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Julie Cowie
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Senior Research Fellow, Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health, Glasgow Caledonian University.
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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 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.
November 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Read our latest blog for an update on this research project! Link to in bio
blogs.ed.ac.uk/nessie/2025/...
#NESSIE #bestevidence #evidencebased #EvidenceBasedPractice #evidencedbasedresearch #evidenceinformedpractice #evidencesynthesis
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September 16, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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@ehps2025.bsky.social such an enjoyable, informative conference. Thanks for having us!
yunuscentregcu.bsky.social YunusCentreGCU @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social · Aug 27
👏 @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 👏
August 30, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Great night of conversation at the WIGWAM-S project "Curry and Chat" night in Denny talking with local men about how best to support health and wellbeing in the community. Hopefully not the last curry and chat night.. watch this space! @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Excited to have this published! Take a look at our paper reporting the results of our co-designed intervention with two local communities in Scotland 👇
February 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM