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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.

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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 🔽
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Join the Datavysts this Monday at 12:45pm (UK time) for the premiere of a short animation introducing the Datavysts mission — exploring how data can drive better decisions and impact.
🎥 Watch live on YouTube: lnkd.in/eYvXC3d3

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⚡ TOMORROW: Don’t miss Social Economy Today 2025 with Dr Liz Gardiner on social enterprises & complexity 🌍
📅 16 Sept | GCU + Online

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Having read a draft of this lecture 👀 I can confirm it's brilliant.Using research from @socialenterprise.scot EDI groups to raise important challenges for the social economy to move beyond tokenistic inclusivity 👏👏👏 Join in person or online 👇

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We are thrilled to announce a new £1.5m NIHR-funded project led by the Yunus Centre, launching 1st October 2025! More info below 👇

Deadline to apply for this fantastic job opportunity is 7th September! More info below:

🚨 Don’t forget to register for the Social Economy Today Lecture taking place on 16th September!

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👏 @cowiej.bsky.social and Dani Hutcheon were delighted to present the WIGWAM-S scoping review findings at EHPS 2025 - 39th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society - today in Groningen 👏

CICing the partnership model into the future: a new social enterprise model for general practice? For some years, the number of new GPs going into partnership across the whole of the UK has been decreasing, while the number of GPs exiting partnerships has been increasing.1,2 These trends show no s...

📖 In light of the UK Government’s 10-Year Health Plan, Emeritus Yunus Chair @camdonaldson.bsky.social
and Dr Adrian Crofton explore how Community Interest Companies (CICs) could shape the future of true neighbourhood health services.

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Research Fellow (1.0FTE) - GCU01845 | Glasgow Caledonian University | myjobscotland View details and apply for this research (further / higher education) role in Glasgow with Glasgow Caledonian University on myjobscotland

🚨JOB OPPORTUNITY IN THE YUNUS CENTRE🚨 We are looking to recruit a Research Fellow to join our team working on The CoWBELLS project, a mixed methods, theory-based, impact evaluation of Community Wealth Building in Scotland. Apply here: myjobscotland.gov.uk/education/gl...

📢 *Social Economy Today*
"In an increasingly uncertain world: Social enterprises dealing with complexity – the unheard voices"
🗓️ Tue 16 Sept 2025 | Glasgow Caledonian University
🎤 Dr Elizabeth (Liz) Gardiner
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Members of the Lived Experience Panel around a restaurant table, with the following quote next to the photo: "With varying communication and support needs amongst Panel members, we adopted a tailored approach to meet individual requirements."

How do we create the right conditions for meaningful Patient & Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE)?

In her new blog, Mohasin Ahmed reflects on the successes, limitations and key learning from the CommonHealth Assets
Lived Experience Panel.

Read it here: www.gcph.co.uk/latest/news-...

Cover of the report, entitled 'CommonHealth Assets: Lived Experience Panel - Final evaluation report'. The cover is light blue with an illustration representing the panel. There are three women and two men of varied ages and ethnicities sitting around a table, conversing.

📢NEW REPORT
Following the end of the CommonHealth Assets project, this report details the impact & outcomes of the Lived Experience Panel - a great resource to support others to develop better Patient & Public Involvement activities in public health research. www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...

Find our more about GCPH's work in relation to the @commonhealthassets.bsky.social Lived Experience Panel here: www.gcph.co.uk/our-work/25-...

Quote: To work well, Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) must be a genuine collaboration that values lived experience alongside academic knowledge. Ahmed M Et al. (2025

👏Well done to GCPH's Mohasin & Jen and co-authors @profrachelbaker.bsky.social, @camdonaldson.bsky.social & Michael Roy on the publication of 'Creating the conditions for meaningful and effective PPIE in community-based public health research' researchinvolvement.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Cam Donaldson and colleagues Cathie Russell and Nick Kemp, address injustices in the adult care home funding in a recent editorial in the British Medical Journal. ⚖️🏥 @camdonaldson.bsky.social @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/389/...

🎓 Well done to all MSc Social Innovation (including Professional Practice) students who graduated yesterday! 👏 Wishing you every success in your next chapter. #Graduation #SocialInnovation #ClassOf2025

Last week Prof Rachel Baker and Prof Olga Biosca were lucky enough to be invited to a meeting with His Excellency Professor Muhammad Yunus. Both were delighted to congratulate him on the Kings Foundation Harmony Award presented earlier in the day by King Charles III.

Financing Health and Social Care This book argues that clinical leadership and politicians need to pay more attention to the economic issues underlying health and social care

Emeritus Yunus Chair Professor Cam Donaldson has had a new book published on the future of publicly-funded healthcare systems. For further information, visit: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

🥳A successful night was had at the recent WIGWAM WIGWAM-S Curry and Chat Night in Denny🥳

The alterity and transformative potential of democratic finance in Scotland - Scottish Graduate School of Social Science This PhD will explore the alterity and transformative potential of democratic finance – Community Bonds and Community Shares – in Scotland. This (relatively) new form of finance creates citizen invest...

www.sgsss.ac.uk/studentship/... Funded PhD Opportunity! 🚨Join our team at the Yunus Centre for Social Business & Health through an ESRC-funded SGSSS Studentship: The alterity & transformative potential of democratic finance in Scotland. 📅 Apply by: 24th June

See the latest Yunus Centre BMJ article highlighting injustices in care home funding and offering some solutions : Care home funding: lessons from Scotland
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📢 Closing date: This Friday, 23rd May apply now 📢

Day One kicked off the annual Q Methodology Workshop with an incredible cohort from universities in 13 countries across 4 continents 🌍 Participants are exploring subjectivity in health, AI, criminal justice, education, environment, literature, leadership and more a truly interdisciplinary journey!

⏳Deadlines for applications extended to 23rd May⏳

📣📣📣Join us at the Yunus Centre, GCU - don’t miss this fantastic funded PhD opportunity 👇

📢 Don’t miss this fantastic funded PhD opportunity at the Yunus Centre, GCU 👇

Exploring the developments of Living Labs fostering young people engagement in civic life at Glasgow Caledonian University on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Exploring the developments of Living Labs fostering young people engagement in civic life at Glasgow Caledonian University, listed on FindAPhD.com

🎓PhD Opportunity – Join the Team @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social 🏫@glasgowcaledonian.bsky.social 🔔We're inviting applications for a fully funded PhD Exploring the developments of Living Labs fostering young people engagement in civic life. 🔗 Learn more & apply: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

✨Apply by 10th April Funded PhD Opportunity! ✨
🚨Join our team at the Yunus Centre for Social Business & Health through an ESRC-funded SGSSS Studentship: The alterity & transformative potential of democratic finance in Scotland. 🔗 www.sgsss.ac.uk/studentship/... #PhD #Studentship #ESRC #SGSSS