Jake Puddle, Senior Researcher at British Future will share the findings of the “State of us: Community strength and cohesion in the UK” report. 

The report explores a series of social tensions and grievances in communities across the UK. These include polarisation and division, concerns about asylum and immigration fuelled by lack of consultation or contact, declining political trust, economic pessimism and worries about the impact of social media. 

The authors identify some strong foundations on which to build. These include public confidence in cohesion at neighbourhood level; as well as numerous examples of impactful work across the UK, to empower communities, build shared identities and strengthen relationships between people from different backgrounds.  

Following the presentation, there will be time for Q&A. 

This meeting will be recorded and published on our YouTube account after the event, so please do register if you would like to be emailed with the link.