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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... read more →

We were thrilled to see that our friends and long-time collaborators Action for Happiness have gained so many headlines about their wellbeing workshop and the new evidence that shows they have a powerful and lasting impact on participant’s happiness.  What Works Centre for Wellbeing have conducted a Randomised Controlled Trial... read more →

We’ve designed the Thriving Places Index (TPI) to show whether an area is creating the conditions for people to thrive, within environmental limits and in a socially just way. Unlike other data sets relating to wellbeing the TPI takes a holistic approach and shows that a broad range of conditions... read more →

Last week, Centre for Thriving Places co-hosted the launch of associate Sam Wren-Lewis' new book, The Happiness Problem: Expecting better in an uncertain world. At the event Sam and Liz Zeidler, CEO, took part in an engaging discussion on some of the themes raised by the book. This blog picks... read more →

Guest blog from philosopher and long-time Centre for Thriving Places associate Sam Wren-Lewis During my time as Head of Research and Development at Centre for Thriving Places, I helped develop the Happiness Pulse and Thriving Places Index – two world-leading tools for measuring wellbeing. The idea driving both tools is... read more →

Last week, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) released their annual personal wellbeing data at local level bulletin. This is a data set and analysis of self-reported wellbeing - people’s own assessment of how they feel about their lives. For the second year running, the ONS have included data from... read more →

Happy City is working with the Royal West of England Academy - Bristol’s oldest public art gallery - to measure, understand and improve wellbeing using our Happiness Pulse data analytics and bespoke wellbeing training. The project began in September 2019 and is focussed on embedding a ‘culture of wellbeing’ in... read more →

We’re thrilled that data from the Thriving Places Index has been included in the latest ONS personal wellbeing bulletin. Four case studies have been produced from the Thriving Places Index to use to understand particularly low areas of wellbeing (Lambeth and Wolverhampton) and high wellbeing (Chichester and North Devon). The... read more →