What works in Glasgow
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Evidence snapshot for Glasgow
Glasgow's evidence base spans digital inclusion, innovation investment, and labour rights. Digital Lifelines Scotland distributed 3,044 devices and 3,845 connectivity packages to 5,502 people affected by drug use and homelessness across Scotland via 35 frontline organisations. Gorbals Digital Inclusion reached 5,000 of 8,000 target residents (60%) who improved their ICT skills, with 150 securing employment. Glasgow City Region Innovation Accelerator engaged 250+ companies and secured £48 million in private co-investment across 11 R&D projects, supporting 300+ jobs. However, the practices do not quantify outcomes specific to Glasgow city alone versus the broader regions or programmes they describe.
Drawn from: Digital Lifelines Scotland — Devices & Connectivity for People Affected by Drug Use and Homelessness · Gorbals Digital Inclusion - Gorbals Library · Glasgow City Region Innovation Accelerator — A £100m UK Pilot to Devolve R&D Funding to City Regions · Glasgow City Council's £548m Equal Pay Settlement (2019) — Compensating Female-Dominated Care, Catering and Cleaning Jobs · Click & Connect · Achieve Digital · Queens Cross Housing Association and Glasgow Kelvin College · Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) Scotland — Peer-Led Bystander Training in Secondary Schools
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Multi-stakeholder collaboration +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +19 pts 67 here · 48 average
Transferability / replicability +15 pts 75 here · 60 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +11 pts 100 here · 89 average
Evidence of impact / measured results +9 pts 67 here · 57 average
Weaknesses
Inclusiveness / equity -9 pts 33 here · 43 average
Sustainability (ongoing) -12 pts 67 here · 78 average
Evaluated outcomes -12 pts 67 here · 79 average
Documented learning -17 pts 57 here · 74 average
Demonstrated reach -19 pts 57 here · 76 average
Achievement / evidence -21 pts 67 here · 88 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -28 pts 0 here · 28 average
Efficiency -33 pts 0 here · 33 average
Effectiveness -34 pts 33 here · 68 average
Evaluation evidence -34 pts 14 here · 49 average
Impact on gender equality -38 pts 33 here · 71 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -48 pts 0 here · 48 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Glasgow. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
Digital Lifelines Scotland — Devices & Connectivity for People Affected by Drug Use and Homelessness · 96
Gorbals Digital Inclusion - Gorbals Library · 72
Glasgow City Region Innovation Accelerator — A £100m UK Pilot to Devolve R&D Funding to City Regions · 67
Click & Connect · 52
Achieve Digital · 52
Queens Cross Housing Association and Glasgow Kelvin College · 52
Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) Scotland — Peer-Led Bystander Training in Secondary Schools · 52
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Recommended to adopt or replicate
Transferable practices from elsewhere that address this place's gaps.
Ciudad Mujer — El Salvador's Integrated Women's Services Programme · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 3 other places
SASA! Community Mobilisation Programme against Intimate Partner Violence — Uganda · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 4 other places
Karya — Fair-Wage AI Data-Work Platform Bringing Digital Income to Rural India · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
safe+natal — Comadrona-Designed Smartphone Checklist for Maternal Risk Screening in Rural Guatemala · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Digital Green — Video-Mediated Agricultural Extension · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Kartu Prakerja – National Digital Skills and Financial Inclusion Programme · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Rwanda's Land Tenure Regularization Programme — Titling Land in Women's Names · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 6 other places
Fit estimates how well a practice matches this place, 0 (poor) to 100 (excellent); the list is ordered to favour practices that address this place's gaps. Know more