We work to raise the profile of integration, with policy recommendations to increase contact between people from different backgrounds.
We need to think about integration and social connection in a new way – refusing to divide people into ‘Them and Us’, whether that’s about migrants, ethnic minorities or British Muslims.
We put forward concrete ideas to make integration an ‘everybody’ issue, shaping a ‘New Us’ so we can all feel part of a country that is closer, kinder and more connected.
British Future is proud to be a founding member of the Together coalition, which works to bring people together and bridge divides, to help build a kinder, closer and more connected society. To inform Together’s work, British Future conducted ‘Talk/together‘, the UK’s biggest-ever conversation about what unites and divides us and what could bring us closer together. Nearly 160,000 people took part. For more information see www.together.org.uk
British Future is also the secretariat to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Social Integration. Click here for more information on the APPG.
Date: 31 May 2022
MPs and peers from across political divides have joined civic society and higher education voices to urge the government to stop penalising Hong Kongers by granting home fee status to BN(O) visa holders as soon as they arrive in the UK.
Date: 26 May 2022
As new figures show 110,000 visas issued to Hong Kongers to live in the UK under the BN(O) scheme, new polling finds the public ready to take part in welcoming new arrivals to the UK.
Date: 14 March 2022
British Future Associate Fellow Jill Rutter writes about why her family has decided to offer a home to a Ukrainian refugee; and what the government needs to do to get this new scheme right.
Date: 2 March 2022
Our new Shared Goals project will explore the power of club football to help build social connection and bridge divides.
Date: 4 February 2022
Jill Rutter, an Associate Fellow at British Future, looks at the content of the new white paper on ‘Levelling up’, and what it could mean for integration
Date: 2 February 2022
Hong Kongers and those working to welcome them in the UK came together for the formal launch of the Welcoming Committee for Hong Kongers – which we are proud to be hosting at British Future.
Date: 29 November 2021
For integration and social connection, policy matters. A speech by British Future Director Sunder Katwala at the launch event for a new research report by the Belong Network.
Date: 27 October 2021
Businesses of all sizes, sectors and situations stepped up during the pandemic to help local communities. A new Social Integration APPG report asks whether this will continue and how business could contribute to the levelling-up of people and places.
Date: 27 October 2021
The upsurge in volunteering during the Covid-19 pandemic helped to connect people from different backgrounds and promote integration. This appetite for community action risks being lost without urgent policy action, warns a new APPG report.
Important new report out today from @Spiritof2012 & Public First exploring the power of events to build shared pride and bring communities together. [
Two-thirds of people in Britain say events hosted in the UK make them feel proud [1/2]
"New parties can voice arguments that citizens feel are missing. But a consumerist search for the perfect party can seek to side-step the inevitable frustrations of compromise. Politics is about how societies make collective decisions when we disagree." @sundersays @EasternEye
Family of 7/7 victim want social cohesion to be taught in schools, reports @thetimes.com
Family of 7/7 victim want social cohesion to be taught in schools
Miriam Hyman’s loved ones say tolerance should be part of the curriculum, while the King urged the UK to ‘st...
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Today is the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on London on 7th July 2005, a terrible day on which 52 people were killed by four bombs on three tube trains and a bus. The King and Prime Minister Keir Starmer will lead national commemorations today
Can the PM use the lessons of this rocky first year in power to fix his government’s strategy and story? @sundersays column for @EasternEye [1/2]
'‘Past, Present and Possibilities’: Windrush legacy celebrated' - report from @TheVoiceNews on the recent #WindrushDay event at @NFFC, co-hosted with @LCFC and @britishfuture [1/2]
“Communal life in Britain is under threat like never before," says former Communities Secretary Sir Sajid Javid.
Together with former Labour MP Jon Cruddas he will co-chair a new Independent Commission on Community & Cohesion that meets for the first time today [1/2]
"Can this government tell a shared story of how we got here and where we are going?" asks @sundersays for @easterneye, reflecting on #windrushday2025 last weekend and the anniversary of the UK riots next month [1/2]
Sad to hear of the passing of Sgt Mohammed Hussain, who had been one of the last living Indian Army WW2 veterans in the UK. Rest in Peace.
Lovely film from @NFFC from the conference they hosted this week with @LCFC and @britishfuture to mark #WindrushDay - featuring Forest & England legend Viv Anderson, among many others.
On Thursday, we proudly hosted a special conference at the City Ground to mark #WindrushDay.
The event brought together over 100 people from across English football to celebrate the incredible contributions of the Windrush generation to our game. ❤️
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