Sustainable Regeneration in east Manchester

Once the heart of the industrial revolution, East Manchester  was the centre of the manufacturing industry on which the whole of the city’s wealth was based. Since the early 1970’s east Manchester has experienced extensive social, economic and physical decline as those industries have contracted and in many cases disappeared. Vacant houses, under used open spaces and poor quality industrial sites had become characteristic of the area. By the 1990s parts of east Manchester were recognised as some of the most deprived areas in the country.

Background to East Manchester

• Traditional manufacturing base - 60% employment loss 1975-85
• 13% population loss in 1990's
• Collapse in housing market
• 20% vacant properties, negative equity
• Low skills base, high crime/poor health/poor community and retail facilities
• Fragile economic base
• 52% households receive benefit

A framework for the future

One of the first established Urban Regeneration Companies, New East Manchester Ltd is a partnership initiative between Manchester City Council, The Homes and Communities Agency, the North West Development Agency and the communities of east Manchester.

New East Manchester aims to lead the physical regeneration of the area, co-ordinate and integrate social/community and economic initiatives and market and promote the area to new businesses and residents ensuring a sustainable future.

New East Manchester's first priority in 1999 was the development of a Regeneration Framework. This followed extensive consultation with local residents and stakeholders and provides a strategic platform from which to regenerate East Manchester. An annual Implementation plan outlines the detail of programmes, their targets and progress to date.

The role of New East Manchester

• Develop and implement the Regeneration Framework
• Lead the physical regeneration of East Manchester
• Market and promote the area
• Co-ordinate and integrate social/community and economic programmes
  and initiatives
• New Deal for Communities
• Single Regeneration Budget
• Education Action Zone (Now New East Manchester Education Team)
• Health Action Zone
• Surestart
• Sports Action Zone
• Ancoats Urban Village
• Housing Market Renewal Fund
• Focus mainstream public funding effectively (Approximate value £150m per annum)
• Secure public and private sector resources to deliver the comprehensive programme

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