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By Florence Scialom on 4th May 2018

Happier World? Reflections from Satish Kumar

Life can be beautiful, and it can be challenging, too. In either case, strong relationships and a sense of community can help to carry us through. Life’s joyful moments can be much sweeter if we have people around to share

Our community - Projects

By Larch Maxey on 30th April 2018

Building Community Wellbeing: Easy as One, Two, Three!

The strength and vitality of our communities: our relationships with neighbours, friends, family and colleagues are the very foundations on which our wellbeing is built. The stress of modern life is a familiar refrain. Juggling work, family, the rising cost

Our world - Beyond Growth

By Katherine Trebeck on 25th April 2018

Katherine Trebeck – Towards a Global Wellbeing Economies Alliance

The current economic system has become addicted to growth at all costs. It needs to be fundamentally transformed into a wellbeing economy which aims to achieve wellbeing and fairness, for people and the rest of nature. This video shares a

Your wellbeing - Happiness

By Global Action Plan on 16th April 2018

Four Ways to Simplify Your Life and Feel Happier

Advertising is everywhere – on our TVs, social media feeds, magazines – and it means we all feel the pressure to buy more despite research showing that buying stuff doesn’t even make us happy. Rates of depression and anxiety have

Our world - Ideas & Analysis

By Carnegie UK Trust on 10th April 2018

Embedding Wellbeing in Northern Ireland

By Aideen McGinley, Chair of the Advisory Group for the Embedding Wellbeing in Northern Ireland project, Carnegie UK Trust Across the UK and Ireland, local government, in discussion with communities and citizens, is being given the freedom to map out the economic,

Our community - Projects

By The Alzeimers Society on 28th March 2018

Health as a Social Movement: Creatively Overcoming Loneliness in Care

The Alzeimer’s Society is exploring ways to reduce the isolation felt by many in care homes, through the Airedale Social Movement Programme. The Alzheimer’s Society has been running the Airedale Social Movement Programme in Airedale, Wharfedale, Craven and Leeds since August

Our world - Beyond Growth

By NOW on 26th March 2018

Happy Beyond GDP: Photo Competition Results

To mark the 50 year anniversary of Robert Kennedy’s speech, where he expressed the limitations of GDP in leading us to true prosperity, we asked you to get creative and share photos of what GDP fails to measure – or in

Our world - Beyond Growth

By Happy City UK on 21st March 2018

Happier Beyond GDP: Video with Happy City

“If we use the wrong measures, we will strive for the wrong things” – Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz. On 20th March, the Network of Wellbeing (NOW) hosted a webinar with Liz Zeidler of Happy City to mark International Day of Happiness and

Our world - Ideas & Analysis

By Larch Maxey on 19th March 2018

Five Wellbeing Lessons from Birmingham

On Thursday 8th March 2018 a group of us from NOW’s practitioner network across the UK converged on Birmingham to see first-hand the innovative Wellbeing Programme that Birmingham City Council has developed under the leadership of Karen Creavin and her team. In

Your wellbeing - Creativity

By Ruth Davey on 14th March 2018

Mindful Photography for Improved Wellbeing

Creativity and mindfulness can offer a route out of difficult times and towards greater mental health and overall wellbeing. In September 2014, photography started to take on a whole new meaning to me. For some time I had struggled with

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