Inclusive Society Toolkit

Promoting an inclusive society: a practical toolkit

Defining an inclusive society

The Quaker Peace & Social Witness Working Group on Social Inclusion Policy produced Promoting an Inclusive Society: A 'Practical Tool Kit for Friends in 2004 to help them influence social policy and to develop a definition of social inclusion to help Friends articulate Quaker goals and visions to policy-makers.   

Now it has been revised and re-issued in an up-to-date version in January 2012.

The full Tool Kit is available free to download [PDF: 560 kb] 

The Tool Kit is designed for use by individuals and/or groups and includes:

• What do we mean by an 'inclusive society'?: outline of a Quaker vision
• Why do we care about an inclusive society? : anthology of Quaker texts with some questions and challenges for ourselves
• Requirements of Social Policy: nine key elements by which to test whether policies promote an inclusive society
• How to work with the legislative bodies in England, Scotland Wales and the European Union, plus ecumenical and interfaith networks