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Local Authority Role Making space to develop relationships and build interdependent futures

Fostering Good Relations The Role of Local Authorities Nick Croft Corporate Policy and Strategy Manager. Local Authority Role Making space to develop relationships and build interdependent futures No ambivalence to violence Tackle cultures that diminish hope and offer reconciliation

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Local Authority Role Making space to develop relationships and build interdependent futures

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  1. Fostering Good Relations The Role of Local AuthoritiesNick CroftCorporate Policy and Strategy Manager

  2. Local Authority Role • Making space to develop relationships and build interdependent futures • No ambivalence to violence • Tackle cultures that diminish hope and offer reconciliation • Commit leaders to leadership and change • Respect and give voice to the poorly paid and excluded • No one single model…..

  3. Local Authority Resources • Schools (curriculum / parents / community access) • Community Learning and Development (including capacity building / community centres / youth work) • Elected Members and Committees • Community Planning (strategic and local) • Procurement, Third Sector Funding and Commissioning • Human Resources • Community Safety and Public Protection • Offender Management Programmes • Buildings and Public Places • Civic and Community Events • Websites and Social Media

  4. In a nut shell…. “local authorities must, at every possible opportunity, challenge the notion that it is only my group and my place that counts above all else” Belfast City Council – Based on Sondi’s notion of ‘ethnic essentialism’ 2004

  5. Activity is all well and good, but how do you know if you are having an impact?

  6. Answer = Outcomes and Indicators

  7. Key Outcome and Indicator Domains Wigfield and Turner – EHRC – GRMF 2010 • Attitudes (respect / valuing diversity / trust / admitted prejudice) • Personal Security(personal safety / hate crime / violent crime / self respect / identity) • Interaction(isolation / neighbour support / ability and experience of interaction) • Participation and Influence(organised activities / determinants / opportunities / choice)

  8. Outcomes – Enhancing the Positive? • Developing inclusive and cohesive societies based on respect, tolerance, equality and dialogue • Promoting neighbourhoods as places where people get on together or feel they belong • Increasing participation by groups who experience social isolation and inequality • Developing places where disadvantaged groups or people benefit from improved education, health or wealth

  9. Outcomes – Addressing the Negative? • Discrimination, harassment, prejudice and intolerance is tackled or eliminated • Community tensions and discord are monitored and addressed including hate crime / public disorder / intra community violence / violent extremism • Supporting ‘victims’ and tackling perpetrators of poor community relations including restorative justice / case management / criminal justice / offender management

  10. Sustainable Community IndicatorsEgan – UKG - 2004 • Ward Rankings - comparisons to most deprived 10% / 15% / 25% • Population Satisfaction- local schools + parks + GP + housing + community centres • Crime - ASB + burglaries + personal safety • Environment - energy + water + biodiversity + waste + noise + air • Health - life expectancy + teenage pregnancy + health service access + drugs and alcohol + mental health • Economy - employment + local businesses + earnings • Transport – buses + roads + cars + bikes + rail

  11. Good Community Relations Indicators • % Residents who think people get on together • % Residents who think they belong • % Residents who feel they participate / are involved in their area / have influence • Reporting and dealing with hate crime • Attitudes to prejudice + equality • Perceptions of different societal groups • Comfort with diversity ( area + relationships + workplace + professions)

  12. Attitudes to immigration • Attitudes to public service equality work • Segregation in housing and education by social group • Qualitative life experiences of groups who share protected characteristics • Perceptions of fairness and respect in work / health / neighbourhood / education • Legal justice – access to representation / stop and search / criminal justice proceedings and disposals / relationships with the police / asylum and refuge

  13. “The sort of world we live in, depends upon what we choose to measure” Mark Twain

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