In pictures: Wolverhampton's Love Your Neighbour rally aims to bring people together

The 'Love Your Neighbour' rally took place at Queen Square yesterday and saw dozens of people, councillors, the mayor and several MPs attend.

Mayor of Wolverhampton Barry Findlay said: "Wolverhampton is a great community and we have a fantastic diversity of people here in our city.

"We're here to promote 'Love Your Neighbour' to encourage people to support their neighbours, find out a bit more about them and to help them – maybe just taking the bins out for them, keeping an eye on them to make sure they're safe. That'll make our communities even strong for the future."

Labour MP Rob Marris of Wolverhampton South West also took part in the rally, in the hope that such displays of solidarity will prevent racism.

He said: "There have been disturbing incidents of intolerance and in some cases, downright racism around the country.

"That should stop and it will only stop when people come out and say enough's enough and this is an example of Wolverhampton coming out and saying we want to be neighbourly, to help people regardless of their background in solidarity, as fellow human beings, regardless of political views. We are one country and we should be united not divided."

Other luminaries in attendance included Wolverhampton North East MP Emma Reynolds, Wolverhampton South East's Pat McFadden, and Reverend Jo Williams of St Peter's Church also attended, though she was keen to point out that unity goes beyond religion and background.

She said: "I'm here really to spread the love your neighbour message. We've always been a diverse community here in Wolverhampton, and actually in the current climate there's a lot of fear about people who are different from us, a lot of anger being expressed as a result of the referendum, from both sides. Actually we are stronger together whether we are in or out of Europe and we are stronger together as a city when we come together and support each other.

"So we are encouraging people to just be kind to their neighbours. It's not a radical message, it's what Britain's always done, being friendly, being welcoming, building community and helping the people around you."