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Tackling Hatred and Intolerance
We are working to explore how community development practice can intervene to halt the slide from disaffection to hatred and intolerance, demonstrated in support for far right groups.
There has been a growth in support for the Far right in some areas which also correlates closely with feelings that people from different backgrounds do not get on and feelings that people are unable to influence decisions affecting their local areas. A 2005 study by the Runnymede Trust into interventions to prevent racist violence argues that responses need to be holistic and intervene at three levels; firstly tackling racist attitudes within wider society; secondly working with potential perpetrators and thirdly, working with offenders and victims. This research has identified a gap in work targeted at potential perpetrators as well as a lack of coordination amongst existing work.
CDF’s engaged communities team intends to work in two areas, bringing together front-line professionals involved in preventing and responding to far right extremism to examine the existing strategies, any gaps that might exist and explore and test holistic approaches to filling those gaps.
We aim to begin this year long project in January 2010 and to publish the learning captured from it in March 2011.
If you would like further information about this work please contact jessica.mullen@cdf.org.uk
