How We Did It: Building solidarity through action – a route to community cohesion

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With rising pressure on services, growing inequality, and communities feeling more divided, councils are looking for practical ways to rebuild trust and connection. This session explores how cohesion grows when we enable people to act together — not just ask for their views.

Join Noel Hatch, Assistant Director for People & Change at Adur & Worthing Councils, to hear how the councils are strengthening solidarity across the district by supporting community-led action, building relationships in neighbourhoods, and creating simple ways for people to make a difference. Noel will share learning from Thriving Together, the Kitchen Table micro-fund, and how this approach is being carried into Local Government Reorganisation.

You’ll take away:

• How small, community-led actions build trust, confidence and connection
• Practical ways to work across services and with residents when capacity is tight
• How frontline relationships can unlock wider participation at low cost
• The added value for councils — including prevention, early insight and stronger partnerships
• How participation-led cohesion can support devolution and reorganisation

A fast, grounded session for anyone working on communities, strategy, service design, neighbourhoods or organisational change.

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