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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 →

Last week decision makers from around the world gathered at the OECD headquarters in Paris to discuss “Putting Wellbeing Metrics into Policy Action”.  It was the third time Centre for Thriving Places has spoken at the OECD. The earlier occasions in 2013-14 were in the early days of our work... read more →

This week, many of our past academic partners alongside our colleagues at What Works Centre for Wellbeing published new research into the role of place and community conditions for wellbeing. Whilst only a preliminary report, it already points the way to vitally important lessons for anyone interested in supporting people... read more →