Programmes

The Network of Wellbeing runs programmes of online and in-person events to connect, support and inspire people with a passion for wellbeing. If you’d like to know more about these Programmes and how you might support them, please contact Roger Higman on roger@networkofwellbeing.org.

Hope in Action

Hope in Action is an occasional series of online events, with Resurgence that explores how we can maintain hope, wellbeing and resilience while working towards a better world. Led by Flo Scialom and Georgie Gilmore, the series has included:

• Cultivating Resilience in Times of Rapid Change with Satish Kumar, Sarah Corbett, Anthony Bennett and Chris Johnstone.
• Living Better with Less with Amisha Ghadiali, Charles Eisenstein and Jen Gale
• Connecting self care and collective wellbeing with Alex Nunn, Alnoor Ladha and Ruby Reed
• Beyond narratives of us and them with George Marshall, Ruth Ibegbuna and Alex Evans; and
• Practices to help us Change the World with Amisha Ghadiali, Christabel Reed and Lynne Segal
• Living in Times of Emergency and Emergence with Satish Kumar, Georgie Gilmore and Flo Scialom (below).

From 7-9th March 2025, Georgie Gilmore and Flo Scialom will be hosting the first Hope in Action retreat: Embody your Role and Purpose in a Changing World at Eden Rise, our haven for wellbeing in the Devon countryside. You can book your place here.

Wellbeing for Changemakers

Wellbeing for Changemakers was a six week online programme run in partnership with the Academy of Wide-hearted Living that explores the benefits of simple creative practices for managing stress and preventing burnout. We designed and piloted the programme in late 2023, with support from the National Lottery Community Fund.

You can see a graphic illustrating how participants felt as a result of the Programme below.

Here is a short film that explains the Programme and includes feedback from some of the participants. Here is a specimen toolkit which illustrates some of the activities undertaken (and here is a more printer-friendly version, if you want to print it).

In Spring 2024, we repeated the Programme on behalf of Community Action Group (Devon). In July 2024, we hosted our first in-person Wellbeing for Changemakers creative retreat at Eden Rise, our haven for wellbeing in the Devon countryside.

Previous online events

You can watch many of our previous online events here on our website and on our YouTube channel.

From 2022:

• Building Wellbeing Together – marking 10 years of NOW. This series of three events marked our 10th anniversary. Led by Flo Scialom, It explored:
  • the Deeper Roots of Wellbeing with our Patron, Satish Kumar and our own Mirella Ferraz and Sylvie Mohabir.
  • Wellbeing as a Path to Systemic Change with Rob Greenfield, Georgina Wilson and Ha Vinh Tho
  • the Wellbeing of Future Generations with Amanda Janoo, Sophie Howe and Chris Johnstone.
• Wellbeing in Community – a small series in partnership with Eden Project Communities, which explored how community action can build wellbeing. Led by Flo Scialom and Tracey Robbins, the series comprised:
  • Community Access to Nature through Growing with Margaret Finnegan, Anne Hayder and Amit Dattani
  • Communities Addressing Loneliness and Building Wellbeing with Nuala Enniskillen, Linzi Cason and Kim Leadbeater MP

From 2021 and before:

• Do Good Lives have to Cost the Earth? – a series exploring how we can all live well while we protect the planet on which we depend. Led by Flo Scialom, in partnership with Eden Project Communities, it comprised:
  • Do Good Lives have to cost the Earth? with Andrew Simms, Teresa Belton, Emma Tolley and Mukti Mitchell
  • Exploring the Power of Community with  Nicola Round, Judy Ling Wong CBE, Fiona Dear and and Chris Hellawell, and
  • System Change not Climate Change with Nic Marks, Ali Skeats and Amanda Janoo.
• Less is More: Rethinking Consumption for a Wellbeing Economy – a one-off event with Andrew Simms, Mirella Ferraz, Malin Leth and Ugo Vallauri.
• Small Steps, Big Differences: nature connection can change the world – a series run in partnership with Eden Project Communities. This explored:
  • Access to Nature and Wellbeing for All with Tony Juniper, Sophie Forge, Rhiane Fatinikun and Graham Duxbury
  • The Nature of Connection: how getting outdoors can support Community Wellbeing with Karen Creavin, Adam Murray and Al Tempest; and
  • Playful, Mindful, Alive: how nature improves your wellbeing with Jolie Goodman, Claire Thompson and Sam Kendall.
• Wellbeing with Rob Greenfield. Every December, we do a webinar with the US vlogger and activist, Rob Greenfield. Check out:
  • Wellbeing and Everyday Activism with Rob Greenfield
  • Less Stuff, More Happiness: Sustainable Living with Rob Greenfield
• Women, Wellbeing and Leadership. A one-off special with NOW’s Chair of Trustees, Michelle Preston, Georgina Wilson and Indra Adnan

You can watch more of our older online events here.