"This is heart breaking and not acceptable"

We looked into the community profiles of Croftfoot and Castlemilk and the results were shocking. If you are a female living in Castlemilk, your life expectancy is 76 years old but if you live in Croftfoot, on average you can expect to live until 80. I currently stay on Croftfoot and my best friend stays in Castlemilk. We do everything together, we attend the same school, go to dance clubs together but due to living a few streets away from one another, statistically our lives will be different. This is heart breaking and not acceptable.

In Castlemilk 5,015 people are in income deprivation but in Croftfoot there are only 940, so why is there such a huge difference in two areas that are right next to each other? Overall I feel poverty is a major issue in my community and I believe it could be managed with the help and understanding of those in power as I don't think they are aware of how bad poverty is in Castlemilk and how many people are actually suffering from it daily.