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Rural wellbeing: a framework and guide for policymakers
In his Budget this month – as part of the ‘Everywhere’ levelling up aspect of the economic plan – the Chancellor restated the commitment to ensuring the benefits of national success are “felt by people...
View ArticleSpring wellbeing highlights: what we’ve learned so far in 2023
The first quarter of 2023 has been a busy time for the Centre and the year looks set to be an important one for wellbeing evidence. Already, we have seen a wealth of wellbeing reports, analysis and...
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Celebrating 10 years of the What Works Network
As a member of the What Works Network, we celebrated its 10 year anniversary at an event for supporters, members and partners on Monday 17 April 2023. Together, we reflected on what the Network has...
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Civil service wellbeing over time 2019-2022
In our report, we use the Civil Service People Survey to analyse the wellbeing of civil servants across central government departments, as well as regulators, arms length bodies, and the Scottish and...
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Community agency and control – rapidly reviewing their impact on community...
Research suggests neighbourhood belonging, social connectedness and community control are determinants of health influenced by social conditions and that they can be addressed by local action. Having...
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Wellbeing at the heart of policy: setting out the WISER priorities
How do we know which policy areas to focus on? Or if a policy or action is successful? Our report Wellbeing evidence at the heart of policy explains how a wellbeing approach can help inform, evaluate...
View ArticleAutumn wellbeing highlights: recent findings and research from 2023
In our last summer highlights blog, we provided an update on our findings and research. Since then, it’s continued to be an important year for understanding what works to improve wellbeing. Together...
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OECD and wellbeing frameworks: from inspiration to facilitation and...
Governments and social alliances are increasingly adopting high-level wellbeing frameworks to measure and guide their efforts to improve sustainability and wellbeing. The Organisation for Economic...
View ArticleWhat’s coming up in 2024: wellbeing projects, conferences and findings
As the Centre enters its 10th year, what wellbeing evidence, events and updates are in store? Here we highlight some key dates, upcoming news, and findings to look out for, as we complete our current...
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Housing and subjective wellbeing: insights from the English Housing Survey...
From the physical state of our homes to who we share them with, where and how we live influences how we feel about our lives. In our latest analysis, we explore English Housing Survey (EHS) data to...
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Improving wellbeing data access and literacy: New Understanding Society...
As the UK’s largest longitudinal household survey, Understanding Society is an invaluable resource for anyone who wants to understand long-term trends in wellbeing outcomes across population groups....
View ArticleWhat we know about national wellbeing, and the methods and measures to assess...
Over the past decade, our goal has been ensuring that wellbeing is recognised as a meaningful and measurable goal for decision makers in the UK. Through our work, wellbeing evidence and data can now...
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