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Our Shared Future

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Our Shared Future, 2007 is the final report of the Commission on Integration and Cohesion. It provides practical approaches to building communities' own capacity to reduce tensions and create opportunities for more integrated and cohesive societies.

The report identifies ‘sports, culture and leisure’ as one of four areas where a ‘focus on interaction’ would help build integration and cohesion.

Specific recommendations include:

  • ‘nationally, cultural development agencies, including the Arts Council and the Heritage Lottery Fund, should require applicants for funding to demonstrate their commitment to integration and cohesion outcomes as part of its funding criteria. This would be in addition to the current focus on equality of access and participation’
  •  ‘this same principle should apply to local public agencies when considering the potential for “bridging” activities across communities when funding sports and arts projects’

A collection of case studies accompanies the report to illustrate examples of good practice, including for culture, sport and the arts.

This is what the Commission on Integration and Cohesion says about how culture and sport should be represented on local strategic partnerships

 

Our starting point is that Local Strategic Partnerships should invite local sports and cultural organisations to sit on their cohesion sub-groups or networks, in recognition of the role they play in building integration and cohesion. This is in the context of increasing discussion about the status of culture and sport in people’s lives – as it moves from being seen as an ‘optional extra’ to acting as a fundamental reference point for personal and social lives, and the wellbeing of communities.

Our Shared Future, Commission on Integration and Cohesion, 2006


 

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