Nearly a hundred jobseekers have been employed by the Metropolitan Police through an innovative new recruitment partnership in London. 

The Home Office and the Neighbourhood Renewal Unit have launched a learning progamme to find effective ways to lower racial tension and bring community cohesion. Councils have been invited to propose projects for inclusion in the Community Cohesion Pathfinder Programme. The successful 15 bidders will receive a grant of 285,000 pounds for the period up to January 2005. The Programme aims to build real-life examples of areas that are getting community cohesion right. 

By Liz Allen and Jane MartinSchools operate at the heart of their communities and have potential to play a central role in neighbourhood regeneration. This report aims to help senior officers and elected members to learn from practical examples of change being implemented on the ground. It also seeks to open up the debate to foster a mutually beneficial relationship between schools and their communities.
Published by the New Local Government Network ISBN 1 903447 23 2.