EALTH AND WELLBEING EALTH GLASGOW COMMUNITY H RESEARCH AND LEARNING PROGRAMME .gowellonline.com Progress and findings report 2006 www designed by www.traffic-design.co.uk 0141 332 9098 EALTH AND WELLBEING EALTH RESEARCH AND LEARNING PROGRAMME GLASGOW COMMUNITY H 39 St Vincent Place .gowellonline.com | www Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0141 221 9439 Telephone: Level 6 Glasgow G1 2ER GoWell Health The Glasgow Centre for Population Contents GoWell is a collaborative partnership between 01 Foreword the Glasgow Centre for Population Health, 02 Introduction the University of Glasgow and the MRC Social 03 Study areas and Public Health Sciences Unit, sponsored 05 Current characteristics and conditions by Glasgow Housing Association, Communities 06 Putting GoWell in context Scotland, NHS Health Scotland and 07 Community survey 11 Governance, participation and empowerment NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. 12 Evaluating wider actions 13 Communications and involvement This report is available in other languages on request. Please contact Yvonne Christley on 0141 221 9439 14 Forward look or email Yvonne at [email protected] 15 The GoWell team 16 Presentations and accounts Progress and findings report 2006 01 02 Foreword Introduction Improving the population’s health This report marks the end of a productive GoWell is a long-term endeavour, and I Welcome to the first annual The GoWell programme aims to examine This is important as many projects only and reducing health inequalities first year for GoWell, with considerable call on you to continue your support and progress and findings report for the impact of Glasgow's unprecedented evaluate investment and implementation, remain major challenges in progress being made with all aspects participation over coming years. the GoWell programme. The report investment in community regeneration and not the actual impact of the initiatives Scotland, as some of our of the programme. The completion of the explains the basis for GoWell and and neighbourhood renewal on people’s on people’s health and quality of life. first wave of the GoWell community health health and wellbeing. In particular it aims The understanding and evidence generated communities have amongst The GoWell programme has also benefited provides an update on progress on and wellbeing survey in August 2006 to discover: from GoWell will help local communities, the worst health in Europe. from the knowledge and skill of many, represents a significant milestone and the different research and learning policy-makers and organisations learn how especially the GoWell steering group. We know that many aspects of this report highlights some early findings. components of the programme. to create the necessary conditions for I would like to offer special thanks for the • what kind of regeneration and our environment, community life, Other components of the programme are This report also features some of healthy and sustainable communities. hard work and commitment shown by and ways of living influence health also reported and yield learning about the the early findings from the first neighbourhood renewal initiatives members for so kindly giving their time – but we know less about how to context for community regeneration in are effective (and cost-effective) to steer the efforts of the GoWell team wave of the GoWell community Glasgow, the processes being adopted in improving health and wellbeing? GoWell timeline achieve sustainable, regenerated and to provide programme governance. health and wellbeing survey. and the experiences of communities in • what are the pathways that connect GoWell is a longitudinal research and communities where good health The commitment to the GoWell programme areas of change. The value of the picture changes in the local environment learning programme which is planned can flourish. That is one reason shown by the GHA, Communities Scotland, GoWell was officially launched in February that is already building-up is considerable. to changes in peoples’ health to last for the next 10 years, with the why GoWell is so important. NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, and NHS 2006 with the support of communities and wellbeing? community health and wellbeing survey Health Scotland has been outstanding and It seizes the opportunity to minister Malcolm Chisholm. The launch taking place in four waves during this time, GoWell is not a ‘traditional’ research I want to thank them for their continuing • by what processes are effective research and learn about the was held in north Glasgow and received (in 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2012). In addition, programme, though. The investment made support. The collaborative nature of the initiatives implemented and who processes of neighbourhood extensive local and national media there will be a tracking study of participants in communications with communities partnership with all the GoWell sponsors participates in these processes? renewal in communities with coverage. Since the launch, the GoWell who move house between the 2006 and and local structures, ensuring that the and partners has been a highlight and team has been working steadily on the • what effect does community relatively poor health, and has 2008 waves of the survey. The other research is informed by local issues and has added to the wealth of expertise that regeneration have on social and 4 central research themes that make up components of the programme will be the commitment of national and is integrated with other processes of already existed among those involved health inequalities? the GoWell programme and to raise developed on an ongoing basis throughout local policy-makers to respond change, is a fundamental pillar of the with the development of the programme. awareness and understanding of the to the findings. the 10 years. work. Through the programme website programme within the 12 communities The GoWell programme’s longitudinal design (gowellonline.com) and the community and taking part in GoWell. This report sets One final point: I believe that the real will enable the GoWell team to determine how practitioner newsletters, information about out some of the detail of these activities. strength of the GoWell programme is that it people’s lives are affected by regeneration programme developments and findings is will give a collective voice to communities initiatives over the next 10 years. widely disseminated. Over the coming year, experiencing some of the worst health and a learning network will also be established housing problems in the UK and Europe. to provide those with an interest in health, By gathering information directly from the housing and regeneration with an twelve GoWell study communities and from opportunity to come together to learn Glasgow as a whole, the GoWell team will about the GoWell findings, address specific be able to understand in depth local areas of interest and concern, and share people’s experiences of community materials and best practice. We hope that regeneration and neighbourhood renewal. this network will be used in a way that will Over the next ten years, we will see their help improve people’s lives and influence stories unfold in ways that will give health, housing and regeneration policy individuals, communities, organisations, and strategy in the future. practitioners and policy-makers across Scotland and internationally valuable The success of this first year of GoWell evidence on how to create and sustain the is the result of the contributions of many kinds of healthy homes and communities people. I should particularly like to that people want to live in. That is an acknowledge the commitment and ambition shared by all of us working to contribution of the individuals, families and make GoWell a success, and I am sure communities who have generously given is one that you will also support. their time to participate in GoWell. Without the time, experience and insight they have Dr Andrew Fraser given and continue to share with us, the Chair GoWell programme would not be possible. GoWell steering group Progress and findings report 2006 03 04 Study areas In order to carry out the main parts of the programme, we had to select Brief descriptions of GoWell’s 12 Special project areas: Housing investment areas: Peripheral estates: and define our study areas. GoWell is structured to study four types of study areas are given, grouped into area in Glasgow, each type representing a different form and timing of the four intervention categories: Scotstoun: Riddrie: Castlemilk: policy intervention. Whilst the areas are defined in terms of the nature of An area of diverse housing from a variety Riddrie lies to the north-east of the city The GoWell area comprises the eastern the physical changes to take place, most of the study areas also require Major transformation areas: of different eras, located to the west of centre and exemplifies inter-war social half of Castlemilk which has undergone a range of social and public service interventions to improve residents’ Glasgow’s fashionable West End. housing in Glasgow. It consists of 1930s significant change over the past 10-15 quality of life. The four types of study area are: Red Road, Balornock It consists of traditional (pre-1914) Glasgow four-in-a-block flats and semi-detached or years as part of the earlier New Life for tenements, 1930s and 1950s cottage flats terraced cottages, many of which have been Urban Scotland initiative. Many relatively and Barmulloch: and semi-detached houses that surround transferred to private ownership following modern terraced and semi-detached Red Road itself is a mass housing estate two clusters of post-war multi-storey flats. the right-to-buy policy of the 1980s. houses now exist amongst the older Major transformation areas: of multi-storey flats and tenements built post-war tenements. The area is situated places where major investment is planned over the next 5-10 years, in the 1960s. It is surrounded by mostly Population: 6566 Population: 5093 on Glasgow’s south-east periphery.