possilpark ruchill

possilpark and ruchill is a disTricT in The norTh of GlasGow ’ s ciTy cenTre. iT is JusT 30min walk from The ciTy cenTre, JusT afTer The m8 on The norTh. iT is one of The most DepriveD neiGhBourhooDs in The uniTed kinGdom. a varieTy of orGanisaTions work in possilpark and ruchill To help local people on improvinG some of The issues ThaT makes The neiGhBourhood one of The mosT deprived. as shown in The map, possilpark and ruchill have a hiGh concentration of most DepriveD 5% compared To oTher places in GlasGow.

Figure 8: Aerial view of Possilpark possilpark and ruchill has The lowest life expectancy of all neiGhBourhoods in GlasGow (for females and males). The employmenT raTe is also one of The lowesT in GlasGow. a loT of younG people are noT in TraininG, educaTion or even employmenT. There are not many JoBs in possilpark and ruchill

'the mAin street used to hAve bAnks, cobblers, tv shops, fishmongers, fruiters… nowAdAys is dominAted by tAke AwAy betting shops, off sAles…’

‘this is the worst it hAs ever been. crime is A big problem but they hAve closed the police stAtion ’

‘people spend their money in locAl shops, there is definitely A community here ’

Possilpark

Glasgow city centre

Figure 9.Saracen street

Figure 10 . since The 1970s There has Been an indusTrial decline and Because of iT There has Been a lonG sTandinG hisTory of disadvanTaGe. possilpark also scores poorly for oTher key domains: 4Th more deprived on income, 4Th in employmenT, 1sT in healTh and 79Th on educaTion and skills ouT of more Than 6000 neiGhBourhoods. women in ruchill and possilpark live, on averaGe, almosT seven years lonGer Than men. By The 1980s unemployment levels were over 60% and loss of indusTry was conJoined wiTh profound deprivaTion. wiTh This came The loss of poor qualiTy housinG as well as viTal ameniTies such as shops and The local secondary school. iii social proBlems such as illiciT DruG use, crime anD antisocial Behaviour Gradually Grew To Become a maJor issue in The area.