Talking to families in East London

The first round of interviews with 100 families living intwo East London neighbourhoods has unearthed newinformation on problems and strengths in these areas,families’ coping strategies, and area change. Families’dissatisfaction with the areas was high, compared with thenational average. But many people in these areas thoughtthey were getting better, far more than the nationalaverage. Families pointed to all sorts of improvements:physical changes, schools, community facilities,regeneration efforts.[...]