Community cohesion

What is Community Cohesion?

Kirklees has proud, diverse and distinct communities. Cohesion is about making sure that everyone has the chance to participate, contribute and be part of a shared future.

There are divided communities and inequalities in Kirklees. The Kirklees partnership aims to address those inequalities and take action to improve cohesion across out community.

The Community Cohesion Strategy

The strategy was developed with partners with the aim of making sure that everyone has a sense of belong to their community and feels that Kirklees is a welcoming and enjoyable place to live and work.

The strategy describes what actions we need to take to deal with the issues of concern, and to build on the good practice that have had a positive impact on community relations.

The strategy shows the priorities for Kirklees which are set out in five themes.

Theme 1 = Leadership and Communication
Theme 2 = Younger People
Theme 3 = Diversity and the Voluntary, Community and Faith Sector
Theme 4 = Shared Places and Opportunities for All
Theme 5 = Preventing, Managing tension and High Risk Areas

You can find detail of the outcomes we will achieve in each theme in the strategy.

Community Cohesion Strategy (720Kb PDF)

Case Studies

Leadership and Communication

• Media Training and Community Cohesion (pdf 96Kb)
• Community Cohesion Team (pdf 337Kb)

Younger People

• Belonging to Dewsbury (pdf 62Kb)
• Parents and Toddlers (pdf 74Kb)
• School twinning (pdf 117Kb)

Diversity and the Voluntary, Community and Faith Sector

• Batley Women’s Twinning (pdf 67Kb)
• Common threads (pdf 62Kb)
• Dewsbury West over 50's forum (pdf 57Kb)
• Mosque Open Day (pdf 115Kb)
• Working With Refugees (pdf 70Kb)

Shared Places and Opportunities for All

• RAG (pdf 69Kb)
• Christmas and Eid (pdf 145Kb)

Preventing, Managing tension and High Risk Areas

• Community Safety (pdf 65Kb)
• Community Info (pdf 102Kb)
• Everybody counts (pdf 54Kb)