Belong - The Cohesion and Integration Network

The UK's leading membership organisation for all those working on social cohesion. Research, events, training, consultancy and networking. Join us!

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📢📰Just launched: New national guidance launched to help councils embed gender‑responsive approaches to social cohesion.

Commissioned by MHCLG, it responds directly to the gender‑related cohesion challenges councils and practitioners tell us they face.

https://t.co/CIfwvicNwW

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🏑 🎾 🏀 New FREE workshops for sports orgs🥎 🏓 🥋

Belong will be hosting free workshops this March for orgs delivering community sports programmes on how to use the Belong Social Value Estimator to demonstrate the social value of your events.

Sign up - https://t.co/RGPEoHFiO8

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⭐️We're hiring!⭐️

Belong is looking for 5 leaders to join our team & help build a more united UK.

Roles range from COO, to Director of Programmes, Director of Policy & Research, Policy & Research Lead & Programme Lead.

Deadline: Mon 12 Jan 2026
https://t.co/ChRlK2Dza7

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🌟We're hiring! 🌟
Exciting opportunity to join the Belong team as Chief Operating Officer & lead our core functions inc. finance, HR, IT, project management, communications, engagement & events, while supporting innovation & sustainability across the org.
https://t.co/QWYGaBSDER

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🎖️We are pleased to share that Belong and @britishfuture have won the Market Research Society's President’s Medal for our joint report, 'The State of Us'. 🏅

Thank you to MRS for recognising the importance of this research.

Check out the report https://t.co/1P4yRiP99o

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Final call for this free webinar tomorrow on the drivers of interethnic contact in the UK.

Get your ticket - https://t.co/zO0gFURRqq

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⭐️UPCOMING EVENT⭐️

Join us online on Friday 21 November, 11-12, for the launch of the findings from Year 1 of our 'Parallel Lives' research project into the drivers of interethnic contact with the University of East Anglia, @UniofOxford & @BristolUni

https://t.co/WloWroNkbl

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Do you have your ticket to our Parallel Lives webinar on 21 Nov yet?

This event is aimed at academics/policymakers/practitioners interested in understanding the conditions needed for successful intergroup contact & working to strengthen social cohesion. https://t.co/zO0gFURjAS

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⭐️UPCOMING EVENT⭐️

Join us online on Friday 21 November, 11-12, for the launch of the findings from Year 1 of our 'Parallel Lives' research project into the drivers of interethnic contact with the University of East Anglia, @UniofOxford & @BristolUni

https://t.co/WloWroNkbl

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Delighted to join @edenproject on their webinar this afternoon exploring the findings from Belong's independent evaluation of The Big Lunch and their wider communities programme. Check out the report here - https://t.co/ddQLPd1r9Q

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The October newsletter from Belong is now available to read. For regular updates on the latest events, news and resources from our network join our mailing list - https://t.co/iuriFyxYJL

https://t.co/bgmq1wzwuo

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⭐️UPCOMING EVENT⭐️

Join us online on Friday 21 November, 11-12, for the launch of the findings from Year 1 of our 'Parallel Lives' research project into the drivers of interethnic contact with the University of East Anglia, @UniofOxford & @BristolUni

https://t.co/WloWroNkbl

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"We've always put time into collecting good data on participation, but what this tool gives us is the ability to use that data to estimate our social value."

Jack Ward Burton, Jack Drum Arts, on our new Social Value Estimator.

Check it out https://t.co/xnIQ2jmrB2

@Spiritof2012

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Our partners @Spiritof2012 also launched their final report today, showing how Spirit funding kept the pride and positivity of London 2012 alive.

Belong is proud to be part of this story with #PowerofEvents.

Read the report - https://t.co/NxBUKNXu4a

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Great to be in London today launching our new Power of Events digital learning resource and Social Value Estimator at @Spiritof2012's final conference - 'Crafting Events That Matter'.

Access the tools - https://t.co/auiWcqd8OE

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"At Springboard we can definitely see the potential in this learning resource."

Stephanie O'Rourke, Executive Director @springboardopp on our new Social Value Estimator, launched today in collaboration with @Spiritof2012

Find out more ���️ #PowerofEvents
https://t.co/auiWcqcAZ6

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These resources are ideal for anyone involved in organising events, but will be especially useful for:

🎭Event organisers looking to connect communities

🎪Funders and local authorities commissioning events

#PowerofEvents #SocialValue @Spiritof2012

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�� New FREE resources for event organisers!

Learn how to plan inclusive events, measure social impact & show value to funders.

Explore our new #PowerofEvents digital learning platform + #SocialValue Estimator, developed with @Spiritof2012

https://t.co/auiWcqd8OE

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The tools were created as part of Belong’s #PowerofEvents project based on learning from @Spiritof2012's archive and other relevant literature to encourage and support event organisers to maximise their benefits to social cohesion and connection.

#PowerofEvents #SocialValue

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Pride in Place? This is the moment

A reflective piece from Belong’s CEO Kelly Fowler.
https://t.co/CLegK8u7uC

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We are devasted by the news of the attack at Heaton Park Synagogue in our home city of Manchester, our thoughts are with victims and their families. We know harmful assumptions can deepen division in the wake of tragedy, and we urge compassion and care in this difficult time.

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The September newsletter from Belong is now available to read here!

https://t.co/mZRnQDGA5D