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- What Are Community Values?
What is community cohesion?
Community
cohesion is the attempt to build communities with four main
characteristics:
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a common vision and a sense of belonging;
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the valuing of diversity;
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similar life opportunities for all and;
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strong and positive relationships being developed
between people from different backgrounds and circumstances .
Why
involve young people in the community ?
Young people often feel excluded from neighbourhood
decision making, seeing other groups as making the decisions and
holding the power. Young people have a right, as equal members of a
community, to express views and interests, not only on specific
young people's issues, but also on concerns that go beyond this.
This helps build respect between young people and others.
This week we will look at the different communities
that form part of Teddington School and the best ways to foster a
sense of community cohesion and respect for others. |