Supporting community cohesion
/This article was featured in the SCDC Weekly - 15th April 2026
A new campaign is seeking to address community cohesion and understand why we feel so divided, and how we can make a difference.
Produced by the British Red Cross, Bridging Divides has been launched as a new podcast exploring why it’s difficult to talk about divisive topics, how we can avoid arguments, and how we can learn from different perspectives.
According to polling, three-quarters of UK adults believe the UK is divided as a country and almost as many feel the country has become more divided in the past five years.
"This heightening of division is a humanitarian issue,” says the Red Cross, ‘"one that’s increasingly impacting communities across the UK. It’s clear that divided communities are hit hardest by crisis."
The first two episodes are available on YouTube, as well as Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
Last year, the Scottish Government launched the ‘We are Scotland’ campaign and provided additional funding to support community cohesion activity.