The outcome of Bristol University’s ‘Solve the City’ challenge will be decided tonight. Run by Engineers Without Borders (Bristol), the competition invited students to rethink the design of Biratnagar, a developing city in Nepal. This evening’s event is the last of 4 challenges and will focus on addressing inequality in... read more →
Mar
14
Mar
14
At Happy City we are delighted with the news this week that the government is taking firm steps to focus on happiness as something that can be taught to school children. As reported in the Guardian, The Department for Education plans to trial mental health training in 200 schools. This... read more →
Feb
15
Happiness and Sadness are opposite ends of the same spectrum. They can be equally complicated or equally simple and both can be caused by the same kinds of things. The ups and downs of relationships, how well (or not) we feel we're doing, the effect of the weather or suddenly... read more →
Feb
04
The Happy City team were today named amongst the top 50 most inspirational people alive today in Bristol. The list, compiled by Michael Yong is wonderfully eclectic. You can see the list here on the Bristol Post's web pages, where there's also a video playing a gallery of portraits. We're honoured to be in... read more →
Feb
03
Thank you to everybody who chipped in to make our crowdfunder such a success. The fundraiser which ran from 2nd January to 2nd February drew a stunning £21,500 for Happy City's campaigning work in 2017. Donors of all shapes and sizes chipped in, from the student who gave £5 to the Santander... read more →
Feb
03
Google 'Most popular Valentines day gifts' and you run straight into a mass of advice about where to spend your money on things - chocolates, flowers, jewelry greetings cards and meals out are the 'go to' options for most people. But it hasn't always been this way... Did you know there... read more →
Feb
01
A study conducted by the New Economics Foundation found that 81% of Britons believe that the Government should prioritise creating the greatest happiness, not the greatest wealth, which is why Happy City UK is raising money to launch a new campaign called #InvestInHappy. #InvestInHappy aims to make us reconsider how... read more →
Jan
10
On 26th January, Happy City will be co-hosting an action-oriented problem solving event about wellbeing in the workplace with Watershed. The session (which lasts from 12:30-5pm) allows people to explore their own key opportunities, challenges or questions with their peers. Below, we've listed some of the 'hot' topics from last year - to... read more →
Jan
05
In 2017 Happy City led an ambitious, people-powered campaign, #InvestInHappy, sharing stories and fundraising over £20,000 for wellbeing initiatives. The Santander Changemaker Fund match-funded Happy City’s #InvestInHappy crowdfunding campaign with an additional £10,000 of funding, bringing the total to £21,156. The success of Happy City’s crowdfunding campaign allowed us to... read more →
Jan
04
We've just published our alternative New Year’s Honours list – 25 Happiness Champions nominated for making Bristol a happier place to live, work and flourish in 2016. We find them inspiring – not because they’ve done high profile or spectacular things, but quite the opposite – most of them much prefer... read more →