📣 New Blog!
In this guest blog, 'Reclaiming our streets: why Glasgow needs a new approach to public advertising', Étienne Tenn Salle, reflects on his recent research on the issue of public advertising and its influence on health and social justice 🔽
www.gcph.co.uk/latest/news-...
New @sgsss.bsky.social funded #PhD opportunity to undertake an #ethnography at #galgael in Glasgow with @giopicker.bsky.social and myself. This is a fully funded #Scholarship / #Studentship, which includes a stipend, fees and research expenses. Closes 24th March. www.sgsss.ac.uk/studentship/...
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📣 New blog - Hope Not Hate: G15’s work to foster community cohesion amidst a time of division
Linking with our new anti-racism strategy, this blog shares the success of G15TP's campaigns, offering inspiration to other local communities 👏
www.gcph.co.uk/latest/news-...
Poverty is deepening.
🔎 Our #UKPoverty2026 report was launched this morning.
People in very deep poverty now make up the biggest group of people in poverty, at 6.8 million people.
This is unacceptable for the fifth richest country in the world, and it has consequences.
A bus on a road, with houses in the background. Text over the top shows 'Published: Transport Poverty Policy Review'. A blue banner at the bottom shows the text 'Report' and the PHS logo next to it.
We've just published a Transport Poverty Policy Review – this looks at 12 national transport policies to assess whether they address affordability, accessibility and safety, and whether they can reduce transport poverty at scale.
Read the full review 🔽
https://ow.ly/aIn850XZYYu
1 - In Scotland, the Equality Act 2010 protects individuals from discrimination (direct and indirect), harassment, and victimisation based on specific traits known as protected characteristics. These legal protections aim to ensure fairness, dignity, and equal access to opportunities in areas such as employment, education, healthcare, and public services.
2- The nine protected characteristics were chosen based on strong evidence that individuals with these traits often face systemic discrimination, exclusion, or disadvantage. The law recognises that these groups may be vulnerable to unfair treatment and seeks to promote equality by making discrimination against them unlawful.
3- The characteristics protected under the Act include age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. Examples of discrimination against these groups could look like an employee being forced to wear a certain uniform that goes against what is permissible in their religion without adjustments, or a pregnant employee being dismissed at work after announcing pregnancy, if the employer doesn’t want to pay for maternity leave.
4 – Discrimination can look different depending on the context, people involved and their identity. However, it can be characterised as excluding someone from opportunities or benefits, making it more difficult for someone to take part in activities, causing someone emotional distress, causing someone financial loss and treating someone unfavourably. It's important to note that even without malicious intent, you can still cause discrimination. All workplaces and public services should have clear avenues for support for individuals who have been discriminated against.
📣 New Concept Explainer!
In this explainer we describe how, in the 2010 Equality Act, nine Protected Characteristics were designated, based on strong evidence that individuals with these traits often face systemic discrimination, exclusion, or disadvantage.
A woman stands beside a swing set in an outdoor playground, watching a young girl swing forward with a smile. The playground is surrounded by grass and apartment buildings in the background. Overlaid text reads, “Open SPACES are the prescription for a healthier childhood."
Safe, inclusive public spaces are essential for children’s health, learning and social connection.
Yet access is shrinking: only 44% of urban residents live near open public space.
Cities can change this.
Read the new guide on creating public spaces for children 👉 bit.ly/4jZyksQ
📣 New GCPH Blog!
Dr Jennifer McLean tells us more about GCPH’s involvement in CoWBELLS – a new Community Wealth Building project examining how place‑based economic strategies can promote wellbeing and help reduce health inequalities. www.gcph.co.uk/latest/news-...
@yunuscentregcu.bsky.social
Cover of the Year 4 Glasgow City Food Plan annual report, with the GCFP logo at the centre, and a selection of growing vegetables in the foreground and top corners (including carrots, tomatoes, peas, salads, etc.).
Want to know more about the brilliant work of the @glasgowfpp.bsky.social for the Glasgow City Food Plan in 2024-25? Check out their annual report for Year 4, with progress updates for each theme of the Plan. www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...
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Happy birthday to our partner @glasgow.ac.uk! Founded 575 years ago today, it initially held lectures in the Chapter House of Glasgow Cathedral.
You can find out more about it and Glasgow's health history in our recently published timeline: www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...
GCPH December e-update
📣 Our latest newsletter rounds off 2025 with links to our recent work, including:
▶️ Glasgow 850 health history timeline & blog
▶️Glasgow Food Policy Partnership events
▶️Guest blog on the Fundamental Cause Theory seminar
▶️Three new concept explainers
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@instpublichealth.bsky.social
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HIA is defined by Public Health Scotland as a process which systematically judges the potential, and sometimes unintended, effects of a project, program, plan, policy, or strategy on the health of a population and the distribution of those effects within the population. HIA identifies appropriate actions to avoid or mitigate health risks and promote health opportunities.
HIA helps decisionmakers think about health, wellbeing, and equality right from the start across areas like housing, transport, planning, and economic development. It can flag up unintended consequences before decisions are made, show how different groups might be affected, and enable community and stakeholder feedback. Because it’s flexible, it can also be used alongside other impact assessments, like Equality Impact Assessments.
Although not a statutory requirement in Scotland, HIA is recognised as a practical and collaborative tool for embedding health and wellbeing within policy and planning processes, supporting the Scottish Government’s commitment to reducing health inequalities and advancing the principles of prevention and collaboration across sectors.
Most HIAs follow a broadly similar structure which includes six stages: 1. Screening – is it required? 2. Scoping – how will it be delivered? 3. Identification of impacts – how the policy could shape health and equity 4. Appraisal – evidence gathering based on identified impacts 5. Recommendations – actions to enhance or mitigate health impacts 6. Monitoring – implementation of actions
📣 New Concept Explainer!
Our latest Concept Explainer looks at Health Impact Assessment (HIA), which is recognised as a practical and collaborative tool for embedding health and wellbeing within policy and planning processes.🔽
Images of James McCune Smith, James Burn Russell and Mary Barbour
📣 New GCPH Blog!
'The People Who Made Glasgow' links to our new Glasgow 850 Health History timeline.
It looks at the lives of three Glaswegians & serves as a powerful reminder that each of us has a role to play in collectively shaping our city’s present and future 🔽
www.gcph.co.uk/latest/news-...
Public health is an important, if under-recognised, element of the great moral dramas of history – the struggle of peoples for better lives. – Szreter, 2020
From Provand's Lordship to the Red Road Flats, the provision of clean water to the 1915 rent strikes & this year's Housing (Scotland) Bill, this timeline shines a light on events that shaped Glasgow's health gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...
A quote by historian Prof Simon Szreter helps set the scene...
This is an incredible resource of interest to historians, public heath folk, Glasgow nerds and many many more!
10.12.2025 12:36 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0Thanks Katherine and thank you for all your much valued input
10.12.2025 12:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Please share! @glasgowbell.bsky.social, @glasgowcc.bsky.social, @uofgshw.bsky.social, @glasgowlive.co.uk, @womenslibrary.bsky.social
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📣 New GCPH Publication for Glasgow 850!
From Provand's Lordship to the Red Road Flats, the provision of clean water to the 1915 rent strikes & this year's Housing (Scotland) Bill, this timeline shines a light on events that shaped Glasgow's health www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...
We're delighted to launch School Shouldn't Cost: Young People's Poverty and Education Manifesto.
Five key calls set out what thousands of young people across Scotland say should happen to reduce the impact of poverty in their schools.
Find it here: tinyurl.ee/EnLSx
We are pleased to share a new article, based on a collaboration between GCPH, @commonhealthassets.bsky.social & others, on the economic evaluation of participation in community led organisations for individuals
▶️ doi.org/10.1016/j.so...
See also: www.gcph.co.uk/our-work/25-...
Join the CoWBELLS Public Involvement Panel (PIP) We’re inviting community organisations to take part in an exciting new Public Involvement Panel (PIP) as part of the Community Wealth Building Evaluation Learning Lessons from Scotland (CoWBELLS) research project. CoWBELLS is a 3-year study exploring how Community Wealth Building (CWB) – an approach to creating fairer, more inclusive local economies – impacts health and reduces inequalities. CWB focuses on keeping wealth within communities through five pillars: inclusive ownership, finance, workforce, spending, and land/property. Examples include co-operative food pantries, employee-owned businesses, and community banks. This research will inform Scotland’s upcoming Community Wealth Building Bill, which will require local authorities to implement CWB strategies.
What is the PIP? The PIP will bring together up to 18 people from across six areas – North Ayrshire, Clackmannanshire, Fife, Glasgow City Region, South of Scotland, and the Western Isles – who are involved in CWB activities. Members might be staff, volunteers, or trustees from social enterprises, small businesses, housing associations, schools, or trade unions. You don’t need research experience – just practical knowledge of community-led work. Why get involved? Shape important research that could influence policy and support for community organisations. Promote your organisation’s work and connect with others across Scotland. Access training and learning opportunities in evaluation and public health. Visit and learn from CWB projects in other areas. Receive payment for your time (£150 for full-day meetings) plus travel and childcare costs. What’s involved? Panel members will meet roughly every six months to share insights and help guide the research. Sessions will cover topics like refining the project’s Theory of Change and advising on how findings are shared. Interested? Contact Mohasin Ahmed at mohasin.ahmed@glasgow.ac.uk to find out more or sign up.
📣 Please share:
Call out to those in North Ayrshire, Clackmannanshire, Fife, Glasgow City Region, South of Scotland & the Western Isles who are staff, volunteers, or trustees from social enterprises, small businesses, housing associations, schools, or trade unions 🔽
@yunuscentregcu.bsky.social
Information desk at the event
We are pleased to support today's Full of Beans campaign 2.0 event with @uofglasgow.bsky.social, @glasgowcc.bsky.social, @thesoilassociation.bsky.social and others, sharing stories & inspo on all things bean related!
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▶️Our webinar on Healthy, Sustainable Food in Glasgow's Universities & Colleges is now online.
@uofglasgow.bsky.social, @glasgowcaledonian.bsky.social
& @cofgcollege.bsky.social
showed how sustainable procurement & menu design can affect real change in our food system.
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Digital exclusions occurs when individuals are unable to access and use technologies like the internet and digital devices. This might be due to not being able to afford devices and internet services, a lack of skills or confidence to use them, or living in an area with poor service availability. Many technologies are also not suitably designed for people with certain disabilities, therefore, digital exclusion can also occur on the basis of disability.
In modern society, many essential services have moved online, from banking and job applications to healthcare appointments. This shift was accelerated during the COVID19 pandemic due to restrictions on in person services. Although these services offer convenience and efficiency, they also create challenges for those experiencing digital exclusion.
Not being able to access these online services means individuals may struggle to find or apply for jobs, access government support, or manage their finances effectively. They risk missing educational opportunities, paying more for goods because they cannot compare prices online and experiencing greater social limitation due to limited ways to connect with others.
Digital exclusion disproportionately affects marginalised groups and is often linked to socioeconomic factors like poverty and rurality. People over the age of 65 and disable groups are also most likely to be affected.
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📣 New Concept Explainer!
Our latest in the Concept Explainer series looks at Digital Exclusion and its impacts, linking it with marginalised groups and socioeconomic disadvantage. 🔽
Cover of AI report and first presentation slide
▶️GCPH's Chris Harkins attended the @palliativescot.bsky.social
Conference today & spoke about the potential of AI within public health & healthcare in Scotland
▶️ Read Chris' earlier AI report here: gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...
Really happy to have co-authored this blog with Mhairi and David. Was a pleasure to work closely with Bruce Link and Jo Phelan as well, whose ideas have been hugely influential in my own research. Read below!
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📣 New Blog!
In this blog, Mhairi Mackenzie @uofgussp.bsky.social describes Fundamental Cause Theory and presents an important framework on how to mitigate rather than exacerbate inequalities, and how to actively work to undo fundamental causes of health inequalities
www.gcph.co.uk/latest/news-...
During the pandemic racialized minority groups were hit harder by COVID 19
The pandemic made it clear that racism is not separate to health but sits at its core, shaping risks, resilience and outcomes
Thanks for reading.
Part 2
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