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As part of the Community Wealth Building Evaluation: Learning Lessons from Scotland (CoWBELLS) project, GCPH has brought together a group of 14 people from community‑led organisations, small businesses and social enterprises across Scotland to form a Public Involvement Panel (PIP) to advise and ensure that the expertise and perspectives of those involved in local community wealth building (CWB) implementation across Scotland shape and inform the project. The organisations rep

In this guest blog, Dr Jayne Galinsky, Research Fellow at the Yunus Centre for Social Business & Health, Glasgow Caledonian University, talks about the new CoWBELLS project: Community Wealth Building Evaluation: Learning Lessons from Scotland. Community Wealth Building (CWB) is an approach to economic development that focusses on keeping wealth within local communities. Instead of money being spent outside local communities, this model prioritises supporting local businesses,

20 Jan 2026 | Dr Jennifer McLean This blog is the first in a series that will keep you updated on the progress and learning from the CoWBELLS project over the coming years. Here, Dr Jennifer McLean sets the scene and tells us more about GCPH’s involvement in the project. Building on our interest in, and research on, community-led approaches for health improvement and patient and public involvement in research, we are pleased to be partners in ‘Community Wealth Building Evalua

Researchers have launched a major new investigation into the power of Community Wealth Building (CWB) to affect local economies and improve population health. Glasgow Caledonian University will lead a £1.5million study to determine whether retaining more wealth in local communities can prevent premature deaths and tackle health inequalities. CWB is an approach to economic development that aims to generate, circulate and retain more wealth within local areas. The National Inst