSP
  • Schools lead their communities but are also part
    of wider communities
  • Broad view of what cohesion means
  • A thread through all we do
  • Always to be a focus of attention
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