Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnershipud(RIEP) Community Cohesion and Prevent Pilot. A report prepared for: Local Government Yorkshire Humber

摘要

The Centre for Research in the Social Sciences at the University of Huddersfield is pleased to present the findings from the Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnership (RIEP) Pilot Community Cohesion and Prevent Evaluation, funded by Local Government Yorkshire and Humber.udThis research addresses the challenges of implementing the community cohesion and Prevent policy agendas, and building strong and positive partnerships across agencies and communities to support that implementation, in two local authority areas, Kirklees and Bradford.udududThe research took place from November 2009 – March 2010, and used a multi-method approach involving the following:udududInterviews with Local Authority and key partner policy makers, officers, and front line staff (20 interviews)ududResearch by people working in the communities, including youth workers, housing workers, and community workers, with community members (33 interviews and 7 focus groupsudududAnalysis of Local Authority strategies (13 strategies)udududCommunity cohesion emerged as a governmental policy priority in the wake of the violent disturbances in Oldham, Burnley and Bradford in the summer of 2001. Prevent is a key component of CONTEST, the government’s counter-terrorism strategy.