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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 21h
On day 4 of #ChallengePovertyWeek the focus is on Child Poverty and we thought it would be helpful to publish our new Concept Explainer on Child Poverty. For more information on Child Poverty in Glasgow, visit Understanding Glasgow: www.understandingglasgow.com/childrens-in...
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It's day 3 of #ChallengePovertyWeek and for today's theme of Fair Work we are sharing our Concept Explainer on Community Wealth Building. CWB can help create fairer work by keeping money and jobs within local communities. Read more on GCPH's work on CWB here: www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
On Day 2 of this year's #ChallengePovertyWeek, the focus is on energy, and we would like to share this sobering statistic, which is that just under half - 47% - of people surveyed in Glasgow reported concerns or difficulties affording fuel. Find out more at: www.nhsggc.scot/your-health/...
Did you know that just under half - 47% - of people surveyed in Glasgow reported concerns or difficulties affording fuel.
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
To kick off #ChallengePovertyWeek & today's theme of Social Security we are sharing our Concept Explainer on Cash First Approaches which can help people navigate the social security system, receive entitlements & increase incomes. Read more on GCPH's Cash First work: www.gcph.co.uk/our-work/118...
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Great to be at the NHS Scotland Event at the Technology & Innovation Centre today. Our Interim Director, Jennifer McLean, is attending and contributing to discussions with a strong focus on public service reform.
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🏆🎑 We are delighted to be involved in the Going for Gold bid for Glasgow to become a Gold award level sustainable food city. As part of the campaign, come celebrate autumn at the Going for Gold family-friendly Harvest event on 31st October at Civic House. Details below ⏬️
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Find more insights into the lives, demographics and health outcomes of LGBT+ communities, in the GCPH report published earlier this year, which presented the first national level analysis of LGBT+ health and wellbeing in Scotland. 📌 www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Did you know... Almost 12,000 people in Scotland report having a Learning Disability and the number of those aged 60+ has grown from 539 in 2011 to 1805 in 2022? #LearningDisabilityWeek
Did you know?

Almost 12,000 people in Scotland report having a Learning Disability.
The number of those aged 60+ has grown from 539 in 2011 to 1805 in 2022.
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Place Standard @placestandard.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This report presents a series of Glasgow City neighbourhood level graphs, drawing on data to provide a clear comparison of each indicator across neighbourhoods, & also benchmarking local values against Glasgow & Scotland averages @glasgow.ac.uk @thegcph.bsky.social www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
📣 New GCPH E-update! In this issue is our new Children and Young People’s Neighbourhood Profiles, alongside a just-published comparative analysis of 56 Glasgow neighbourhoods that explores the factors shaping health and wellbeing across the city 📍 enewsletters.tictocfamily.com/t/r-e-tudjij...
Mural in Bridgeton, Glasgow
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
📣 New GCPH reports! Data from across Glasgow’s 56 neighbourhoods show stark differences across 23 health, social, economic & environmental indicators and reveal shared challenges, areas of strength - and why place-based action matters. 📌 Read more: www.understandingglasgow.com/profiles/202...
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
📢 New Concept Explainer! In this explainer we look at Prevention in public health, which is is about taking action early to help people stay healthy and improving the wider determinants of health to prevent ill health. 📍 www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
📢 New publication! Glasgow Cash-First Project 2024-2026: A summary The Glasgow Cash-First Project was one of 8 Scottish Government funded pilots aiming to reduce reliance on food banks by prioritising income maximisation and advice-based support. 📍 Available at: www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Our newest Concept Explainer looks at wellbeing economy, an economic system that focusses on benefits to people and the planet rather than solely focussing on economic growth and financial profit. Download the pdf here: www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
📢 New Blog! Following on from the fourth Cash First Communities conference this past June, Director of @ifanuk.bsky.social Sabine Goodwin, reflects on the Glasgow Cash First Project and its learning in our latest guest blog. www.gcph.co.uk/latest/news-...
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Lessons from Glasgow’s Cash First partnership project
Lessons from Glasgow’s Cash First partnership project
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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Latest report from the Behavioural Insights Team looks at social cohesion in the UK: “Rebuilding social cohesion requires shared spaces, activities that encourage people to come together, agency for communities, and platforms that connect people rather than divide them.”
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Fractured, not broken | BIT
Building social cohesion will be one of the biggest challenges facing the UK’s new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham. Recent unrest has exposed the growing cracks in the UK’s social fabric and many people ...
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
This #GlasgowPride do check out our recent report on LGBT+ health and wellbeing in Scotland. This landmark report presents the first national level analysis of LGBT+ health and wellbeing in Scotland, drawing on data from over 5.4 million people in the 2022 Census. www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...
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LGBT+ health and wellbeing in Scotland: A landmark census analysis
LGBT+ health and wellbeing in Scotland: A landmark census analysis
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
This #DisabilityPrideMonth, we would like to share a great explainer by GCPH Programme Manager Chris Harkins, on the importance of how we talk about disability and how language can impact on policy making. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZWh... 🧷Read the briefing here: www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...
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Reframing language around disablity
YouTube video by gcphonline
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
📢 New Concept Explainer! Climate Change is a major public health challenge but addressing it through planning, adaption & mitigation can exclude disabled people through (often unintentional) Eco-Ableism. #DisabilityPride Links: 📌 www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi... 📌 www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Did you know that Census data shows that LGBT+ people experience consistent differences across key socioeconomic indicators? Read more in our report on LGBT+ health and wellbeing in Scotland : www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi... Full text DYK: www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
📢 New Blog! Following from the recent publication of the new Understanding Glasgow neighbourhood profiles, GCPH's Jen McLean highlights some of the city level data and trends. 📍 www.gcph.co.uk/latest/news-...
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Understanding Glasgow's communities: New profiles from the 2022 Census
Understanding Glasgow's communities: New profiles from the 2022 Census
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
📣 Newly published! Our updated Children's neighbourhood profiles, co-produced with @publichealthscot.bsky.social, are now on Understanding Glasgow: www.understandingglasgow.com/profiles/chi... 👀Look out for upcoming intelligence briefings, based on the Children's Profiles. 🎞️ Quick Guide:
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Did you know that health inequalities are most pronounced among people identifying as transgender or with a trans history? Read more in our LGBT census analysis of 5.4 million people: www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi... Full text DYK: www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
📣 June e-update! This edition covers the new Glasgow nhd profiles, new landmark Census analysis of LGBT+ health & wellbeing in Scotland, the latest evaluation of Big Noise, and new blogs focussing on community wealth building & cultural humility. enewsletters.tictocfamily.com/t/r-e-tutrgj...
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Did you know that LGBT+ people experience markedly higher rates of mental health conditions than the general population? Find out more in our recent LGBT+ census analyses: www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi... Full Text DYK: www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi... #PrideMonth #Pride
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
#Pridemonth #Pride
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Did you know that young people in Scotland are more likely to report having LGBT+ status? This indicates a need to plan for increasingly diverse populations in healthcare. Find out more in our recent LGBT+ census report www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi... Full text DYK: www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
📣 New Concept Explainer! The assumption of heteronormativity can create often unintentional, but avoidable, barriers to healthcare and other support services. 🧷Full text available at: www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Key facts infographic (full text in report)Key facts infographic (full text in report)
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Some Key Facts from our recent Big Noise Sistema Scotland evaluation 🔽 Full text available at: www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
For the Sistema Scotland Big Noise evaluation, researcher Lisa Garnham created an interactive layered map to illustrate the pathways to impact. It uses case studies, such as the ones below, to illustrate this at an individual level. 🔽 bignoise.layeredsystemsmaps.com/view/finalim...
Paige case study (full text in report)Mohammed case study (full text in report)Eilah case study (full text in report)Ben case study (full text in report)
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
📣 New blog! To coincide with the launch of the latest evaluation of Big Noise, 'Trust the process: Big Noise impact on participants, families and their wider communities', Sistema Scotland Chief Executive Vicky Williams shares her reflections 🔽 🧷 www.gcph.co.uk/latest/news-...
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Big Noise: real, meaningful and lasting change
Big Noise: real, meaningful and lasting change
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Some lovely images from this morning's launch of our Sistema Scotland Big Noise evaluation report 'Trust the Process: Big Noise Impact on Participants, Families and Their Wider Communities'. 🔗 Read the evaluation report here: www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...
Members of the evaluation team and Big NoiseQ&A session with panelSome young Big Noise performers playing at the event
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
📣 New report! "Trust the Process: Big Noise impact on participants, families and their wider communities" Our new evaluation of Sistema Scotland’s Big Noise shows clear, wide-ranging and consistent benefits linked directly to the programme. 🔗 www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...
Cover of the report
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
🏆 🍽️ Following from yesterday's #GlasgowGoingForGold launch, here is a short animation explaining what it is and how Glasgow is aiming for the Sustainable Food Places Gold Award!
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
We stand corrected 😄👍
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
🏆🍽 Going for Gold! We were delighted to help launch Glasgow's bid to achieve a Gold award through Sustainable Food Places. Thanks also to Cllr McSporran and Sacred Heart Primary 👏. 🔗 Find out more: goodfoodforall.co.uk/projects/gla... #GlasgowGoingForGold
Children holding up postersCllr McSporran at the podiumSmall boy holding some vegJill Muirie at the launch
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Did you know that in the most recent Scottish Census, racially-minoritised groups were more likely to identify as LGBT+ than the white population? Download our latest 'Did you Know' on LGBT+ identities among racially-minoritised groups: www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
You can find the report 'LGBT+ health and wellbeing in Scotland: A landmark census analysis of 5.4 million people' on our website: www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...
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LGBT+ health and wellbeing in Scotland: A landmark census analysis
LGBT+ health and wellbeing in Scotland: A landmark census analysis
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
In response to our recent LGBT+ Census report, we have invited LGBT+ community experts to share their reflections and insights on the findings relevant to their work. Here, AJ Allard-Dunbar (Exhale.Group CIC) looks at LGBT+ identities among racially-minoritised groups. www.gcph.co.uk/latest/news-...
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The forgotten intersection: LGBT+ racially-minoritised communities
The forgotten intersection: LGBT+ racially-minoritised communities
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
To go along with our new report 'LGBT+ Health and Wellbeing in Scotland: A landmark census analysis of 5.4 million people', we have produced an infographic with some of the key facts from the report. You can read the report here: www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...
Key facts from the report:
-1 in 23 adults in Scotland identify as LGB+.
-1 in 213 identify as trans or having a trans history.
-Young people are more likely to identify as LGB+ with 1 in 8 16-24 year olds.
-People from mixed or multiple ethnic backgrounds are most likely to identify as LGB+ at 12% compared to 4.3% of white people.
-Those identifying as LGBT+ are more likely to report mental health conditions at just under 46% for LGBT+ groups, nearly 60% across trans subgroups, 13% of the cisgender population. This is partly due
to experiences of discrimination, stigmatisation and barriers to inclusive mental health support for LGBT+ individuals.
-LGB+ people are 3 to 10 times more likely to report a developmental disorder than heterosexual people. This rises to 11 times more likely for trans people compared to cisgender people.
-LGB+ people are 2 to 4 times more likely to report a learning difficulty than heterosexual people. This rises to 4.6 times more likely for trans people compared to cisgender people.
-Non-binary individuals and those identifying as “Other trans status/history” consistently experience the highest levels of disadvantage, demonstrating a concentration of overlapping health burdens.
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
📣New GCPH report: the first national census analysis of LGBT+ health and wellbeing in Scotland, in collaboration with LGBT Health & Wellbeing. This #Pride month, the evidence is clear: inequalities persist. They are measurable and actionable. Read more: www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Did you know… that the language used to describe disability plays a powerful role in shaping public understanding, attitudes and policy responses? Find out more about GCPH's latest report on framing disability: www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
📣 New GCPH Blog! How we talk about disability is important as disability is not marginal, rare or “other”. Disability is part of being human and the 2022 Census reports that more than a quarter of people in Scotland have a life-limiting disability. ▶️ www.gcph.co.uk/latest/news-...
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Disability will touch most of our lives: Why Scotland must change its language and framing
Disability will touch most of our lives: Why Scotland must change its language and framing
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
📣 New Report: Vulnerable burden or vital members of our society? Changing the narrative about disabled people in Scotland today Our new briefing examines current public, political and media discourses around disability. 📌 Link: www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...
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Vulnerable burden or vital members of our society?
Changing the narrative about disabled people in Scotland today
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Child Poverty Action Group @cpaguk.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Join our free webinar in June to hear about the impact of AI in the advice sector. Book your place: tinyurl.com/37d7kb47
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
See the profiles for Glasgow City, the North East, North West and South sectors and all 56 neighbourhoods here: www.understandingglasgow.com/profiles/nei...
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Neighbourhood profiles
Neighbourhood profiles
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
To go along with our newly published Glasgow City neighbourhood profiles, we have produced a short evidence briefing comparing population and health trends in Glasgow over a decade. Read it here: www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...
Cover of the report, with a map of Glasgow and a magnifying glass on top.
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Back in March, football legend John Hartson came by the GCPH office to share his experience of gambling harms and reflect on our report examining gambling harms among young men. Many thanks to John for his honesty and courage. You can read the report here: www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...
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John Hartson's story - Gambling harms
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
👏 A great collaborative effort between GCPH & @publichealthscot.bsky.social
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