The Integrated Communities Strategy, which has been launched by the government today, will see £50m invested across Bradford, Blackburn with Darwen, Peterborough, Walsall and Waltham Forest in London over a two-year period to break down cultural and social barriers across communities.
This includes encouraging young people across the areas to take part in the NCS, which launched in 2011 and offers 15- to 17-year-olds a three- to four-week programme of activities over summer and autumn. The scheme is managed by the NCS Trust and backed by £1.2bn in government funding up to 2020.
The new strategy, which has been put out to consultation for 12 weeks, plans to use the NCS scheme to encourage pupils to form lasting relationships with those from different backgrounds.
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