Community Cohesion Strategy

Background

The borough adopted its first community cohesion strategy, 'One Community' in 2004. This expired in March 2007, and this new strategy has been built on the foundations of partnership working and shared values that One Community established.

This new strategy has been developed through engagement with representatives of the Barking and Dagenham Partnership, borough residents and elected Members.

Incidents at both local and national levels have significantly raised the profile of community cohesion and have provided the borough with a vital opportunity to formulate a strategy that supports the most current thinking around cohesive communities as well as linking with recently formulated borough strategies.