Community Cohesion in Leicester - Key Documents

• Community Cohesion in Leicester (booklet)

With a foreword by the Cabinet lead for Community Cohesion the document sets out what everyone can do to promote cohesion, what it means, why it is important how we are doing, how it is being led and managed and what actions are being taken.

 

• Explaining Community Cohesion in Leicester, 2008 

  This pamphlet outlines the approach to community cohesion taken in      Leicester, how it is implemented  and the organisations associated with      cohesion in the city.

• Report of the Scrutiny Community Cohesion and Safety Task Group (Cohesion Strategy) 2008

     This report is the major review of community cohesion in Leicester conducted

     by the Scrutiny Community Cohesion and Safety Task Group in 2008.

• Community Cohesion Assessment Project, 2008

  This project aimed to explore the nature of community cohesion in ten small areas of Leicester. The findings were significant to the city's understanding of cohesion.

• Community Cohesion Assessment Project - Young People, 2008

  This project aimed to explore the nature of community cohesion amongst 500 14 to 16 year olds in Leicester. The findings contributed to the understanding of young people and cohesion in Leicester.

• Evidence to the Commission on Integration and Cohesion, 2007

  This is the evidence submitted to the Commission on Integration and Cohesion from the Community Cohesion Project Team representing the Leicester City Council and the Leicester Partnership.

• Community and Sector Consultation on Community Cohesion in Leicester, Leicester City Council, 2004

Undertaken in autumn 2003, this consultation was with the residents of Leicester, voluntary, community groups and faith groups. Along with the IDeA Report this report identified the major themes for community cohesion in Leicester.

• Taking Forward Community Cohesion in Leicester, IDeA, 2002

After the disturbances in the northern cities in 2001, the City Council commissioned the Improvement and Development Agency to examine and report on community relations in Leicester. The focus was on race, faith and ethnicity issues.

Demographic Information on Leicester

• The Diversity of Leicester: A Demographic Profile, 2008

     This booklet outlines a range of demographic information about Leicester on

     the theme of ethnic diversity. It includes population statistics, estimates of

     current ethnic minority populations, as well as socio-ecomonic and community

     cohesion information.

• The Diversity of Leicester: Summary of key facts 2008

     This pamphlet highlights the key data and information in the booklet above.

• Demographics of Leicester, July 2009

     A presentation of the latest information on the demographics of the city.

 New Communities in Leicester

• European Union A8 Migrants Workers in Leicester, 2007

     This report collects the local, regional and national evidence indicating the

     presence of predominantly Polish people now living in Leicester.

     (A8 = European Union accession countries Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania,

     Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Slovenia).

• New Communities in Leicester as at April 2009, June 2009

     This report provides evidence of the presence in the city of substantial

     numbers if Slovakian Roma people, Zimbabweans and Portuguese - along

     with Afghan, Turkish, Kurdish, Iraqi, Daman and Sri Lankan (Tamil speaking  

     Muslim) people.    

• Somali Focus Groups, 2006

  This report covers the extensive interviews with 5 groups of Somali people as part of the MORI 2005 Residents Survey, booster sample of the Somali community in Leicester.

• Report of the Focus Group with Polish Young People, 2007

This report outlines the findings of a focus group with young Polish people who had lived Leicester for at least two years.

• Overview of Polish Focus Groups, 2007

  This page provides an overview of the full report listed above.

• Focus Group with Polish Parents of Young Children, 2007

This report outlines the findings from a focus group with Polish parents who had young children at school in Leicester.