RESEARCH PROPOSAL

Building Townfield Community cohesion through resident participation within the Townfield Townfield Community in Hayes, Middlesex

Abstract

This research will explore the Townfield Community relations between residential people and residential participation, other migrants and long-term residents within a local area of residential settlement in the Hayes, Middlesex. A lack of meaningful relationships between people from different backgrounds, significant prejudice, underlying tension and few opportunities for inter-group contact were found. Shared aspects of identity helped bring people together but small differences in culture and faith were also linked to strong divisions. Townfield Community initiatives and social support for both newcomers and existing residents were needed to enable real dialogue across difference and the development of relationships based on shared goals and equality.

Table of Content

ABSTRACTII

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION1

Outline of the Study1

Problem Statement1

Rationale2

Aims and Objectives2

Significance3

Research Question/Hypothesis3

Theoretical Frame work4

Limitation of the Study5

Assumptions & Limitation5

Reliability5

Validity6

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW8

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY14

Research Design14

Mixed Method Research14

Research Method17

Primary or secondary / Qualitative or Quantitative17

Definition of (Qualitative/Quantitative) Research17

Quantitative Research18

Sample18

Instrument (interview/ Questionnaire)19

Informal, Conversational Interview20

General Interview Guide Approach20

Standardized, open-ended interview20

Closed, fixed-response interview21

Data Collection Method21

REFERENCES22

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

Outline of the Study

This research will seek to address and to explore Townfield Community relations at a local level in an area of residential settlement in the West Midlands. The research respondent will report difficulties in inter-group relationships and to research gaps around residential integration and Townfield Community cohesion from the perspectives of both residential and more establish communities. (Valentine 2004)The social connections and perceptions found within the research area are set out below, possible influencing factors examine and the implications of the findings for Townfield Community cohesion and residential integration will discuss. Conclusions will be drawn about developing positive cohesion in multicultural areas with changing communities and about policy, research and practice at local, national and international levels.

Problem Statement

This strategy of residential integration and Townfield Community cohesion will sets out a framework of principles and processes for Townfield Community action which will contribute to the objectives of the Townfield Community Townfield Community Strategy for improving the quality of life for residents. It sets the direction for Community participation, Community renewal, Community management and improving services at Community level - doing it differently, doing it more where it's needed, and doing it together. It is a strategy to benefit ALL Community, particularly, but not exclusively, those with higher levels of deprivation. It draws on the vision for public services and for local government, which is being developed by central government. The strategy will provide a means of knitting together the delivery of agencies' priorities within the framework of the LSP strategy. (Valtonen 1999)

Rationale

Townfield Community cohesion, a contested concept that came to the fore in the Hayes, Middlesex following reports into the 2001 social unrest in some Northern towns, has never been higher on the Hayes, Middlesex political agenda with the Home Office 2005 strategy on race equality and Townfield Community cohesion and recent Commission on Integration and Cohesion. Concerns have been expressed about the development of 'parallel lives' in multicultural communities; a new conception of multiculturalism has been called for and ...