Children’s Letters Move WWII Veteran in BBC’s VE Day 80 Coverage
In a powerful moment captured by BBC Breakfast, WWII veteran Tom Jones met the schoolchildren who had written him heartfelt letters through the VE Mail campaign. Their words, and his response, are a moving reminder of the importance of remembering, connecting, and honouring the last of our living veterans this VE Day 80. ✍️ Find […]
Let’s Dance: A Nation’s Celebration of Movement and Community
On the 2nd of March, the UK witnessed something extraordinary: from village halls to dance studios, care homes to schools, and even bustling city squares, the nation came alive with the sound of music and the sight of feet moving in unison. Angela Rippon’s “Let’s Dance” campaign wasn’t just an event; it was a movement, […]
Independent Commission on Community and Cohesion Launched to Strengthen Social Bonds and Rebuild Trust
This spring marks the launch of a new Independent Commission on Community and Cohesion, a major project aimed at understanding how to restore social connectedness, cohesion and resilience in communities across the UK. Convened by /together, the commission will seek to start a national conversation focusing on the core question of how we live well […]
Victim’s groups urge respect for Southport victims
Earlier this week, we saw the perpetrator of the Southport attacks pleading guilty to three counts of murder and ten of attempted murder, along with two terror-related charges. Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, were horrifically killed, and our thoughts remain with their families and loved ones. This […]
Let’s Dance! Angela Rippon’s New 2025 Campaign
Let’s Dance! with Angela Rippon CBE is a new and exciting campaign that has one objective—to get more people dancing. The campaign aims to be a nation-wide movement of dance organisations, charities, health professionals, community groups and celebrities getting together to connect, exercise and have fun. Watch Angela’s invitation to you here. /together has always […]
After The Riots: A Social Cohesion Summit
‘After the riots’ community cohesion summit: experts and practitioners seek solutions to stop repeat of this summer’s unrest. “Social cohesion is not the absence of riots,” former Communities Minister John Denham told a community cohesion summit this week. “We should judge it by whether most people believe they have a stake and a voice that […]
BUSINESS GROUPS & LEADERS KEEN TO SUPPORT COHESION POST RIOTS
OPEN LETTER LETTER FROM BUSINESSES IN THE UK As business leaders, we are writing to condemn the violence across the UK and offer our support to rebuilding and strengthening our communities. We are distraught at the harrowing events in Southport, heartbroken at the loss of Elsie Dot Stancombe, Alice da Silva Aguiar, and Bebe King, […]
Remembering the Holocaust
Between 1941 and 1945, around eighty members of my family were murdered for the crime of being Jewish. At least a dozen (likely more) were killed at Auschwitz. Others were killed at the lesser-known but proportionally even deadlier extermination camp at Sobibor; many were simply shot or killed through some other means and buried in […]
The King’s Mansion House Speech
The King gave a remarkable speech at Mansion house yesterday, perhaps his first serious attempt to define the character of our country. It’s worth a read as it’s far more substantive than most royal interventions. It’s clear that it articulates his central view of what makes Britain Britain – and he has had time to think about […]
Our Conference Message to Party Leaders
Conference season is well underway and political commentators are working themselves up into a frenzy as a general election looms. Party conferences are traditionally the opportunity for political leaders to set out their stall and story and their speeches are the main event. You’ll normally get some rousing walk on music, an emotional story of […]