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By Tracy Cheesman on 6th June 2019

Twinning UK Towns For Wellbeing

With Brexit looming and many small towns suffering job losses, high street decline and low community motivation, Carnegie UK Trust stepped in to establish the UK’s first domestic town twinning programme. In this webinar, Jennifer Wallace shares stories of how

Our world - Wellbeing Together

By Roger Higman on 6th June 2019

Join us at Building Wellbeing Together 2019!

How can we build wellbeing together – in our lives, with others and in harmony with nature? Climate change, high inequality and rising levels of mental distress are just some of the challenges we face in today’s world. At NOW,

Our world - Beyond Consumption

By NOW on 24th May 2019

Share Shed To Become World’s First Mobile Library Of Things

Totnes’ Share Shed – a library of things in Devon – has won £48,599 in this year’s People’s Projects. We won the award in a public vote organised by ITV and the National Lottery Community Fund. Thank you to everyone

Your wellbeing - Health

By Tracy Cheesman on 22nd May 2019

Seven Ways To Build Resilience

Resilience is the skillset of our time. And in today’s fast-paced world, the need for upskilling with resilience training is paramount. How can we transform from a state of collapse to a state of presence and flexibility? This video shares

Our world - Healthy Planet

By Mirella Ferraz on 20th May 2019

Global Festival Of Action Calls For A Movement

Earlier in May, NOW’s Mirella Ferraz joined 1,700+ people at the United Nations’ Global Festival of Action in Bonn, Germany. The Festival builds awareness and understanding of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Have you been to an event that makes

By Roger Higman on 28th March 2019

Let’s help the Share Shed go mobile!

The Share Shed, Totnes’ library of things, is calling on people in Totnes, Buckfastleigh, Ashburton, South Brent and around to support its campaign to win £48,599 of National Lottery Funding via the People’s Projects. The Share Shed is one of

Our world - Beyond Consumption

By Tracy Cheesman on 5th March 2019

Re-defining success: Can consuming less lead to more wellbeing?

How can we re-define success at an individual level? And how can we break free from enormous pressures to consume excessively? This video shares a discussion with Natasha Parker from Global Action Plan about how consuming less can lead to

Your community - Inspiring Projects

By NOW on 24th February 2019

What Could A City of Compassion and Wellbeing Look Like?

NOW’s Josh Malkin was one of the team behind Exploring Common Ground, an event promoting a city-wide Festival of Compassion & Wellbeing in Leeds. He explains here how the group started and its progress towards The Leeds Festival of Compassion

Your community - Inspiring Projects

By NOW on 21st February 2019

ShareFest Brings People Together to Share, Repair, Swap and Make

In partnership with Shareable and the Share Shed – A Library of Things, the Network of Wellbeing hosted the first ShareFest Totnes, in the south of England, which brought together over 800 people to celebrate sharing, repairing, swapping and making. To find out more, visit here.

Our world - Healthy Planet

By Florence Scialom on 6th February 2019

Exploring the Links Between the Environment and Mental Health

My Eco Resolution is a campaign from the Advaya Initiative and Cara Delevinge which seeks to raise awareness, and encourage people to act in order to co-create a world in which people and planet thrive. This post shares a free

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