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Building strong local communities: delivering community cohesion in London
Summary
More than 150 delegates attended the Building Strong Local Communities conference on 16 October. The Rt Hon Tessa Jowell, Minister for the Olympics and London, and broadcaster and journalist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown were the keynote speakers at this major one day conference at Clothworkers’ Hall in the City of London.
The event took place against a backdrop of a national debate about identity, integration and the increasing diversity of our communities. It examined how London councils and their voluntary ector partners can help build strong, cohesive communities across the capital and was attended by elected members and senior borough officers from the London boroughs and others from the public and voluntary sectors.
Other speakers included Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, Conservative Party spokeswoman on community cohesion, Ted Cantle, chair of the Institute of Community Cohesion and Hyacinth Parsons, head of cohesion at Government Office for London.
"I’m uncomfortable with how too many of my fellow Londoners are being left behind,
stranded and untouched by that rising tide of prosperity that has made London such
a powerhouse of the world economy. More Londoners are unemployed than in Scotland,
Wales and Northern Ireland combined. These facts challenge those of us in community
leadership roles. How do we tackle feelings of powerlessness, of being forgotten,
excluded or denied opportunities all too often taken for granted elsewhere? "
(Councillor Merrick Cockell, Chairman, London Councils)
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The event was supported by City of London with additional support from the Institute of Community Cohesion and the Government Office for London
London Bulletin focus: community cohesion
