The Manchester attack was intended to foment hatred and tension. Our work with young people shows their role in bringing communities together
After the tragic events in Manchester, it is easy to view young people as helpless victims and forget their transformative potential.
I work for Aik Saath – Together As One, a charity established almost 20 years ago in the aftermath of violence between gangs of young Sikhs, Hindus and Muslims in Slough. Our founders believed that young people needed to be empowered to lead the response and ever since then we have been training young mentors to visit schools and youth centres to lead training sessions on diversity, cohesion, identity and “Britishness”.
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