Showing 261–270 of 288 results.
After School Matters (ASM) provides over 22,000 internships and apprenticeships to school pupils in Chicago and works with over 15,000 young people in the city, making it the largest programme of...
The Sunset Alliance in Brooklyn formed out of a growing recognition that the impact of CBOs working with disadvantaged youth in the area was limited as each one worked in...
In 2005, at a time when Kalamazoo was still being affected by deindustrialisation and suburbanisation, a group of local anonymous donors pledged to provide full college scholarships to every...
Brighton’s tourism industry first developed during the 18th century, when claims that the seawater had healing benefits drew in wealthy visitors. By 1911, tourism and entertainment made up...
Blackpool’s growth as a tourist town began back in the 18th century. Its first visitors were middle-class holidaymakers to the seaside, but it was the arrival of the railway in the mid-19th...
Sunderland’s rapid growth through the 19th century was mainly due to the mining and export of coal and shipbuilding, and because of the latter it was known as ‘the largest shipbuilding town in...
In 1911, half of Birmingham’s jobs were in manufacturing. Known as the “city of a thousand trades”, which no doubt reflected its entrepreneurial dynamism, a large share of its jobs in 1911...
Milton Keynes and Telford were created during the third wave of new towns in the 1960s,[footnote]The London Gazette: no. 44233. p.827. 24 January 1967; The London Gazette: no. 44735. p.13433. 13...
During the 19th century, the city of Manchester was a major cotton producer and trade centre, well connected on the river Mersey, and supported by its Victorian port, railways and canals. Dubbed...
The Centre for Cities commissioned YouGov to conduct a survey to better understand how people see London and its impact on the country as a whole as well as the city they live in. This summary...
