{"id":751,"date":"2011-08-30T11:10:32","date_gmt":"2011-08-30T11:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leedscd.wordpress.com\/?p=751"},"modified":"2011-08-30T11:10:32","modified_gmt":"2011-08-30T11:10:32","slug":"poverty-in-leeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2011\/08\/30\/poverty-in-leeds\/","title":{"rendered":"Poverty in Leeds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How does poverty play out in the economic powerhouse of Yorkshire, the retail and tourist success story, the regenerated and rebuilt city, that is Leeds?<\/p>\n<p>Well, here are some figures, collated by the Leeds Initiative and published on their website.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In Leeds there are 29,695 children aged under 16 who are living in poverty \u2013 22.9% of all children in this age range<\/li>\n<li>There are 33,295 dependent children aged under 20 who are living in poverty (22.1% of the children \/ young people in this age range)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>33000 children, 1 in 5 of our children, living in poverty.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Poverty is not distributed evenly across the City, and these averages hide pockets of child poverty that are as high as anywhere in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>On October 14th we are holding an Innovation Lab where the people of Leeds are invited to come and think about how poverty works in the city and what we can do to disrupt it, personally and collectively.\u00a0 We would love for you to join us&#8230;.<a href=\"http:\/\/povertyinleeds.eventbrite.com\/\">http:\/\/povertyinleeds.eventbrite.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"City of Dreams\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2013\/01\/26\/city-of-dreams\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">City of Dreams<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"An imaginary open letter: To those who would &#8216;engage&#8217; us&#8230;\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/08\/09\/an-imaginary-open-letter-to-those-who-would-engage-us\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">An imaginary open letter: To those who would &#8216;engage&#8217; us&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Patient Opinions on NHS Services in Leeds\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/07\/07\/patient-opinions-on-nhs-services-in-leeds\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Patient Opinions on NHS Services in Leeds<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Some thoughts on Best City outcomes\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/07\/05\/some-thoughts-on-best-city-outcomes\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Some thoughts on Best City outcomes<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Some Barriers to Engagement\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/06\/13\/some-barriers-to-engagement\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Some Barriers to Engagement<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How does poverty play out in the economic powerhouse of Yorkshire, the retail and tourist success story, the regenerated and rebuilt city, that is Leeds? Well, here are some figures, collated by the Leeds Initiative and published on their website. 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