We put people at the heart of everything…
The Centre for Civic Innovation is a pioneering citizen-centred design team within Glasgow City Council, responsible for establishing a design-led approach to the understanding of societal shifts and civic experiences within the city.
Our vision is to inspire and engage the citizens of Glasgow to create a better future for everybody.
Our vision is to inspire Glasgow to create a better future for everybody.
The current model for delivering public services is grounded in underlying assumptions and is subject to changing demands from citizens. As a city we need to find new, creative and innovative ways to solve our challenges.
At the Centre for Civic Innovation we are developing and inspiring a network of designers and solvers across the breadth of the city to enthuse and empower our citizens to co-design the city they want to live in.
Projects
Child Poverty
We are working with experts to better understand how to tackle child poverty through targeted interventions informed by co-designed data tools and citizens' needs.
Citizen Power
A model for participation in local neighbourhoods in Glasgow. We are co-designing a system which allows Area Partnerships to make decisions based on metrics and a framework to plan and evaluate projects which puts citizens' priorities and what they care about, at the heart.
Your Citizen Voice—Govan
How should we spend £1 million in Govan? We're making decisions on how the £1 million Glasgow's Neighbourhood Infrastructure Improvement Fund should be spent in your area based on the opinions of as many people as possible.
City Change Makers
Climate change is affecting us all – our cities are getting wetter and everyday items more expensive as the impact unfolds across the world. Do you have an idea that tackles climate change and can improve your neighbourhood?
A Network of Solvers
A key aspect of our methodology is collaboration.
We believe passionately that by using the expertise in the city and beyond – from
citizens, public sector, academia and industry – and focusing their expertise, knowledge
and motivation on making the city a better place for its people we can, and will, make a
real difference to people’s lives.
This is not about developing new work streams for the sake of it, rather it is about using the world-leading knowledge and skills in design, data and innovation at our disposal and collaborating with colleagues and citizens to make a real and lasting impact in our own city.
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