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Covid crisis boosts community spirit in Ferguslie Park

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Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Poverty in Ferguslie Park is being challenged in ways previously not thought possible as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, community leaders have said.Terry McTernan, whose Darkwood Crew has delivered thousands of food parcels to the hungry and companionship to the lonely, says grassroots organisations have in the past six months had a bigger impact on the community than years of quangos and outside interventions.Renowned as the most deprived community in Scotland for a generation, Ferguslie Park is now, according to Terry, finding its own solution to problems that blight the lives of many of residents.He is now – at the start of Challenge Poverty.

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