Thread by @jonpayates

Wish our society was less divided? Here are 20 things you can do right now.

Change who you follow on social media: Follow some new people on social media who are different from you in some way, especially those with different opinions. @MiC_Global @HdxAcademy

Take a different path: Is there part of your neighbourhood that you think of as being ‘not for people like you’? Go there and have a drink, eat a meal out, take a walk.

Join a club: Take up a hobby and join a club where you can share it with others. Try one that doesn’t cost much money; that way you’ll meet a more mixed group of people. @Sport_England @ace_national

Visit a place of worship: If you’ve never been to a church, a mosque or a temple, try and organise a visit. If you’re a person of faith, try going along more often. @MuslimCouncil @churchofengland @BoardofDeputies @nearneighbours

Invite your neighbours round: Open your home up once a year and invite your neighbours to pop by for a drink or a bite to eat. @great_together @edencommunities

Help at your local school: Contact your local school and see if they are looking for someone to help read to the children. @Schoolreaders

Review your job adverts: Take a look of any job adverts you write. Remove jargon. Add that you welcome people from all backgrounds and with all opinions. Ask yourself: does this role really require someone to have a degree? @Cheese_Peter @CIPD

Mix up your interview panels: If you're interviewing, rejig your interview panels so that not everyone on them is from the same walk of life.

Ask about school linking: If pupils are mostly from one background, ask the head teacher about making a link with another school with a different set of pupils. @Linking_Network

Open up the school: Ask your school governors to reserve a certain number of places for children from lower-income families. @suttontrust

Write to your councillor: Write to your local councillor asking what they are doing to help poorer families to afford local housing and get into the better schools.

Watch less TV: Try having a day a week when you watch only thirty minutes of TV or none at all. With the time you save you can do some of the other things in this list.

Say hello: Try defaulting towards saying ‘Hello’ and ‘How are you?’ when you see a neighbour at the park, or on the commute or in the supermarket. @actionhappiness

Ask for and give help to your neighbours: Ask your neighbours when you need some advice with DIY or need to borrow something. Offer to help when they do. @Nextdoor_UK @Nextdoor

Visit the elderly: Contact your local residential care home and see if you could visit and talk to residents. Or contact a befriending charity and sign up. @age_uk

Consider a ‘Rooney Rule’: If you're a leader at work, ask is there a type of person missing from your organisation? Consider insisting that all final interview rounds include someone like this.

Make state schools great: Support the local school so that parents want to send their children there. Encourage teachers, support fundraisers, join the Parents Association. @Parentkind

Join a class: Sign up for a class at your local college. Say hello and be friendly to the other people in the class. Suggest you all go out for a drink or some food some time. @AoC_info @AoCDavidH

Help with young people: Contact your local Scouts or Guides and see if they are looking for helpers. @UKScouting @Girlguiding

Share these ideas: Tell others about these twenty ideas, retweet, RT, @ people who would be interested.

These ideas and 12 more are all in my new book Fractured. If you want to start our society coming back together, find our more here waterstones.com/book/fractured…