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Sheffield A Divided City?. Alan McGauley Sheffield Hallam University April 2005. Sheffield is a city with stark social and economic contrasts, with large areas of deprivation in the north and east. According to the Governments Index of Multiple Deprivation, - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Sheffield Sheffield A Divided City?A Divided City?
Alan McGauleyAlan McGauley
Sheffield Hallam UniversitySheffield Hallam University
April 2005.April 2005.
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Sheffield is a city with stark social andeconomic contrasts, with large areas ofdeprivation in the north and east. According tothe Governments Index of Multiple Deprivation,one third of Sheffield’s electoral wards ranked inthe 10% most deprived in the country.
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Problems have been both economic e.g. high unemployment and skills mismatch following significant numbers of jobs lost in the steel and engineering industries; and social e.g. falling demand for social rented housing, unpopular housing estates with high turnover and vacancyrates.
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While the regeneration of Sheffield is happeningapace, the people living in a number ofcommunities are not benefiting from thesuccess of the City.
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Full Employment in Full Employment in Sheffield ?Sheffield ?
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The standardised mortality ratio for 1995-8 istwice as high in Darnall and Netherthorpe as it is in Hallam
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6 of the 9 worst achieving secondary schoolsare situated in the north east of the city
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Between 40% and 50% of children in Southey Green, live in households with no earners;compared to less than 5% in Hallam and Ecclesall
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The absence of work does not onlycreate poverty. It also feeds a variety of other social problems such as crime, poor health and low educational attainment. Once these inter-related problems have begun, a vicious dynamic can take hold. Property prices fall.Shops close. Those who can move out, do so.The area attracts a bad reputation, meaning that only the most vulnerable people will agree to live there, and some housing becomes difficult to let or vacant’
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In Sheffield 10 wards fall below theGovernments indicators of the worst 10% in thecountry. This affects the residents who livethere. In addition to this, three wards feature inthe Governments worst 1%.
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Conclusions.Conclusions.