British Future is proud to be a founding member of /Together, a new coalition that everyone is invited to join. It aims to bring people together and bridge divides, to help build a kinder, closer and more connected society.
/Together launched on 5 July 2020, partnering with the NHS on its birthday to bring over 13 million people together in a moment of connection with neighbours and thanks to all those who are helping us get through these difficult times.
The initiative evolved from conversations across civil society, faith, media, sport and culture into a campaign to heal social divides. A Steering Group, chaired by the Archbishop of Canterbury, includes a range of organisations and individuals from the NHS and ITV to the Scouts, Guides, the British Paralympic Association, trade unions and the CBI.
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 and the findings were published in the report ‘Our chance to reconnect‘.
For more information see www.together.org.uk
Date: 10 June 2020
People across the country are being encouraged to come together on 5 July for a shared, national moment of thanks for everyone helping get us through the covid-19 crisis.
Date: 14 May 2020
Government and charities need to act now to make sure recent volunteering efforts have a lasting legacy, writes Jill Rutter
Date: 3 January 2020
Some of the UK’s biggest organisations from worlds of sport, culture, faith and business call for a ‘decade of reconnection’.
Date: 14 June 2017
Across the country, young Muslims and Jews have been getting together and finding out all they have in common in the lead-up to The Great Get Together
All Lords amendments rejected by the Commons, back to the Lords we go
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Great film from @Wolves showing the power of football to build a shared identity, across our differences. #OnePack
Thrilled the Pepshop PR campaign @MrKennyCampbell and I ran for @100Windrush is @CIPR_Global Excellence Awards nominated. A fantastic story working with fantastic people. @MykaellRiley @ppvernon @sundersays @DJTrevorNelson @steveballinger @BritishFuture #Windrush75 #CIPRexcel
Lords vote last night again insists that Rwanda Bill be amended. Commons expected to reject amendments and return Bill to Lords today https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/16/rwanda-bill-delayed-for-at-least-a-day-after-lords-pass-amendments?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
‘Defiance’ on @Channel4 is required viewing for youngsters with higher expectations of society, writes @sundersays
Defiance is required viewing for youngsters with higher expectations of society - EasternEye
By exploring the British Asian experience of racism, resistance and social conflict across the scorching summers of ...
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I reviewed "Another England" by @CarolineLucas for today's Observer, in which the outgoing Green MP appeals to her fellow progressives not to fear a rising English national consciousness, but rather to speak to Englishness & to seek to shape its future
Reports that Lords may send back the Rwanda Bill to the Commons with amendments one more time.
Reminder that our polling with @focaldataHQ found the public backs most of the Lords amendments:
Public backs Lords in clash with government on Rwanda bill – new poll - British Future
New polling for British Future finds the public agrees with amendments to the Safety of Rwanda Bill proposed by the House of Lords.
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Rwanda: crossbench peer Lord McDonald of Salford enumerates the various reasons why the Lords should stand firm on its amendments to the government's Bill
Peers know the Rwanda bill is flawed and dangerous. We must use every power to oppose it | Simon...
Standing firm on our amendments would mean the Commons backs down or loses the bill, says Lord McDonald, former ...
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Thread from our @sundersays on the government's Rwanda scheme and the fantasy numbers being briefed to friendly newspapers (saying Rwanda could take up to 30k people when reality is closer to 300 per year)
As Parliament debates the 'Safety of Rwanda' Bill again this week, a reminder of our @focaldataHQ polling, which found that the majority of the public support almost all of the Lords' amendments.
https://www.britishfuture.org/public-backs-lords-in-clash-with-government-on-rwanda-bill-new-poll/
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