We are pleased to annonunce an exciting new expansion of GoWell to study the impacts of regeneration and the Commonweath Games Legacy in the East End of Glasgow, supported by the Scottish Government, NHS Health Scotland and sportscotland. Through this we are aiming to understand if investment in improving housing, neighbourhoods and communities is improving the health and quality of life of local people and their families. Furthermore, as Glasgow will be host city to the 2014 Commonwealth Games, we want to see what effect the Games and local regeneration have on adults and young people before, during and after the event.  

Like the main GoWell study, this study has many components and will collect different types of data. This includes three community surveys at two-yearly intervals: pre-Games (2012), immediately after the Games themselves (2014), and post-Games (2016); qualitative research with residents; and stakeholder discussion groups. For more information please visit our East End community page or contact our survey team on Freephone number: 0800 389 2129. 

GoWell Annual Event 2012

The 6^th GoWell Annual Event was held on the morning of Thursday 15 March 2012 at the Trades Hall in Glasgow. Following an opening address by Carol Tannahill, delegates heard and discussed new findings from two of the programme's qualitative studies - one on mixed tenure communities (Prof Lyndal Bond) and the second on the lived realities of regeneration (Prof Ade Kearns). The presentation slides are available to download below and a report of the event will be available shortly.

A number of new publications from the programme were available at the event, all of which are available to download below. Hard copies of these are also available by contacting Jennie Coyle on 0141 287 6268 or at  This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

• Progress Report 2011/12
• Residents' lived realities of transformational regeneration
• Residents' perspectives of health and its social contexts 
• Sticking with it? Short to medium term outcomes of remaining in regeneration environments in Glasgow
• Migration and health in Glasgow and its relevance to GoWell
• Presentation: Professor Carol Tannahill's opening address
• Presentation: Professor Ade Kearns on the lived realities of regeneration
• Presentation: Professor Lyndal Bond on mixed tenure communities

Two new papers looking at young people and antisocial behaviour 

One of the findings that stood out from our last community survey was that antisocial behaviour in general and young people hanging around was an issue for residents across our study communities, and was in fact among the most commonly cited neighbourhood ‘problems’.  We explored these issues in more detail through focus groups with both adults and young people and these two new briefing papers outline our findings.  The first, Briefing Paper 15, outlines the findings from our adult focus groups; and the second, Briefing Paper 16, outlines the findings from our young people focus groups. 

Download or view range of outputs online now 

GoWell's 5th Annual Event took place last month at St Andrew's in the Square, with over 60 delegates from a range of organisations in attendance. Two reports and three briefing papers were launched at the event, though the focus was primarily on Moving On, Moving Out?, a new publication which compares outcomes for residents who have moved out of homes in regeneration areas in the city (Outmovers) with those who have remained (Remainers). 

The Annual Event Report is now available to view or download online and contains links to presentation slides and relevant publications.