{"id":13798,"date":"2017-03-02T15:08:38","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T15:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/?p=13798"},"modified":"2017-03-03T09:05:19","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T09:05:19","slug":"information-on-januarys-community-cohesion-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/2017\/03\/information-on-januarys-community-cohesion-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Information on January’s Community Cohesion Event"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in January, VANEL and IGNITE did their bit to support North East Lincolnshire\u2019s first ever Community Cohesion event.\u00a0 The event which was organised by Communities Together<\/a> and the Equality Practice, saw over 150 guests from Community Groups and organisations from around North East Lincolnshire attend.\u00a0 The event took place on the morning of Wednesday 25th<\/sup> January at Grimsby Town hall.<\/p>\n

The event came following a report from the Joint Strategic Intelligence Assessment which highlighted the need for improved community cohesion across North East Lincolnshire. As a result of the report\u2019s findings, it was decided to organise a cohesion event in order to bring as many people and organisations working within the community as possible. The event aimed to highlight the importance of community cohesion, the barriers preventing it, and the steps that need to be taken to create a more inclusive community.<\/p>\n

Guest Speaker Dr Michael Seeraj, head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at the Charlton Athletic Community Trust, delivered a talk in which he discussed the fact that North East Lincolnshire, like many other boroughs across the country, is becoming more ethnically diverse. He acknowledged that as this trend continues, it is important to ensure that our differences, rather than dividing us, bring us together. The same can also be said when talking about people from different socio-economic backgrounds, sexual orientations and abilities.<\/p>\n

Jill Wilson, Project Development Manager of Communities Together and co-organiser of the cohesion event said: \u201cToday is all about inclusion, it\u2019s about getting all the different sections of the community together and to feel like they are part of the community. Instead of reacting to things that aren\u2019t positive, we want to be proactive, and create positivity so that everyone feels involved and equal and that everyone is treated fairly at all times\u201d.<\/p>\n

VANEL\u2019s Community Cohesion Officer Steve Lynn and Community Link Assistant Josh Short were heavily involved with organising the event, and VANEL\u2019s IGNITE team offered their assistance on the day. VANEL\u2019s Chief Officer Paula Grant and Restorative Justice Champion, Marcus Czarnecki offered their support and were present on the day.<\/p>\n

Click here <\/a>to view a short video of the conference on YouTube which tells the whole story of the day.<\/p>\n

For further information please contact Jill Wilson at Communities Together (jill@nelcommunitiestogether.co.uk<\/a>) or Tracy Todd at the Equality Practice (Theequalitypractice@gmail.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n

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Read on to find out more about the Community Cohesion event which took place at Grimsby Town Hall earlier in the year. There’s also a link to a short video of the event with interviews from people who attended. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"xn-wppe-expiration":[],"xn-wppe-expiration-action":[],"xn-wppe-expiration-prefix":[],"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[144,10,12,262,9,430],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3cThd-3Ay","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13798"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13798"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13808,"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13798\/revisions\/13808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}