1.  Collectively, the BME component of the City’s population is estimated to have increased from 7.4% in 2001 to 13.5% in 2009 (ONS mid year estimates)  96.8% of Salford pupils were White British in 2001, this had fallen to 85.5% in 2010. (Salford schools’ census data)  Between 2009 and 2011, the number of BME children within Salford state schools increased by 495 persons per year (approx 12% pa), the largest proportion being among the White Other and Eastern European group.  In 2009, 61 different ethnicities were recorded in the Salford School Census

3. What are the drivers for growth? 1.rapid expansion of Orthodox Jewish community – at least 10,000 now: one in thirty of all residents and around one in ten of all young people 2.the arrival of skilled, often well educated migrant workers from central and Eastern Europe since 2004. Between 2004-2008 there was an increase of 158% in NI numbers issued for people in Salford, mainly to Polish, Czech and other A8 citizens. 3.But - consistent in-migration of notable numbers of other nationalities including Chinese, Pakistani, Indian and Nigerians, coming to work 4.The city, (like Manchester and Liverpool), has been one of the region’s main gateways for the national programme of asylum seeker dispersal.

4. Where is the growth?  biggest expansion has occurred within the East Salford and Eccles neighbourhoods  But - recent research carried out for the Council has highlighted the development of new BME communities in non-traditional areas of the city, such as Swinton, Pendleton and Little Hulton – e.g. the rise in the number of Muslim residents in central and east Salford, much of that growth coming from migrants from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, and a significant range of other nationalities.

5. What do we know about need?  Research programme: see reports at http://www.salford.gov.uk/bmecommunities.htm http://www.salford.gov.uk/bmecommunities.htm  Currently working on projects with Interlink and with the University of Salford