{"id":2032,"date":"2023-09-08T15:55:37","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T14:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/care-shusu\/?page_id=2032"},"modified":"2023-09-08T15:55:39","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T14:55:39","slug":"change-loss-and-community","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/care-shusu\/change-loss-and-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Change, Loss and Community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Resident narratives of life on a social housing estate<\/strong>: Doctoral research by Eve Blezard<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-canva wp-block-embed-canva\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"Untitled (Instagram Post (Square))\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/design\/DAFt3vkaK4Q\/view?embed&#038;meta#?secret=TkQ9iUljcG\" data-secret=\"TkQ9iUljcG\" height=\"500\" width=\"500\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This project explores the value and meaning of community for residents on a regenerated social housing estate in the North-West of England. \u2018Community\u2019 has continuing relevance in academic inquiry and application within social policy. It is frequently portrayed as a lost idyll that can be retrieved to counteract social decline; thus, an important means of examining social change. As it is contended that community is an interpretative concept; consequently, the project suggests that policy constructions of community should be challenged and explored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is further suggested that social policy directed towards social housing communities has become detached from the resident experience. Therefore, this research contributes to knowledge seeking to understand social housing communities from a resident perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-canva wp-block-embed-canva\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"Copy of Co-production nursing\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/design\/DAFt3v_IiME\/view?embed&#038;meta#?secret=vXvAL3S9HT\" data-secret=\"vXvAL3S9HT\" height=\"281\" width=\"500\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Noticeboard summary visual of the project<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Fourteen semi-structured interviews have been undertaken with a purposive sample of ten residents on a social housing estate in the North of England. The interviews were transcribed and analysed through a thematic, narrative approach. The research found that community is frequently constructed through social and community places to which residents ascribe value and importance. These places were vital for facilitating supportive social networks and central to resident power, autonomy, and ownership. The loss of community spaces was seen as contributing to a rise in anti-social behaviour and a decline in social interaction. Subsequently, residents became unable to construct belonging to where they live, affecting their well-being and ability to feel at \u2018home.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The research demonstrates the present reality of how Rookwood has become detached from the initial vision of the estate. Like many of the areas \u2018Slum Clearance\u2019 developments, the original estate was seemingly built with a holistic community view. The estate was designed as a neighbourhood; with a local school, multi-use games area, play areas, shops, and open green spaces. Latterly a community centre and meeting room were developed on the estate. This funding was primarily based on the wider community&#8217;s needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The removal and closure of these spaces appear to have negatively impacted residents\u2019 constructions of community. Residents also felt excluded from the changes in their neighbourhood and could no longer access, own, and control their own community spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>&#8220;<em>They took the community away from us, the community rooms and everything has just gone to p<\/em><\/strong><em>ot.<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n<cite>Resident Quote<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-canva wp-block-embed-canva\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"Untitled\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/design\/DAFt3sdr-9E\/view?embed&#038;meta#?secret=34Wf1DlhyY\" data-secret=\"34Wf1DlhyY\" height=\"375\" width=\"500\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Illustrated storyboard of the findings from resident experiences<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Without these spaces, residents feel they have lost the opportunity to come together, interact, and develop supportive social structures. The loss of spaces was also seen as a loss of safe, inclusive places for children to play and interact within the estate&#8217;s boundaries. This, coupled with a rise of new residents, and a decline in wider service and amenities due to welfare reform, has contributed to increased youth-related crime and anti-social behaviour. Without crucial social support networks, a positive means of interaction, and a genuine fear of crime, residents had withdrawn from social contact. This lack of community, connection, and negative experiences of crime has led to residents being unable to feel safe and at home within the estate, negatively impacting their belonging to the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em><strong>\u00a0\u201cI haven\u2019t got a home.\u00a0 That\u2019s it; I am going to end up crying here, aren\u2019t I?\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<cite>Resident Quote<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The findings evidence the importance of community to social housing residents and the negative consequences of a perceived lack of community. Although nostalgia must be accounted for within residents\u2019 narratives, Rookwood remains a local example of the effect of reduced services and facilities within a deprived area. The estate also illustrates the exclusion of residents from the development and planning of their own neighbourhoods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-wp-embed is-provider-canva wp-block-embed-canva\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"Copy of Co-production nursing\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/design\/DAFt3qODPhM\/view?embed&#038;meta#?secret=doTzM9W4nT\" data-secret=\"doTzM9W4nT\" height=\"281\" width=\"500\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Visual to display some of the key issues and themes in the findings with resident quotes<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, the narrative demonstrates the implications of negative community experiences on; crime, anti-social behaviour, and resident well-being.\u00a0 These outcomes would likely affect the long-term sustainability and management of social housing neighbourhoods.\u00a0 Here Rookwood can illuminate the ultimate cost of austerity policies and politics, particularly in areas subject to high socio-economic deprivation.\u00a0 Therefore, concluding that; social spaces, community, and social networks are likely to have more value and purpose in social housing communities. Consequently, these communities should be prioritised in development, planning, and regeneration.\u00a0 It also confirms the contention that in terms of planning and developing spaces, they are best understood by those that live there. This, therefore, evidences the need for increased levels of resident involvement in the development of social housing neighbourhoods.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>&#8220;<em>Yeah, there is just nothing to make a community a community, you know, there is no resources.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<cite>Resident Quote<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Ultimately the narrative of Rookwood illustrates that a social housing \u2018unit\u2019 does not always make a \u2018home\u2019 and emphasises the implications of underestimating the value of \u2018home\u2019 and \u2018community\u2019 in residents\u2019 lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>&#8220;<em>It has got to be a home, yeah, yeah\u2026 You have got to feel it.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<cite>Resident Quote<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>You can learn more about the project <a href=\"https:\/\/salford-repository.worktribe.com\/output\/1328367\/change-loss-and-community-resident-narratives-of-life-on-a-social-housing-estate\">here <\/a>or view a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/design\/DAFQpAlzF-k\/tlMhAfsoe6hh6Zx-dmW6Jw\/watch?utm_content=DAFQpAlzF-k&amp;utm_campaign=designshare&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_source=publishsharelink\">short video <\/a>of some creative outputs from the project which include found poetry taken from resident interviews as part of a series of visual outputs to help make the findings more accessible and engaging. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The research will now build on the interview data through a co-research project with local residents and a third-sector community group. A pilot project is being delivered to enable residents to lead conversations about the role of community spaces in their local area to inform a potential community centre development in 2024. You can learn more about that project here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/care-shusu\/comm-unity-pilot\/\">CommUNITY Hub Doorstep Engagement | Sustainable Housing &amp; Urban Studies Unit (SHUSU) | University of Salford<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-default\" \/>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-canva wp-block-embed-canva\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"Black and White Round Fashion Monogram Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/design\/DAFt3v6aTYo\/view?embed&#038;meta#?secret=upm8kKdVS4\" data-secret=\"upm8kKdVS4\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The ache for home lives in all of us. 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