Making a Fresh Start ; Knowle West, One of the Worst Unemployment Blackspots in the South West with Some of the Worst Social Deprivation in the Country, Is On the Brink of Massive Change. Political Editor Ian Onions Looks at the Issues

Evening Post (Bristol, UK) › October 06, 2010

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YOU don't have to spend long in Knowle West to realise this area of the city is in dire need of change.

Boarded-up shops, litter blowing down the streets and parts of an old car lying in a patch of wasteland which was once supposed to be a park.

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Making a Fresh Start ; Knowle West, One of the Worst Unemployment Blackspots in the South West with Some of the Worst Social Deprivation in the Country, Is On the Brink of Massive Change. Political Editor Ian Onions Looks at the Issues

This is Knowle West in the year 2010, a wasteland in every sense of the word because it has suffered so badly from lack of investment and support for decades.

The city council and government agencies keep throwing money at various projects to try to help the community and improve the quality of people's lives.

Some of these schemes have had varying degrees of success but let's face it, they are only scratching at the surface.

If you are really going to bring about the kind of change that...

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