Inspiring Projects Archives - Network of Wellbeing

By Mirella Ferraz on 7th December 2018

ShareFest brings people together to share, repair, swap and…

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. This

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By NOW on 16th October 2018

When We Forget Our Values, We Lose Our Way:…

“Values are like fingerprints… you leave them over everything you do” Elvis Presley Values are the things that are important to us. They are our motivators, our drivers, the passion in our hearts and the reason we do the things

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By Mirella Ferraz on 8th October 2018

Buy Less, Share More: ShareFest Celebrates Collaboration and Creativity

We don’t need to own more stuff to make us happy; in fact, research shows that the more materialistic we become, the more miserable we get. Sharing, on the other hand… Sharing can help to meet some of our material

Guest post by Carnegie UK Trust

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By Carnegie UK Trust on 13th June 2018

Community Planning: Overcoming Challenges, Supporting Each Other

The Carnegie UK Trust has announced the participants of our Embedding Wellbeing in Northern Ireland project. The Community Planning Partnerships working in the following local authority areas were selected to receive financial and in-kind support from the Trust for the

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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

Guest post by The Alzeimers Society

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By The Alzeimers Society on 28th March 2018

Health as a Social Movement: Creatively Overcoming Loneliness in…

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

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By NOW on 29th March 2017

Share Shed Launch!

We’re happy to announce that the Share Shed Totnes (in Devon, UK), will be opening its doors on Saturday 8th April! Come to join local MP Sarah Wollaston, Totnes Deputy Mayor Rosie Adam, wonderful poet Matt Harvey, and the Network of Wellbeing (NOW) team at

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By Florence Scialom on 14th February 2017

Announcing Latest Totnes Wellbeing Fund Recipients

The Totnes Wellbeing Fund aims to support individuals and community groups in and around Totnes (Devon, UK), offering small seed grants to help turn great ideas to boost wellbeing into reality. NOW is delighted to announce two of the latest

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By NOW on 31st January 2017

The Living Projects

NOW is also delighted to launch a video of one of 2016’s recipients of the Totnes Wellbeing Fund, The Living Projects. This shows the difference that grant funding can make to a brilliant project run by a group of 18-25

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By Kate Reed on 3rd January 2017

Creating a New ‘Library of Things’: the Share Shed…

Inspired by the Frome Share Shop, last year we seeded the idea of having a version here in Totnes: the Share Shed. Things soon began to take shape when Totnes Town Council granted us a space to pilot the Share Shed

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Supporting Greater Wellbeing for All: A City Wide Approach

Share Shed Totnes: Sharing Uni-Cycles, Guitars & Conversations!

Frome’s Economy: From Blind Growth to Wellbeing

ShareFest brings people together to share, repair, swap and…

When We Forget Our Values, We Lose Our Way:…

Buy Less, Share More: ShareFest Celebrates Collaboration and Creativity

Community Planning: Overcoming Challenges, Supporting Each Other

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

Health as a Social Movement: Creatively Overcoming Loneliness in…

Share Shed Launch!

Announcing Latest Totnes Wellbeing Fund Recipients

The Living Projects

Creating a New ‘Library of Things’: the Share Shed…

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