Coventry Promoting Community Cohesion

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Coventry Promoting Community Cohesion

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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What have we done in Coventry?

• Supporting supplementary schools
• Supporting staff through CPD
• Home visits
• Linking with other agencies to provide support
• Friends project

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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