life in hulme

Tracie Daly is a former resident of Hulme, and the Royal Exchange’s Community Programme Leader. On the Birley Community Day, Tracie gave a short presentation on her experience of growing up in Hulme. She talks about her experiance of education as an adult and the impact Hulme has on education. She goes on to say ...

The schools in this area suffer massively; there are a lot of contributing factors for the reasons why they’re not functioning at a high level. They’ve got deprivation, and other social problems that brings with it into the educational system (...) Young people’s educations are suffering.

Tracie goes onto say alot of factors contribute to young children getting involved in gun crime, and that what a lot of teachers have to deal with.

Education suffers and people dont feel ready for it until they're a little bit older. When they feel ready to step back into it, that’s when it’s a good point to get them. I just don’t think the resources are there now

I see this playing an important role in the way my project might unfold and manifest itself. Focusing around education and the role it has within Hulme. In what ways can I address these issues to make education more accesible for children, what can I do as a designer to make the childrens transition through education a postive one, to engage and contribute to the co-locality of Hulme?

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