Senior councillor Toby Neal of the Labour Party has said that British people will be the minority in Nottingham in 10 to 15 years and that this will be a good thing leading to a more ‘cosmopolitan’ and ‘diverse’ city. In certain areas such as St Ann’s, Leen Valley and Berridge most people were non-white British many years ago.
In the 2001 census, the percentage of people who identify themselves as something other than white British was 19 percent. In 2011 it was 35 percent. Currently, Nottingham City Council estimates around 42 percent of people in the city are non white-British.
He said white British people becoming the minority was a matter of when and not if, and that it would likely happen in the next 10 to 15 years.
I was born and brought up in the South East of London and when I first moved here it was about as close to metropolitan as where I grew up.
That’s why I like it here. I think it’s about as tolerant a place as it gets, it does have its problems, but the assumption from everybody is always to get on with people, and not to create conflict, so communities generally integrate very well.
I think a part of that is that we have a long history of minority groups here. Like the Polish community, they’ve been here a long time, since the Second World War, they’re a very well established community.
They have a pride in presenting their own culture, but they’re also comfortable in mixing with other people. They’re outward looking. It’s true of the other groups as well.
If you look at a school like Forest Fields Primary School, there’s 52 languages spoken there. It’s incredibly diverse.”
According to Nottinghamshire Live:
One organisation which works to break down cultural barriers is Nottingham Together. It provides small grants to community events.
Eleanor Usherwood works with the group, and said: “The whole aim is to bring the community together, so people apply to us and tell us how they are going to do that, it could be anything from a community get together to a football match.
It’s difficult to measure the success, but the feedback we get is really important – we get a huge amount of really positive feedback. Nottingham is a very tolerant place. We look after our own.”
Imran Khan, 40, is a volunteer at the Sultania mosque, and said community cohesion is improving.
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