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By Roger Higman on 30th October 2025

Life in the UK 2025

Wellbeing in the UK is flatlining according to new research published by Carnegie UK. What’s more, Life in the UK 2025 shows the UK remains deeply divided – “the gap between those with higher incomes and secure housing and those

Your wellbeing - Happiness

By Christopher Parsons on 15th October 2025

What Are You Doing With Your Silence?

Christopher Parsons is a writer and speaker on inner stillness and leadership, guiding high performing founders and executives away from relentless drive towards stillness so they experience a transformational inner reset. Here he shares his thoughts with us on silence

Our community - Projects

By Mirella Ferraz on 7th October 2025

Sharing And Repairing – Learning From The Best

Accessing the stuff we need and want can cost – both the individual and the planet. That’s why we’re keen on sharing as a powerful way to live better, together, sustainably. Mirella Ferraz, who runs our Share Shed – A

Your wellbeing - Happiness

By Nic Marks on 22nd September 2025

Happiness is a Serious Business

Nic Marks is a statistician, speaker and author who pioneered workplace wellbeing. He founded the Centre for Wellbeing at the New Economics Foundation, creating the Happy Planet Index and the Five Ways to Wellbeing. Now, through Friday Pulse and his

Your wellbeing - Happiness

By Manon Martini on 19th August 2025

The Resurgence Festival of Wellbeing 2025

For over ten years, the Network of Wellbeing has been a proud sponsor of the Resurgence Trust’s Festival of Wellbeing. This year’s Festival takes place on Saturday, 4th October 2025 and promises to be a day ‘of great wisdom and

Our world - Beyond Growth

By Roger Higman on 13th May 2025

Global Flourishing Study to map the “mystery of humanity”

The Global Flourishing Study is a $43.4 million, five year study, involving more than 200,000 individuals from 22 countries. It which aims to start a global dialogue on what it means to flourish as a human being. Roger Higman explores

Our world - Beyond Growth

By Roger Higman on 14th April 2025

Purpose – the Movie

Purpose is a new film from Omnipolis Media. Directed by Martin Oetting, it follows the economists, Katherine Trebeck (above) and Lorenzo Fioramonti, as they develop ground-breaking political projects to shift our economies — away from endless GDP growth, towards what

Our world - Kindness

By Roger Higman on 20th March 2025

World Happiness Report highlights Sharing and Caring

Trust in other people’s kindness is more important to our happiness than previously thought. Yet people all over the world don’t realise how kind people in their communities are. So says the World Happiness Report 2025. As a result, the

Our world - Fairness

By Roger Higman on 28th January 2025

Sick Society – Reimagining How We Live Well Together

Dr Andy Knox is a GP and Associate Medical Director at the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board. He has spent decades listening to people at the sharp end of British society. He is also a committed Christian. Sick

Our world - Fairness

By Roger Higman on 30th October 2024

Life in the UK 2024 – a new report from Carnegie UK

Life in the UK 2024 is the latest report from Carnegie UK into the wellbeing of people in Britain. It was developed in partnership with Ipsos and based on survey responses from 6774 people earlier this year. Carnegie UK says

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