Falkirk's pioneering project in bid to tackle poverty

摘要

A tool to help tackle poverty is being developed by Falkirk Council and IT firm thinkWhere. The two organisations have partnered to create a new mapping tool using open geographic data to help residents locate services such as food banks. Sally Buchanan, manager of the council's poverty strategy, said: 'Poverty is both a cause and a consequence of poor access to services so improving service accessibility is a core objective.