New joint report with Local Trust and the Centre for Education and Youth 

A joint report by Local Trust, the Centre for Education and Youth and #BeeWell highlights the experiences of young people living in areas with both high levels of deprivation and low levels of social infrastructure in Greater Manchester.  

Dr Jose Marquez from the #BeeWell research team at the University of Manchester led on the quantitative analysis for this report.  

The report found that:   

• Almost a quarter of young people in Greater Manchester’s doubly disadvantaged (those with high deprivation and a lack of social infrastructure) neighbourhoods feel they can’t trust people in their local area.  
• 40% of children are likely to live in low-income families.  
• Around 1 in 5 young people say their area is detrimental to their wellbeing and crucially that they don’t feel safe in their local area. This particularly affects girls and those from ethnic minorities.  

The report says that investing in and giving young people access to social infrastructure is a vital first step to tackling social and economic decline. 

Dr Jose Marquez, Honorary Research Fellow at The University of Manchester and the #BeeWell programme said:  

“This report demonstrates the importance and great potential of listening to young people’s voices and measuring what’s important to them for their wellbeing. Our findings have highlighted aspects of their communities which young people feel positive about, and those which they feel less positive about. Listening to what young people tell us is key to better understanding how to act in these communities to support young people’s wellbeing and ensure they have the opportunity to thrive.”  

The full report can be found here.