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How To…

We have created a range of tips, resources and ‘how to’ guides to help you connect with people from different backgrounds in your community and create welcoming spaces for those who may not yet feel they belong.

Have Difficult Conversations

How should we approach difficult conversations, especially with people we know have very different views to our own?

We put this question to Imam Adam Kelwick, who in summer 2024 led his community in Liverpool to engage with protestors who had gathered outside their mosque, inviting them for food and conversation, and eventually even forming some lasting relationships.

Be sure to watch Part 1 of this inspiring conversation.

Counter Hate Crime

With hate crime on the rise across the UK, many are wondering what they can do in their everyday lives to help counter this trend.

Temba Mahari at SARI (Stand Against Racism & Inequality) shares with us some practical advice on what we should do if we witness or experience hate crime, and how to support victims of hate crime.

Have Sustainable Compassion

How do you support and invest in someone who has experienced real trauma in life, without taking on that trauma yourself?

We have these conversations often and it can be a really tricky balance to strike. We interviewed Katherine Cox, Director of ‘Trauma Foundation South West’, to help us find this balance and learn the art of ‘sustainable compassion’.

Build Friendships across Cultures

What would it look like to build friendships across  cultures, listening to, learning from and living well together?

Watch the video above, download the Top Tips or read the article about the Power of Friendship across cultures.

Top Tips

Learn a Language

“Learning another language sends a profound and very human message. It says, ‘I see you, I hear you, and I want to understand you.” ~Susannah, RefuLingua

Watch the video, read the article ‘But everyone speaks English anyway’, and download the top tips for learning a language.

Learn a Language

Use Stitch to Bring People Together

Community groups are using the shared language of stitching to bring people together, recognising that our love of stitch can help bridges the seemingly large divides between people of different cultures.

We’ve been running stitching groups for many years. Here are some of our top tips to help you use stitching to bring people together.

top tips

Run a Peace Feast in Your Community

A Peace Feast brings people from different cultures and faiths together around a meal to build understanding and friendship.

We have created a guide to help you, whether you want to connect with a few of your neighbours, the whole street, or the wider community. Download the guide below of brose the Peace Feast website.

Run a Peace Feast

5 Bridge-Building Skills We All Need

It’s difficult to know how best to respond to increasing polarisation, division and conflict in our communities.

We don’t have all the answers but here are 5 bridge-building skills that go along way to bridging the divides and starting to mend some of the fractures in our communities.

5 Skills

Cultural Insights

Our communities are greatly enriched by the diversity of cultures, faiths and traditions that exist in them. Today we have access to different food, music, perspectives, and knowledge from around the world that are an asset to our society and something to be celebrated. Hear from Khanjar, Maryna, Wiley and Haleh as they give us an insight into their cultures.

Afghanistan with Khanjar

Hong Kong with Wiley

Ukraine with Maryna

Iran with Haleh

Cultural Awareness Training

We offer a range of training courses that help develop cultural awareness and equip people and organisations to be more welcoming and inclusive in today’s diverse and interconnected world. 

Training