New Brixton centre will help tackle inequality

Brixton has been announced as the home of a new research centre in a £10million programme which aims to tackle inequality.

The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness (C4) is a network of community, research and policy partners across the UK. 

It will look into community activities designed to reduce inequality, analysing what works, what doesn’t and why. 

This will allow successful approaches to be scaled up and provide policy-making with insights into grass roots organisations.

As part of the project, five new research centres have been created in Brixton, Belfast, Sheffield, Talgarth and Alloa.

Each centre’s research will focus on key areas including, community, relationships, and social capital. 

The project has just received funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).

Professor Alison Park, who heads up UKRI’s work on creating opportunities and improving outcomes, said:  “C4’s long term aim is to help reduce the effects of poverty and create equal opportunities wherever people live. 

“They’ll do this by building a solid evidence base, which is vital if policy-makers are to make the best decisions.”

This scheme is led by Sheffield Hallam University in collaboration with The Brixton Project, Local Trust and others.

Pictured top: Brixton (Picture: The Academy of Urbanism/ Flickr)