APPG on Social Integration

The official account of All-Party Parliamentary Group on Social Integration.
Chair @Gibbo4Darlo Secretariat by @BritishFuture

[APPG on Social Integration @IntegrationAPPG]

Please note that an error with parliamentary notices has caused the APPG's roundtable on welcoming Ukrainians to be advertised as taking place tomorrow. The roundtable took place on 15 March and you can watch it here: https://t.co/TbEi6NlrHV

[British Future @britishfuture]

How do we get the #HomesForUkraine scheme right, and develop a broader agenda for welcoming? What are the challenges and how do we address them?
read the new paper here from an expert group meeting convened by @IntegrationAPPG https://t.co/wjbYKcmcvp

[APPG on Social Integration @IntegrationAPPG]

Important to have hosted a roundtable yesterday with civil society and business voices on how to ensure a fair welcome for Ukrainians.
Watch the meeting in full here, we will be sharing our full report to MPs soon. https://t.co/b9pdZUostL

[Peter Gibson @Gibbo4Darlo]

@IntegrationAPPG Delighted to host today’s roundtable on ensuring our response to Ukraine learns lessons from other schemes and delivers social integration

[British Future @britishfuture]

Volunteering is good for social connection and had a boost during the pandemic, which needs to be sustained (echoing the findings of the recent report from @IntegrationAPPG)

[British Future @britishfuture]

Small businesses were already heavily involved in their local communities even before the pandemic, says Emilia Quist @fsb_policy. It means they are uniquely suited to be part of place-based solutions to help levelling-up she says. https://t.co/dNpTKWdNcB

[British Future @britishfuture]

We need to get over the question of who ‘owns’ the volunteers or whether they even see themselves as traditional volunteers, says Catherine Johnstone @RoyalVolService – referring back to a pre-pandemic exhortation to ‘kickstart a volunteering revolution’ https://t.co/l7fmMaV9Wp

[British Future @britishfuture]

“Let’s hope this isn’t a missed opportunity” says @ADOBrien88 of @SocialEnt_UK - we need more leadership to put pressure on the whole business community to ensure that efforts to support local communities during the pandemic don’t evaporate as life starts to return to normal.

[British Future @britishfuture]

"Volunteering for a common cause helped break down barriers and build relationships" between different groups during Covid, @IntegrationAPPG Chair @Gibbo4Darlo tells the 'Building stronger communities in post-pandemic Britain' event https://t.co/dNpTKWdNcB

[British Future @britishfuture]

Watch live: 'Building stronger communities in post-pandemic Britain' webinar with @IntegrationAPPG.
https://t.co/dNpTKWdNcB

[British Future @britishfuture]

Starting soon: our 'Building stronger communities in post-pandemic Britain' webinar with @IntegrationAPPG. We'll post a link to the live stream once the event starts https://t.co/9wH0mNtLW8

[APPG on Social Integration @IntegrationAPPG]

How can 'Levelling Up' capture the surge in community action & volunteering during Covid?
Join @IntegrationAPPG today at 1.30 with Catherine Johnstone @RoyalVolService, @Gibbo4Darlo, Emilia Quist @fsb_policy @ADOBrien88 @Heather_Rolfe
Register: https://t.co/9IAwHtDstk

[APPG on Social Integration @IntegrationAPPG]

Join us for this webinar tomorrow at lunchtime following on from APPG's report out last week. Looking forward to hearing all your questions.

[British Future @britishfuture]

What lessons can the Levelling Up agenda draw from the rise in community spirit & volunteering seen during #COVID19 ? Join @IntegrationAPPG tomorrow w/ Catherine Johnstone @RoyalVolService, @Gibbo4Darlo, Emilia Quist @fsb_policy & @Heather_Rolfe
Register: https://t.co/Ee5e95fY85

[Power to Change @powertochange_]

"Access to space is so important. You can’t integrate if you can’t come together.” - @ailbhe_mcnabola

More in the latest @IntegrationAPPG report, for which we highlighted how community businesses are providing shared spaces to add new life to local areas.

Read the full report⬇️

[Robin Hewings @RobinHewings]

Only getting to this at the end of the week - but really good to see @IntegrationAPPG and @EndLonelinessUK share a belief in the importance of high streets and shared spaces and this should be a part of Levelling Up and Towns Funds.

[Near Neighbours @nearneighbours]

Great to see our Catalyst programme mentioned in the @IntegrationAPPG report "Building stronger communities in post-pandemic Britain" - the engagement of young people from ethnic minority groups is vital to build more connected and integrated communities.

https://t.co/SY1PfXgGpK

[Matt Leach @matt_leach]

In all the #spendingreview excitement, would be easy to miss today's report from the @IntegrationAPPG. Highlights importance of social infrastructure to building strong communities, something that will need to be at heart of #LevellingUp White Paper later this year.

[APPG on Social Integration @IntegrationAPPG]

The @MailOnline reports on our new report on social integration and Covid, which calls for new measures to maintain the huge surge in volunteering during the pandemic https://t.co/M4XChCoN8r

[APPG on Social Integration @IntegrationAPPG]

'MPs call for national platform to help sustain pandemic volunteering efforts' - @ThirdSector reports on our new report today https://t.co/IgGnyh6OWf

[David Smith @david3012]

Timely report on building stronger communities in post-pandemic Britain from @IntegrationAPPG and chair @Gibbo4Darlo. Good to see focus on volunteering, place, business and skills. Huge potential for volunteers and charities to be part of the solution. https://t.co/wpRQBtXRXM

[APPG on Social Integration @IntegrationAPPG]

Good to see @vol_norfolk is already implementing one of the key recommendations from our report, for a 'volunteer passport' to encourage more + wider volunteering in communities

[Norfolk Community Foundation @NorfolkCF]

@ThirdSector @IntegrationAPPG are calling for a national #VolunteerPassport 🛂@vol_norfolk have already introduced their own scheme locally👉 https://t.co/V4Q81IRKOc