Wellbeing changemakers are people, with a passion for wellbeing, who use their skills and experience to improve the lives of others, They can work as sole traders or for charities, government or the private sector. The Network of Wellbeing aims to connect wellbeing changemakers to help them learn from each other and improve their practice and the services they offer to people in need. Now, we’re looking to upgrade our offer by launching an Ambassadors programme. You have a unique opportunity to shape what we do. NOW’s Director, Roger Higman explains how.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Millions of people all over the UK suffer from poor wellbeing either because they do not know what they need to do to maintain and improve their mood, because they cannot access services that can help them or because structural problems in our economy blights their lives. These people come from all walks of life but are found disproportionately among the poor and isolated.
Wellbeing changemakers make the lives of these and other people better by offering services – from access to nature, through creative pursuits, to mindfulness training, meditation retreats and counselling – that help people live better lives. Yet many of these changemakers are quite isolated. They often work as sole traders, in small charities, or in small teams as part of much larger bodies such as local councils.
We aim to connect these people, support their activities and inspire them to do more.
Now, we want to upgrade our offer by launching a voluntary Ambassadorship Programme to support and connect wellbeing changemakers. We hope, in return, that our Ambassadors wil also promote out activities, encouraging more people to get involved.
To do this, we need more resources. And to raise those resources, we want to hear from you.
- Are you a wellbeing changemaker?
- Does the idea of becoming an Ambassador for the Network of Wellbeing appeal?
- What could we offer that would attract you to become an Ambassador?
- What might you be prepared to offer in return?
We have some data already that is informing our offer. We know:
- that many of the 800 members of our Building Wellbeing Together group on Facebook work in wellbeing related jobs;
- that 61% of new subscribers to out newsletter want us to offer in-person meetings and 35% want meetings online;
- that 46% of respondents said ‘yes’ and another 44% said ‘maybe’ when we surveyed our readers, last year, about whether they were interested in an Ambassadorship Programme.
Now, we’re launching a new survey to establish in more detail what our Ambassadorship scheme should look like – what services we should offer and what our Ambassadors should do for us.
You can respond here.
If you’re interested in becoming a NOW Ambassador, or even if you’re not, we’d love to hear from you!