The findings of a project aimed at helping to bring communities together to tackle inequality and isolation during the Covid-19 pandemic are being shared today by Leeds Beckett University (LBU) and Locality. The evidence has come from the Space to Connect programme – a partnership funded by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the Co-op Foundation. The £1.6million project was aimed at helping community organisations develop physical spaces such as buildings, allotments, and playgrounds to reduce social isolation. It ran between 2019 and 2021 and funded…
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