City Challenge: Hulme City Challenge Partnership

Question 1

Hulme city is in ……………. and its city challenge partnership began in

Answer 1

Manchester

1992

Question 2

reasons for regeneration were:

Answer 2

• high levels of unemployment
• social opportunities through services were not in place
• low quality homes in poor condition were inadequate
• high crime rates

Question 3

successes included:

Answer 3

• population growth of 3.3% since 1992
• 80% of original goals were achieved
• crime rates decreased by 40% during 1990s
• the ward’s aesthetics were improved
• 3000 homes new homes were built

Question 4

failures include:

Answer 4

• in 2003, unemployment rates were 5x higher than the national average
• people living the area did not have the skills to access the new jobs created so remained unemployed
• education, child poverty and employment issues place Hulme in the worse 2% of wards in the country for these categories