For decades, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has been treated as the gold standard for measuring national progress. Yet GDP alone cannot capture the wellbeing of people, the health of our planet or the shared prosperity that sustainable development demands. A
An increasing number of countries across the world are making a commitment to putting wellbeing at the heart of government, including New Zealand and Northern Ireland. What can we learn from those leading the way? The Carnegie UK Trust is
The Network of Wellbeing (NOW) is reviewing its strategy, and we’d love to hear and include your views! For the last three years, we’ve focused on building our network across the UK (and beyond), supporting wellbeing-related activities at the community
Kindness is not just about being nice. It matters, both for the wellbeing of individuals and communities and their empowerment. It also is a key factor in combatting the growing public health issue of loneliness and social isolation. The below
The past year has been a big year for the Network of Wellbeing. We held our first big national event, the Building Wellbeing Together weekend at Hawkwood College; we’ve launched a new website and we’ve just been given Eden Rise
Welcome to our new website! It’s designed to help us build a network of people who care about the wellbeing of people, society and the planet. We’re so excited about it and want to share some of its best features with
In an act of incredible generosity, the Network of Wellbeing has been gifted Eden Rise, a beautiful countryside haven just outside of Totnes, Devon. A beautiful place… Imagine two Victorian barns in the Devon countryside converted to a holiday let
The Network of Wellbeing (NOW) has been running a free ‘Building Wellbeing Together’ webinar series for the past six months. In this webinar we did something a little different. NOW’s Director Roger Higman shares why we see wellbeing as such
We need to move from a society that allows too much for too few, towards a society of wellbeing for all. The International Forum for Wellbeing in Grenoble, France, in June 2018, brought together hundreds of researchers, activists, policy makers and
Volunteering is vital for tackling loneliness and improving health and wellbeing, and it’s never too late to start volunteering for a project you care about. According to a recent study by the Royal Voluntary Service and Prudential, almost half of
Loneliness can be very damaging for our health and wellbeing. In this guest post Julie Breslin – Head of the Drink Wise, Age Well programme – shares five ways to overcome loneliness, inspired in-part by the Five Ways to Wellbeing.
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