Community mapping and research into community cohesion tensions : Final report for Swansea Community Cohesion Steering Group Steele, A, Scullion, LC and Morris, GJ Title Community mapping and research into community cohesion tensions : Final report for Swansea Community Cohesion Steering Group Authors Steele, A, Scullion, LC and Morris, GJ Type Monograph URL This version is available at: http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/35821/ Published Date 2012 USIR is a digital collection of the research output of the University of Salford. Where copyright permits, full text material held in the repository is made freely available online and can be read, downloaded and copied for non-commercial private study or research purposes. Please check the manuscript for any further copyright restrictions. For more information, including our policy and submission procedure, please contact the Repository Team at: [email protected]. Community Mapping and Research into Community Cohesion Tensions Final Report for Swansea Community Cohesion Steering Group Andy Steele, Lisa Scullion and Gareth Morris Salford Housing & Urban Studies Unit University of Salford April 2012 About the authors Andy Steele is Director, Lisa Scullion is a Research Fellow and Gareth Morris is a Research Associate at Salford Housing & Urban Studies Unit (SHUSU) at the University of Salford. Salford Housing & Urban Studies Unit is a dedicated multi-disciplinary research and consultancy unit providing a range of services relating to housing, regeneration and urban and community policy to public and private sector clients. The Unit brings together researchers drawn from a range of disciplines including: social policy, housing management, urban geography, environmental management, psychology, social care and social work. Salford Housing & Urban Studies Unit (SHUSU) Joule House The University of Salford Salford, M5 4WT United Kingdom http://www.shusu.salford.ac.uk/ 2 Team members and project steering group Core team members Professor Andy Steele Dr Lisa Scullion Gareth Morris Community interviewers Angela Averis Mouna Balbaki Andrea Dacey Jayne De Groot Carol John Felicity john Tony Jones Elias Negusse Anna Osayamen Margaret Vicuna Rob Webborn Megan Wheatland 3 Acknowledgements The team would like to acknowledge the contribution of the Swansea Community Cohesion Steering Group, those individuals from the local communities and service provider organisations who gave their time to assist with the study and the community interviewers who consulted local people about their views. 4 Contents About the authors ...................................................................................................................... 2 Team members and project steering group .............................................................................. 3 Acknowledgements.................................................................................................................... 4 List of Acronyms ......................................................................................................................... 7 Executive Summary.................................................................................................................... 8 Chapter 1: Overview............................................................................................................... 15 1.1 Background to the study ........................................................................................... 15 1.2 Study brief ................................................................................................................. 16 Chapter 2: Methodology ........................................................................................................ 17 2.1 Phase 1: Scoping existing community cohesion work............................................... 17 2.2 Phase 2: Community mapping/profiling.................................................................... 17 2.3 Phase 3: Community tension identification .............................................................. 18 Chapter 3: Review of Selected Background Data.................................................................... 20 Introduction.......................................................................................................................... 20 Profile of Swansea................................................................................................................ 20 Communities First Areas ...................................................................................................... 27 Chapter 4: Emerging Issues from the Consultation Exercises................................................ 31 Introduction.......................................................................................................................... 31 The changing nature of communities .................................................................................. 33 1. Existing awareness of the needs of diverse communities ............................................ 33 2. Access to local services ................................................................................................. 34 3. Community dynamism in practice ................................................................................ 37 4. Personal safety .............................................................................................................. 41 5. Community tensions ..................................................................................................... 45 Chapter 5: Discussion and Recommendations....................................................................... 51 Introduction.......................................................................................................................... 51 Recommendations ............................................................................................................... 52 Arrival and settlement of new communities/residents within the neighbourhoods:......... 52 Myth-busting associated with particular communities ....................................................... 54 Access to services and amenities ......................................................................................... 55 Personal safety within the neighbourhood.......................................................................... 56 Improving levels of deprivation ........................................................................................... 57 Additional comments ........................................................................................................... 57 References................................................................................................................................ 58 Appendix 1: Scoping Existing Community Cohesion Work and Issues................................... 59 1.1 Introduction............................................................................................................... 59 1.2 Response rate and profile ......................................................................................... 59 1.3 Coverage of those services that responded.............................................................. 59 1.4 Collection of service user monitoring data ............................................................... 60 1.5 Community representation among service users ..................................................... 61 5 1.6 Community integration and sense of belonging ....................................................... 62 1.7 Main issues of community tension............................................................................ 65 1.8 Leading and contributing to community cohesion initiatives................................... 66 1.9 Identifiable good practice.......................................................................................... 69 1.10 Proposed community cohesion initiatives............................................................. 69 1.11 Key messages ......................................................................................................... 71 Appendix 2: Stakeholder Interviews – Key issues and findings ............................................. 73 Views on community cohesion ............................................................................................ 73 Identification of good practice in alleviating community tensions ..................................... 73 Identification of unsuccessful practices in alleviating community tensions........................ 75 Ideas for future practice in alleviating community tensions ............................................... 75 Appendix 3: Focus Groups – Key issues.................................................................................. 77 Appendix 4: A Survey of Residents’ Views of their Local Community ................................... 81 Section 1: Respondent and household information ....................................................... 82 Section 2: You and your community ............................................................................... 87 Appendix 5: Research Instruments ....................................................................................... 109 6 List of Acronyms ASB Anti-social behaviour BME Black and Minority Ethnic CCS City and County of Swansea CEE Central and Eastern European DDA Disability Discrimination Act ESOL English for Speakers of Other Languages EU European Union HMR Housing Market Renewal LGBT