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By Roger Higman on 24th October 2023

Wellbeing for Changemakers brings Peace and Calm

Wellbeing for Changemakers was a six-week online programme from the Network of Wellbeing and the Academy of Wide-hearted Living, with support from the National Lottery Community Fund. It explored the benefits that simple creative practices such as mindfulness, meditation, physical

Your wellbeing - Happiness

By Roger Higman on 26th July 2023

Wellbeing for Changemakers – what you need to know

From 19th September, the Network of Wellbeing is hosting a free six week, online Wellbeing for Changemakers programme – in partnership with the Academy of Wide-hearted Living and with support from the National Lottery Community Fund. Here, NOW’s Director, Roger

Your wellbeing - Creativity

By Robyn O'Mahony on 27th June 2023

Weaving wellbeing with wool

The Woolly Nanas have been weaving wellbeing with wool since 2021. Now they’re joining the Share Shed and Network of Wellbeing (NOW) to host the WoolFest – a celebration of all things woollen. NOW’s Communications Officer, Robyn O’Mahoney talks to

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By Roger Higman on 27th June 2023

Calling All Changemakers!

Are you struggling to make the world a better place? Do you need support with your wellbeing while you do good in the world? We can help. The Network of Wellbeing is working with the Academy of Wide-hearted Living, to

Your wellbeing - Nature

By Roger Higman on 17th May 2023

Nature – the gift that keeps giving

Nature is amazing, isn’t it? Science tells us that it’s vital for our wellbeing – whether it be by lifting our mood or helping us heal after a medical operation. Yet so often we take it for granted. Here, as

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By Robyn O'Mahony on 10th May 2023

Walking for anxiety

Walking in nature helped Robyn O’Mahony, NOW’s Communications Officer, to tackle her anxiety. Here, for Mental Health Awareness Week, she writes about how walking works for her. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ I’ve always been an anxious person. It started when I was very

Your wellbeing - Happiness

By Roger Higman on 27th March 2023

Income and emotional wellbeing: a conflict resolved?

Can money buy you happiness? New research from Nobel Prize-winning economist, Daniel Kahneman and his critic, Matthew Killingsworth, suggests that it can – unless you have other underlying reasons to be unhappy. However, NOW’s Director, Roger Higman warns against drawing

Guest post by Miles Lowson

Your wellbeing - Health

By Miles Lowson on 27th February 2023

Walking in a winter wonderland!

Miles Lowson recently completed a Masters by research at Durham University. It aimed to understand the role winter weather has for older people walking in East Durham. Here, he shares his experiences and lists five tips for walk organisers catering

Your wellbeing - Nature

By Rochelle Buisson on 29th April 2022

Planting Seeds of Wellbeing: Nature Connection for Health and…

As we move further into Springtime, we’re focusing on the wellbeing benefits of connection; to ourselves, each other and the natural world. Recently we co-hosted Planting Seeds of Wellbeing: Community Access to Nature Through Growing – an online event co-hosted with Eden

Your wellbeing - Happiness

By Florence Scialom on 23rd March 2022

Empathy and Compassion in Uncertain Times

We are living through difficult times; this has become so obvious it is axiomatic. The current war in Ukraine is set against a context of a global pandemic, the impacts of climate emergency, an escalating cost of living crisis and

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