In Birmingham, wellbeing programmes are on offer to develop a behaviour change approach that provides a positive ‘nudge’ towards a healthy lifestyle and greater wellbeing for all. We know that being physically active is not only good for your physical
The ShareFest 2023 brought together over 700 people, in Totnes, to celebrate and promote sharing, repairing, swapping and making. Organised by the Network of Wellbeing (NOW) and the Share Shed – A Library of Things, it offered a wide range
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
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
The Upstream team spent the summer in the feisty Somerset town of Frome (population approx. 25,000) where they looked at the barriers, possibilities and potential for moving the town’s economy from one that had been focused on blind growth to
There’s nothing like a Bob Marley song to brighten up your day, but would you be game enough to sing it with total strangers on public transport? Well, commuters around the world did just that on a Monday morning commute
This guest post by Rev. Sam Wernham explores the pressures and joys of learning outside of the formal education system. This post forms part of our education and wellbeing series. Guest post by Rev. Sam Wernham I wake in the
The Network of Wellbeing is delighted to launch some new videos showing the wonderful work of some of our recent Totnes Wellbeing Fund grant recipients: Zest Physiotherapy for Life, Foxhole Community Garden and Magic Dye House. The Totnes Wellbeing Fund aims
This video showcases the Functional Fitness MOT events for people over 60, run by Totnes Wellbeing Fund grant recipient Zest Physiotherapy for Life, in Totnes and Dartington in summer 2016. Zest Physiotherapy for Life specialises in physiotherapy for older people
This video shows the transformation of Totnes Wellbeing Fund grant recipient Foxhole Community Garden. It has become a space for people of all ages and sectors of the community to come together with nature, grow healthy food, relationships, bodies and
This video showcases the work of Totnes Wellbeing Fund grant recipient Magic Dye House, dedicated to bringing art, nature and colours into hospitals and places devoted to children and their health as an important part of the healing process. The
“Why do we exist? Life is short, it is brilliant, it is sometimes tough – we build communities that help everyone live life as fully as possible” – Sunday Assembly website. The Sunday Assembly was started by Sanderson Jones and
In this post Florence Scialom and Oliver Ayyildiz of the Network of Wellbeing (NOW) interview Sergio Lopez Figueroa, founder of Big Bang Lab, about how his perspective on wellbeing informs his work on a project called Humming in Harmony (HiH).
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