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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

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

Our world - Ideas & Analysis

By Roger Higman on 28th July 2022

Summer Reading: Wellbeing Books We’ve Found Inspiring

In May, we launched our new Vision, Mission and Values for the Network of Wellbeing – to inspire us, clarify our purpose and guide our decision-making. Now, in a series of blog posts, we plan to share the thinking behind

Our world - Healthy Planet

By Florence Scialom on 10th August 2021

A Wellbeing Response to Climate Change

The recent report released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is part of an ongoing call for humanity to do all we can for the wellbeing of people, the planet and future generations. As the powerful quote above

Your wellbeing - Nature

By The Wildlife Trusts on 3rd October 2017

Report Links Volunteering in Nature with Better Mental Health

In this post the Wildlife Trusts report their latest research showing that volunteering in nature is good for our mental health. The Wildlife Trusts has published a report which examines the effects of volunteering in nature on people’s mental health. The

Wellbeing and the economy - Katherine Trebeck interview

Your community - Kindness & Belonging

By Carnegie UK Trust on 15th August 2017

The Place of Kindness

By Zoe Ferguson, Carnegie UK Trust Kindness is an important, often underestimated, virtue to hold and something we are perhaps all guilty of taking for granted, ignoring even, in a fast moving society. Yet kindness has the potential to impact and individual,

Our world - Beyond Consumption

By Roger Higman on 11th January 2017

Economics for the Many: Not the Few: How Can We Build Wellbeing Together?

We all need housing, food, water and other essentials if we are to survive, let alone thrive. And in modern society, we are expected to acquire these essentials through the market. So, economics should concern us all. Yet more and

Our world - Ideas & Analysis

By Tom Crompton on 26th October 2016

When Others Care, But We Don’t See It

Do you wring your hands in frustration, wondering why, when faced with profound inequality or climate change, other people don’t seem to care as deeply as you do yourself? This blog post is written by Common Cause Foundation Director Tom

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