Bridging Divides
Choosing compassion in a divided world
Explore our growing toolkit of podcast episodes, expert-recommended actions and impartial information designed to help us all bridge the divides in everyday life.
Bridge-building toolkit
We’re worried about the impact of the growing sense of division on communities across the country. Through conversations with thousands of people, we've learnt that it can be hard to know where to start when trying to bridge divides in our day-to-day lives.
We decided to do something about it. This toolkit is full of tips and strategies to help you feel more equipped to connect across divides – whether this is with your friends, family, colleagues or in your communities
Listen to series one of the Bridging Divides podcast
Together with the Bridging Divides community, we've produced a podcast to help understand why we are feeling so divided, and what we can do about it. Our host, Sonali Shah, and expert guests answer the most pressing questions about division in the UK, what can help bring communities together, and how our own beliefs are formed.
Host Sonali Shah and episode one expert, Jake Puddle, recording the first episode of Bridging Divides
Podcast listening guides
To accompany each podcast episode, we’ve made listening guides to help you lead discussions around division, navigate disagreement and difficult topics, and find common ground.
Start bridge building today
Are you wondering what action you can take to help bridge the divides in your life? Check out our practical tips.
These are a series of expert-recommended steps you can take to help promote compassion in divided times.
The role of the British Red Cross in Bridging Divides
Our new polling shows three quarters of UK adults (75%) believe the UK is divided as a country and almost as many (72%) feel the country has become more divided in the past five years. We’re concerned about the impact of this growing sense of division on communities across the country.
At the British Red Cross we want to do something about it, by opening the conversation and sharing the tools and knowledge to choose compassion in divided times.
Impartial information on the big issues
As requested by the Bridging Divides community, you can read impartial information on topical issues relating to Bridging Divides now. This includes unique insight into international crises from our colleagues on the ground.
Here are some of the highlights:
How is aid getting into Gaza?
Safe and unimpeded humanitarian aid access is desperately needed. But how is aid being delivered now?
What's happening in Sudan?
Three years after conflict began in Sudan, the humanitarian crisis is worsening. Find out the latest from Sudan and how the Red Cross is supporting people across the region.
Join Bridging Divides today
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