Drumchapel is one of the most deprived areas of Scotland with many families facing extreme hardship. Almost half of the area’s children live in poverty while more than half of households with dependent children are single-parent households. Local families struggle with high unemployment, low educational attainment, poor health, high incidences of suicide and self-harm, and a high number of teenage pregnancies.
It is against this challenging backdrop that 3D Drumchapel aims to realise its ambition of making Drumchapel the best place in Scotland to grow up. Launched in 1997 as a mum and toddler group working with a handful of families, the organisation has expanded to offer a packed schedule of universal and targeted family support from outdoor play sessions to intensive one-to-one work with families.
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