Less depressed, more content and financially better off - is the verdict on a new study into impact of prestonlabour The Preston Model But opposition claim the prestoncouncil flagship may just be 'backseat passenger'
One of the report’s authors told the Local Democracy Reporting Service that 350 fewer people were now suffering from depression than would have been expected had Preston continued to follow the upward trend it had been on for similar areas prior to adopting the new approach.
Meanwhile, community wealth building was estimated to have led to a nine percent improvement in life satisfaction – as measured by the Office for National Statistics’ annual population survey – and an 11 percent increase in median wages. Nevertheless, Professor Barr stressed that the reductions noted in the study were not in cases of “mild depression”.
The study authors acknowledge that their work has some “limitations” – and that it cannot be said with complete certainty that the improvements seen since 2015 are “entirely related to the community wealth building programme”. Asked by the LDRS whether he believed that the study was clear evidence of the Preston Model working, Professor Barr said that it was “definitely a step in the right direction for getting that evidence”.
The study revealed a major deviation between Preston and comparable areas when it came to the measure of life satisfaction. From 2015, it started to shoot up in Preston, almost reaching a score of 8 out of 10 by 2018 – and although it dipped slightly the following year, it remained well above the figure for the control group which fell consistently from 2016 and stood at around 7 out of 10 three years later.
To that end, he said, other places could do worse than follow Preston’s lead – although he recognised that there was not a “one-size-fits-all” solution to each area’s challenges.
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