The publication of the World Happiness Report The launch of Life is cut shortHealth Equals launched a public awareness campaign called ‘Health Equals: Inequalities in the Public Eye’ to bring them into the forefront of national conversations and international discussions. We can examine differences in well-being between and within different social groups using measures of … Read more
How we feel, live and work is influenced by our built and natural environment. This includes housing, energy and digital connectivity. The Centre contributed to the study of the relationship between infrastructure and wellbeing. National Infrastructure Commission’s Quality of Life Discussion Paper. We shared our knowledge of how policy areas and sectors can affect national … Read more
The Funded by Evaluation Accelerator Fund (EAF), The What Works Centre for Wellbeing Leading the creation of a Wellbeing Top-Up Fund We will now show you how the pilot program works over two years. This will allow 15 more trials to be added that include measures of subjective well-being. How we measure national wellbeing Public … Read more
by What Works Centre for Wellbeing This month in his Budget As part of the “Everywhere” levelling up of the economic plan, the Chancellor reiterated his commitment to ensure that the benefits of national success are felt by all people, regardless of where they live: towns, cities or rural areas. What is the best way … Read more
The Department for Education published on February 7, a report about the well-being of children and young adults in the UK, aged 5-24 years, for the academic year 2021-2022. Richard Crellin, Centre Associate, discusses key insights in the report and next steps. Covid-19 has created a huge public interest in the well-being of children. It … Read more
What is a strong wellbeing framework? A New discussion paper The Centre for Thriving Places supported by Carnegie UK has analysed eight models in order to identify core elements. Nancy Hey, our Executive Director, was one of the advisors. Joanne Smithson, Head of Implementation, walks us through key insights and shows how to tailor the … Read more
To explore How increased financial pressures have an impact on the well-being of UK citizensThe Office for National Statistics (ONS), has examined Opinions and Lifestyle Survey data. Citizens Advice (CA) data and spoke with experts from CA Money Advice Trust. Collaboration between ONS, charitable organizations demonstrates the power and value of civil society data. We … Read more