Glasgow February 5, 2008
Posted by jonesy24 in Church, Community, Glasgow, Mission, Re:Hope.trackback
“Its report predicted that half of all families in Glasgow would be headed by a lone parent eight years from now.”
“there are 170 teenage gangs in Glasgow - the same number as in London, despite Glasgow having just a sixth of the population of the English capital.”
“The proportion of young people not in employment, education or training was about 18% - 50% more than the Scottish average and roughly twice that of Manchester.”
“The critical issues are family breakdown and drug and alcohol abuse - which are very high here, with up to 15-20,000 registered drug users.”
You missed out the recent figures on life expectancy fro a baby born in Glasgow which were tragic.