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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,
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
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
“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
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
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
The Network of Wellbeing is delighted to announce the three latest recipients of grants from the Totnes Wellbeing Fund: Honouring the Day, Creative Journeys and the Youth Social Events project. The Totnes Wellbeing Fund aims to support individuals and community
On 20th March it will International Day of Happiness. This March also marks 50 years since Robert Kennedy made a famous speech spelling out the inadequacy of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as a measure of societal progress, saying that, “it measures everything, in short,
When people talk about healthy lifestyles, it often centers around food and exercise, but when it comes to overall wellbeing, these are just part of the picture. In order to be truly healthy, you have to consider all areas of