Clarawood

About Clarawood

Clarawood is a housing estate in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is located in the east of the city. PopulationThe Northern Ireland Housing Executive, the public housing authority for Northern Ireland, commissioned and published a report about segregation in the estates; the report was based on national census data gathered between 1971 and 2001 and used 100m cells as the smallest unit. The report included the following figures for Clarawood: In 1971, 2% Catholic, 94% Protestant, and 3% unknown; In 1991, 1% Catholic, 83% Protestant, and 17% of which claimed no or another religion; In 2001, 2% Catholic, 93% Protestant, and 5% claimed no religion. Facilities, the Housing Executive reported on it stock of housing units; it reported that Clarawood contained 591 residences, 313 of which were owned by the Housing Executive and 278 of which had been sold. Robert Bell Primary School was built to serve about 180 students; as of 1984 it was slated to be closed. Part of the closed school's facilities were made into a school for children with special needs, the Clarawood School, and part was made into a community centre called the Anne Napier Centre. the Clarawood School provided education for children with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties; it provided full-time education for 19 children, part-time education for 14 children, and educational support 137 pupils via an outreach program. The Anne Napier Centre apparently closed around 2004; in 2009 the Clarawood Community Association, which had been formed in 2003 to organize and advocate for the residents of the neighborhood, the Belfast City Council, and the Belfast Education and Library Board came to an agreement to allow the community association to lease the facility for use as a community centre.

Clarawood Description

Clarawood is a housing estate in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is located in the east of the city. PopulationThe Northern Ireland Housing Executive, the public housing authority for Northern Ireland, commissioned and published a report about segregation in the estates; the report was based on national census data gathered between 1971 and 2001 and used 100m cells as the smallest unit. The report included the following figures for Clarawood: In 1971, 2% Catholic, 94% Protestant, and 3% unknown; In 1991, 1% Catholic, 83% Protestant, and 17% of which claimed no or another religion; In 2001, 2% Catholic, 93% Protestant, and 5% claimed no religion. Facilities, the Housing Executive reported on it stock of housing units; it reported that Clarawood contained 591 residences, 313 of which were owned by the Housing Executive and 278 of which had been sold. Robert Bell Primary School was built to serve about 180 students; as of 1984 it was slated to be closed. Part of the closed school's facilities were made into a school for children with special needs, the Clarawood School, and part was made into a community centre called the Anne Napier Centre. the Clarawood School provided education for children with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties; it provided full-time education for 19 children, part-time education for 14 children, and educational support 137 pupils via an outreach program. The Anne Napier Centre apparently closed around 2004; in 2009 the Clarawood Community Association, which had been formed in 2003 to organize and advocate for the residents of the neighborhood, the Belfast City Council, and the Belfast Education and Library Board came to an agreement to allow the community association to lease the facility for use as a community centre.

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Clarawood is located at Belfast, UK
http://www.clarawoodschool.co.uk/