Hulme

Question 1

When did the Hulme City Challenge occur?

Answer 1

1992

Question 2

What was the City Challenge?

Answer 2

Businesses bid to improve chosen city - given £37.5 mil
Con: Competition not teamwork

Question 3

What businesses worked on the Hulme CC?

Answer 3

Guinness Trust & Bellway Homes

Question 4

What homes were built in Hulme before the CC?

Answer 4

5 Hulme Crescents + Deck access -> 13k housed

Question 5

Outline the dangers of the crescents + deck access. Why were they so dangerous?

Answer 5

X30 more likely mugged/murdered
X3 more likely stress
No police monitoring - not seen as real street

Question 6

Outline the conditions the people were living in

Answer 6

Anti-social behaviour
60% on benefits
12% 5 GCSEs
1 in 3 unemployed

Question 7

What did the Hulme CC do to homes?

Answer 7

Split crescents into sections + demolished deck access
3,000 new homes, 40,000 homes gentrified

Question 8

Outline the new facilities introduced into Hulme from the CC

Answer 8

1. Zion arts centre
2. ASDA (cheap)
3. Local parks
4. Hulme secondary school
5. Moss Side Sports and Leisure Complex (2002 Commonwealth Games)

Question 9

What was built as a symbol for the Hulme CC’s success? Why was it criticised?

Answer 9

Stretford Bridge - cost £1.1mil
Seen as a waste of £

Question 10

Outline the jobs provided by the Hulme CC

Answer 10

53,000

Question 11

Outline the land reclaimed by the Hulme CC

Answer 11

2,000 ha