... neighbourhoods and places in the city which are home to some of the most deprived communities in the country. The 2004 Index of Deprivation indicated Manchester as Third, estimating 234,000 residents within the city living in 10% of the most deprived area in England. Such types of severe deprivation can lead to enormous challenges such as, high levels of crime, high levels of unemployed, poor skill levels, continuing poor educational achievement for children at school, Poor health and housing that is in constant poor condition. However, Manchester seeks to reframe this situation and has been doing so since the 1950's. Manchester has seen drastic changes over the last 15 years and boasts new cultural and leisure facilities, like the new Manchester Library opened in December 2005. It also has one of the highest concentrations of world class higher education activity in Europe and has sustainable economic growth which makes it ...

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