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By Roger Higman on 19th August 2024

Could You be a NOW Trustee?

The Network of Wellbeing (NOW) is looking for two new Trustees. We want to use this opportunity to strengthen and diversify our Trustee Board. Do you think you could be one of our new Trustees, guiding and supporting the NOW

Our community - Wellbeing Together

By Roger Higman on 6th August 2024

Radical Love: the life and legacy of Satish Kumar

Brazilian filmaker, Julio Hey has made a film about NOW’s Patron, Satish Kumar. It narrates the story of Satish becoming a monk, an activist in the Land Gift movement and his subsequent peace pilgrimage around the world. The film also

Our community - Projects

By Nickie Aven on 19th July 2024

Walking with Loss Together

The loss of a loved one can be a very difficult time. Nickie Aven and Emma Capper are helping people with their grief and loss by leading walks in natural settings, giving them time and space to connect and share

Our community - Projects

By Mirella Ferraz on 11th July 2024

Embracing a Repair Culture: Spotlight on the United Repair…

At the Network of Wellbeing (NOW) and the Share Shed, our library of things in Devon, we’re keen to foster stronger, more sustainable communities through sharing, repairing, and skill-building. We’re always excited to connect with like-minded initiatives that align with

Our community - Projects

By Mirella Ferraz on 4th June 2024

WoolFest in Buckfastleigh: A Celebration of Wool and Community

One Sunday in May, the Orchard Millenium Green in Buckfastleigh in Devon was abuzz with excitement as the Network of Wellbeing, the Share Shed and the Woolly Nanas hosted a second highly popular WoolFest to celebrate the wonders of wool.

Guest post by Alan Heeks

Your wellbeing - Nature

By Alan Heeks on 11th April 2024

The Roots of Happiness with Alan Heeks

Alan Heeks is the author of Natural Happiness: use organic gardening skills to cultivate yourself, which explores lessons from his twenty years’ experience of helping people learn from nature, and from creating gardens and an organic farm. On Tuesday, 4th

Guest post by India Miles

Our community - Projects

By India Miles on 3rd April 2024

The Importance of Pointless Joy

India Miles is the Marketing and Communications Officer at the Reslience Project – a youth-led community which is empowering a new generation of climate leaders. Here, she writes about how pointless joy can enable and sustain activism to address big

Our community - Projects

By Mirella Ferraz on 24th March 2024

Unlocking Community Wellbeing – Learning from the Active Wellbeing…

Have you ever wondered what it takes to truly empower and engage communities for positive change? Two weeks ago, NOW’s Mirella Ferraz went to Birmingham to learn more about the Active Communities Learning Festival, and the innovative ways the Active

Guest post by Kim Polman

Our world - Kindness

By Kim Polman on 12th February 2024

Reboot the Future – live life by the ‘golden…

Kim Polman is the co-founder and Chair of Reboot the Future, a foundation whose mission is to foster a new world where we treat others and the planet as we would wish to be treated. Here she reflects on this

Our community - Wellbeing Together

By Roger Higman on 23rd January 2024

What NOW 2024? – Our Survey

The Network of Wellbeing connects people, supports projects and inspires action for the wellbeing of people and the planet. You, our readers, followers and contributors, are very important to us. That’s why, in last November, we asked you what you’d like

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