When it comes to fostering integration in London, volunteering works wonders. Luckily, the Mayor understands this.
Since becoming London’s first ever Deputy Mayor for Social Integration in 2016, the three big questions I am always asked are: What is “social integration”? How do you measure it? How do you improve it? The answers to the first two questions always take a little while to explain – and the Mayor has answered those, in detail, in London’s social integration strategy that he launched on the 14th March. But there is a quick answer to the third: volunteering.
Of course, volunteering is not the only way to improve social integration, nor does it solve every problem on its own. But it is a hugely important tool that government and local authorities can use to bring people together.
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