Since its launch in 2012, British Future has emerged as a thought leader on issues of identity and immigration, race and integration.
Finding common ground sets out our current programme of work and vision for the future we share.
Current debates about history and identity, integration and combating prejudice, or our approach to immigration and protecting refugees, can seem noisy and polarised. We engage people seriously in how we handle the issues that divide us, so that we can work to strengthen our common ground.
Securing political consent for policy change requires public support. British Future has developed a unique, in-depth understanding of public attitudes to help organisations identify narratives and messages that reach and persuade across divides.
We work to understand where people are and the issues that concern them, offering constructive policy solutions in response.
Our communications expertise helps ensure that British Future’s research findings inform national debates and influence decision-makers. And we build, catalyse and incubate new coalitions for change, mobilising others to play their part.
Our long-term aim is a country where we are no longer ‘Them and Us’ but rather a confident and welcoming Britain, inclusive and fair to all.
#WindrushDay 2025 Event
Windrush 77 Caribbean Tea Party
📍Mayfield School, Kinfauns Road Entrance, Milford IG3 9QN
📅7th Jun | 12:00 - 18:00
Kicking off our #WindrushDay 2025 event series:
Tapestry of Black Britons
📍Exhibition Dark Studio, Level 2, 16 Narrow Quay Bristol BS1 4QA
📅9th May - 29th Jun
#WindrushDay 2025 Event
MERLINA PEARL - A Windrush Musical
📍Birmingham Midland Arts Centre B12 9QH
📅7th Jun | 19:30 - 21:30
"Last summer’s attacks on mosques and attempts to burn down hotels housing asylum seekers were deplorable not because they were misdirected — given the background of the Southport attacker — but because such actions are always deplorable." @sundersays letter in @thetimes [1/2]
Celebrate Windrush Day with @MelPennant, Lisa Smith and @ppvernon at this brilliant event at @WaterstonesPicc on 25th June!
🎟️ Tickets available here: https://www.waterstones.com/events/novelists-on-windrush-day-at-waterstones-piccadilly/london-piccadilly
New @IPPR analysis on plan to extend qualifying period for settlement from 5 to 10 years
- Around 1.7m people already in UK could be affected
- Evidence says restricting settlement could inhibit integration + earnings
- Public do not support 10 year wait
Nobody understands what ‘global majority’ means – so let’s not use it
- @sundersays.bsky.social @the-independent.com
Nobody understands what ‘global majority’ means – so let’s not use it
As a survey of ethnic minority Britons finds that the term, popular in progressive and academic circles, is used ...
www.independent.co.uk
Our @sundersays is talking to @BenKentish @LBC at 6pm about regional identity, after new @YouGov polling finds Londoners and Geordies are more attached to their regioal identity than to Englishness [1/2]
Is cutting migration for work and study really the answer to public concerns about immigration? Our @Heather_Rolfe looks at the data in this @UKandEU blog
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Piece from @willydunn for @NewStatesman looking behind the immigration numbers to examine sources of public concern, including small boat crossings. Cites new @britishfuture polling
The public is right to care about small boat crossings
The halving of immigration this week can’t change the reality of the asylum system.
www.newstatesman.com
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