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By Tracy Cheesman on 8th March 2020

International Women’s Day: Celebrating Women in Wellbeing

To celebrate International Women’s Day this month, we wanted to acknowledge the incredible impact that female leaders are having on raising wellbeing up the political agenda. In this post we share our five amazing women influencing the wellbeing agenda.  1.

Our community - Projects
By Roger Higman on 30th October 2019

How Do We Build Community Resilience in Austere Times?

What can we do to help communities become resilient in the face of austerity? NOW’s Director, Roger Higman reports from a recent study tour of Gloucester.  How can communities build resilience in austere times? This may seem an odd question

Your wellbeing - Health
By Kate Harveston on 28th October 2019

How to Stop Yourself in the Middle of an Overreaction 

Can you recall saying things you didn’t mean in the heat of anger or other strong emotions? Me too – how human of you!  While such instances may not necessarily cause lasting harm, developing a reputation as a “hothead”, “drama

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By Tracy Cheesman on 6th June 2019

Twinning UK Towns For Wellbeing

With Brexit looming and many small towns suffering job losses, high street decline and low community motivation, Carnegie UK Trust stepped in to establish the UK’s first domestic town twinning programme. In this webinar, Jennifer Wallace shares stories of how

Our world - Healthy Planet
By Mirella Ferraz on 20th May 2019

Global Festival Of Action Calls For A Movement

Earlier in May, NOW’s Mirella Ferraz joined 1,700+ people at the United Nations’ Global Festival of Action in Bonn, Germany. The Festival builds awareness and understanding of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Have you been to an event that makes

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By Mirella Ferraz on 8th October 2018

Buy Less, Share More: ShareFest Celebrates Collaboration and Creativity

We don’t need to own more stuff to make us happy; in fact, research shows that the more materialistic we become, the more miserable we get. Sharing, on the other hand… Sharing can help to meet some of our material

Your wellbeing - Creativity
By Lisa Pidgeon on 17th September 2018

Creatively Overcoming Isolation Through Arts and Crafts

Creative activities are a remarkably useful for improving health and wellbeing, particularly for those feeling isolated. In this post I share my experiences starting Little Bird SOS, an organisation that facilitates arts for health community groups in Leicestershire. Overcoming isolation

Our community - Projects
By Carnegie UK Trust on 13th June 2018

Community Planning: Overcoming Challenges, Supporting Each Other

The Carnegie UK Trust has announced the participants of our Embedding Wellbeing in Northern Ireland project. The Community Planning Partnerships working in the following local authority areas were selected to receive financial and in-kind support from the Trust for the

Our world - Kindness
By Drink Wise Age Well on 31st May 2018

Five Ways to Overcome Loneliness

Loneliness can be very damaging for our health and wellbeing. In this guest post Julie Breslin – Head of the Drink Wise, Age Well programme – shares five ways to overcome loneliness, inspired in-part by the Five Ways to Wellbeing.

Our community - Projects
By Larch Maxey on 30th April 2018

Building Community Wellbeing: Easy as One, Two, Three!

The strength and vitality of our communities: our relationships with neighbours, friends, family and colleagues are the very foundations on which our wellbeing is built. The stress of modern life is a familiar refrain. Juggling work, family, the rising cost

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