Apr
09
This guest blog from Joanne was prepared in February 2020 before the COVID-19 crisis dramatically changed the way that we live and work. The wellbeing of the country has arguably become more of a priority for policy makers once this crisis is over in order to learn lessons and 'build back better'....
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Mar
25
On March 18 2020 we released the fourth annual Thriving Places Index. The Thriving Places Index identifies the local conditions for wellbeing and measures whether those conditions are being delivered fairly and sustainably. It consists of a broad set of indicators selected from datasets produced by established data agencies such...
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Mar
25
If you want to learn what the spirit of the people is by means of arithmetic, it goes without saying that that’s extremely difficult. Leo Tolstoy, “Anna Karenina” When CP Snow published The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution in 1959 it seems unlikely he had the voluntary and community...
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Mar
18
Today, we've launched the 2020 data set for the Thriving Places Index, now in its fourth year. The 2020 results for 363 Local Authorities in England and Wales are now live at www.thrivingplacesindex.org - head there to see your Local Authority’s scores across Local Conditions, Sustainability and Equality. We understand...
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Mar
02
We live in interesting times. I’m writing this on the day that the UK leaves the EU. The future feels uncertain - a bit like staring into the fog, not quite sure what lies ahead. In addition to the political upheaval we’ve had in the UK we’re also facing a...
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Feb
26
A recent paper from New Philanthropy Capital revealed that affluent areas have more charitable wealth and resources than the most deprived. For anyone seeking to address deprivation or inequality, this is a big problem - the places that need the most support are in fact getting the least. In their...
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Feb
24
The Active Wellbeing Society (TAWS) is a community benefit society and cooperative working to develop healthy, happy communities living active and connected lives. They’re delivering ‘Active Communities’, one of 12 national pilots supported by Sport England through National Lottery funding. Working in partnership with Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council (SMBC) and...
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Feb
24
Today marks an important day - after a decade spent as Happy City we’re thrilled to present our new name: Centre for Thriving Places. Whilst much has changed since we took our first steps ten years ago, our vision, and commitment to it, hasn’t. We’re driven by the same goal:...
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Jan
31
By Liz Zeidler, Chief Exec Today is a big day. Like all divorces, things have reached a point where the ‘for better or worse’ promises of yesteryear have fallen away. Today is the day we are officially leaving our 47 year relationship with the EU and head off into a...
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Jan
27
Centre for Thriving Places is working with Tasting Colours, a social enterprise committed to putting people back in control of their lives to increase personal contribution to a society that realises it’s potential and is flourishing. We’ve worked with Tasting Colours to develop a set of bespoke questions to add to the...
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