Making Birmingham an inclusive city

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Acknowledgements Birmingham City Council would like to thank: The Bishop of Birmingham for his time and commitment in leading the process The steering group members for their knowledge and expertise in guiding the process and developing the seven commitments to social inclusion The University of Birmingham for being instrumental in supporting the process by giving evidence, helping to design the inquiry process, supporting the refinement of the key lines of enquiry, facilitating a number of events and acting as a critical friend during the entire process The key line of enquiry champions and reference group members for their work on the research, evidence-gathering and engagement activities The hundreds of groups, organisations and individuals who have invested their time and energy in contributing to the work of the Social Inclusion Process by giving evidence, taking part in engagement activities and providing comment and feedback. A full list of contributors can be found in Appendix One
Contents Foreword - A call to action .......................................................................4 Executive summary ...................................................................................5 Section One: Background ........................................................................8 The scale of the challenge – why we need a new approach................................. 10 Section Two: Key Lines of Enquiry.......................................................13 Place findings........................................................................................................ 14 People findings ..................................................................................................... 17 Wellbeing findings................................................................................................. 19 Inclusive Economic Growth findings ..................................................................... 22 Young People findings .......................................................................................... 24 Section Three: Seven commitments to social inclusion...................27 We need you to join us in this challenge............................................................... 27 Commitment One: Support families and children out of poverty ........................... 29 Commitment Two: Embrace superdiversity........................................................... 33 Commitment Three: Protect the most vulnerable.................................................. 35 Commitment Four: Connect people and places .................................................... 37 Commitment Five: Create a city that values children and young people............... 39 Commitment Six: Empower people to shape their neighbourhood ....................... 42 Commitment Seven: Address safety, isolation and loneliness.............................. 45 Section Four: A different approach ......................................................47 Section Five: Building a movement for change..................................48 Appendix One: Acknowledgements .....................................................59 Appendix Two: Bibliography .................................................................65
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Page 12 and 13: Skills gap Providing job opportunit
Page 14 and 15: Place findings The Place KLOE consi
Page 16 and 17: Regeneration approaches need to be
Page 18 and 19: “Our neighbourhood is often refer
Page 20 and 21: to educate people about ex -offende
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Our thanks also go to the following
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Karen Spence, Birmingham City Counc
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Sharon Lea, Birmingham City Council
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