Research Reports

Health and Well-being

New East Manchester have been working with the Research Institute for Health and Social Change at Manchester Metropolitan University taking an active role as community partner researching well-being in the area. The qualitative work to date comprises two projects:

The Impact of regeneration on the Well-being of local residents: The case of East Manchester

This work was carried out by a research associate co-located with New East Manchester and aims to bridge the gap between the academic understanding of well-being; the practice of delivering improvements in well-being for residents of a regeneration area and the understanding of how residents view their well-being.

There is also a current research project studying well-being and the use of community hubs by residents (a healthy settings approach). This work follows up the previous report in examining how people use the facilities and spaces, how they identify their community hubs and the roles that these play in both their individual well-being and in terms of community cohesion. In this instance MMU is also working in collaboration with other academic partners in Urban Regeneration Making a Difference initiative. The report will be published later in 2008.