As a group, we decided to narrow down our research area to a locality in Fife: Dunfermline and the West Fife Villages. My part of the research looks at the area of Abbeyview, which is within Dunfermline town.
Read MoreThe cumulative effect of these different forms of poverty sometimes creates the most damaging outcome of generational poverty - and the constant presence of hopelessness.
Read MoreSo there are several community structures in place in the area which try to combat the lack of good food amongst the unemployed and the poor.
Read MoreYou know that you are living in a deprived area when you have smashed bus stops all down your street, parks and woodlands covered in glass and rubbish.
Read MoreThere is also a food pantry located in a few of the local community centres.
Read MoreWhen looking at barriers it was clear that when people are experiencing financial poverty…
Read MoreWhere we live there are community groups, various clubs and classes, job shops, Educational, Health and Well-being groups, playgroups, drop in centres and money advice agencies.
Read More…one being the amount of opportunities people get. This is an issue as many young people miss out on things such as school trips, proms, community fun days and many more due to the fact they don't have enough money.
Read MoreExperiencing crisis with poverty is a heavy burden to cope with. For example, not everyone has money for mobile phone calls or public telephones.
Read MoreAs part of our group presentation, we handed out questionnaires and also to a few groups in my local community.
Read MoreWhen gathering information on my community, the steps taken were: finding out what people in the community were struggling with…
Read MoreUnemployment is also an issue as many young people struggle to get a job because they don't have the qualifications and more likely to gain an unskilled job with lower wages as more competition for these.
Read MoreThis is seen as a large issue for women in deprived areas. Sanitary products are not cheap to buy and do come with quite a heavy cost for some people who are scraping just to get by.
Read More…along with general online research I think it's fair to say that the introduction of Universal Credit in Fife caused a significant increase in food bank use.
Read MoreIn Scotland, Universal Credit(UC) has been rolled out within the Dunfermline area. All new Job Seekers receive this.
Read MorePoverty has a huge impact in the Castlemilk community, affecting things like people individual lifestyle, education, unemployment and health care services.
Read MoreI live in lnverkeithing; it is reasonably-sized Burgh, with retail, hairdressers, pubs and a few other industries. I have tried to find actual unemployment figures just for my area but have been unable to access that information.
Read MoreThe healthy life expectancy gap between the most and least deprived parts of the UK is 19 years. The reasons for this are complex and money is just one part of the picture.
Read MorePoverty can have a huge impact on the vulnerability of people. From watching a movie "I Daniel Blake" which is based on a true story, I was able to easily see that this can also influence people's lifestyles
Read MoreI don't think they are aware of how bad poverty is in Castlemilk and how many people are actually suffering from it daily.
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