Resilient Communities (July 2020)
The Cumberland Lodge Report, Resilient Communities, examines opportunities for fostering social cohesion, in ways that help communities to be more resilient to disruptive events and developments and to reconfigure more effectively in their wake.
The report looks at recent events such as the Covid-19 pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement, the Grenfell Tower fire, the Windrush scandal, and the global climate and refugee crises.
The report calls for a ‘new social contract’ that promotes greater equality, increased opportunities and wider collective action, to create a more secure and sustainable future across society.
It makes 24 recommendations for UK policymakers and practitioners, centred around five core themes.
These include fostering stronger community leadership and decision-making, ensuring more voices are heard and included, looking at the meaningful impact of community resilience and building on shared wisdom.
The report also calls for greater support for small-scale charities and social-purpose organisations to help them survive and transition during the period of financial hardship caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, and for leadership training to be available in every locality.
