Here, Professor Sheena Asthana argues, with reference to housing, education, skills, social care and health data and recent research, that children and young people in England’s coastal towns and cities have poorer health and educational outcomes than their peers inland. We are culturally conditioned to believe that a ‘coastal childhood’, growing up by the sea,… Continue reading Life’s a beach (but not always for children living by the coast)
Month: February 2026
Is there a government funding bias affecting coastal communities?
The UK is one of Western Europe’s most divided nations. Central government funding remains a core strategy to tackle the UK’s entrenched geographical, economic and social inequalities. Evidence suggests, however, that decades of spatial policy has had limited impact. Many of the UK’s coastal communities feel these regional disparities particularly acutely and have historically (and… Continue reading Is there a government funding bias affecting coastal communities?