We have now published the latest report from our Local Area Studies project, which can be found in the Reports and Papers section of our website at www.impacts08.net .  This is the report of the second phase of a three-stage project to explore the impact of Liverpool’s tenure as European Capital of Culture on residents of four distinct neighbourhoods of the city.  Reporting on a survey that took place in Summer 2008, it draws comparisons with the previous survey in 2007 and also builds on this with qualitative data from a series of focus groups.  The link to our Reports and Papers page is as follows:

http://www.liv.ac.uk/impacts08/Dissemination/I08reports.htm

The four Liverpool neighbourhoods taking part in this survey are profiled in a background document, ‘Local Area Studies – Key Statistics and Mapping of the Four Local Areas’, which is also available to download from the Reports and Papers page.  A report of the third and final stage of this project, based on a survey that was conducted in Spring 2009, will be published later this year and will provide a full analysis of any changes since 2007 in terms of engagement, participation and perspectives on Liverpool’s year as ECoC.  For further information about all of the project work we are undertaking within the theme of Cultural Access and Participation (as well as all our other projects), visit:

http://www.liv.ac.uk/impacts08/About/Projects.htm