Key Documents

The CC+ Team have pulled together a range of documents which we hope you will find useful. We have split these into a number of sections for your ease of use. We intend for this document library to grow as the CC+ programme develops so if there are documents you think we should post here or anything else you would like to see here, please let us know.

Connecting Communities Plus

'Improving Opportunities, Strengthening Society' Strategy
The Government's strategy to increase race equality and community cohesion

MID-TERM EVALUATION OF The Connecting Communities Plus Programme

'Improving Opportunity, Strengthening Society' One year on - A progress report on the Government's strategy for race equality and community cohesion

CC+ Guidance Notes
CC+ Additional Guidance Notes - Project Grants
CC+ Additional Guidance Notes - Strategic Grants

Community Grants

The Community Grants will help locally managed organisations run local projects that make a difference in their local communities.
The first round of the fund was open for applications between 10th April 2006 and 5th July 2006. Grants up to £12,000 were available with £1,000,000 to distribute. All funding from this first round must be spent by 31st March 2007. For more information please visit the cdf website by clicking here.

Monitoring

Blank Project Monitoring Report
Blank Strategic Monitoring Report
Workshop Presentation
Workshop Handout

Organisational/Policy Development

Research/Other Initiatives

The 1990 Trust - Black VCS Funding Report
This research project looks at the relationship between funding of the Black Voluntary and Community Sector (BVCS) and how this affects the ability of the sector to involve Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities in London and Leicester in civic engagement, social inclusion and capacity building.

Community Cohesion
This toolkit will be useful for officers and members of local authorities, it has been specifically designed with practitioners from all agencies in mind - including all those
who are charged with developing and improving community cohesion, whether they are based in local authorities, police forces, voluntary or community groups.

Newsletters

Race Equality and Community Cohesion News - Issue 1
This newsletter is produced on a quarterly basis by Communities and Local Government: Race Cohesion and Faith's Directorate. It aims to update our partners and interested parties on work underway at a national, regional and local level to improve race equality and community cohesion.