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Yakub Qureshi: Three districts in Greater Manchester are among the poorest in England, according to new research. Collyhurst in Manchester, Kirkholt in Rochdale and Oldham’s Shaw Road area have been ranked in the country’s top ten most-deprived neighbourhoods. And the Cheshire village Alderley Edge is the second richest, according to a charity which looked at life expectancy, health and earnings. Christian charity Church Urban Fund combined information published by the government to draw up what it claims is a comprehensive map of deprivation. It looked at the number of children and elderly people living below the poverty line and examined male and female life expectancy in council wards around the country. The charity found that as many as 57 per cent of children in Collyhurst were thought to be living in poverty – and the average life expectancy for men was 77.
But in Alderley Edge fewer than 4pc of children are living in poor households – and men are expected on average to live until 87. Only Camberley in Surrey had better conditions, according to the data. The Church of England charity used the information, which also included the percentage of adults without qualifications and number of lone-parent households, to analyse the health and wealth of its 13,000 parishes. The team said that the figures showed the continuing existence of a north-south divide, with cities such as Manchester and Liverpool lagging far behind affluent areas in the south east. Paul Hackwood, chairman of the charity, said he hoped the information would help ensure the government and other organisations targeted help where it was most needed. He said: "We hope it will create a much greater awareness of poverty in England and bring people from affluent and less affluent areas together to think about what could be done to support those that are living in poverty. "While the poverty statistics do paint a bleak picture of these areas, what they don’t show is the strength of the community and the work so many people are doing to support those that have fallen on hard times. "We believe in supporting local people to take action within their own communities to help them break the cycle of poverty." The London-based charity currently runs a project in Oldham’s Coldhust area – close to one of the top 10 areas - which helps unemployed adults access education and training. Chat, Make Friends & Play Bingo at Mecca
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