Improving Opportunity, Strengthening Society  is a cross-government strategy to increase race equality and improve community cohesion. It draws together the different government programmes relating to race equalities and community cohesion and aims to:

• increase equality between different races
• build community cohesion by helping people from different backgrounds get along well together in their local area.

The strategy recognises that culture and sport help build community cohesion by:

• providing enriching opportunities to participate in activities that encourage young people from different communities to come together and help create a shared sense of belonging
• bringing people together to understand and celebrate the contribution made by a range of cultures to Britain
• challenging prejudice and racism.

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