We want to know which books have inspired or provoked your thinking about happiness the most. Based on the ideas you send our way, we'll come up with the top 10 books of all time* at an event in May. We're not just interested in self-help and psychology - we want to... read more →
Mar
21
Mar
18
At Happy City we dream big. We want to help shift the way society thinks. This is no small task and it's certainly not a vision that is easy to neatly sum up. If only we had the eloquence of Robert Kennedy! Happy City exists to start conversations on what really matters and... read more →
Mar
17
Burnout is a hot topic in online forums at the moment, so we're gathering insights about how best to deal with the issue from online forums to prompt our own debate about best practice. We'll be meeting in the Horfield Friends Meeting House on 4th April from 6:30pm to... read more →
Mar
16
We are partnering with our fantastic friends at Action For Happiness to celebrate this year's UN International Day of Happiness on Monday (March 20) and we want you to join us! Action for Happiness have set up a collaborative campaign at www.dayofhappiness.net which involves lots of great causes and organisations coming... read more →
Mar
15
It's Happiness, but not as we know it. Come to the Eastfield Inn at 6:30pm on Tuesday 21st March, and you'll find Mike Zeidler gearing up to share a bit of his own inter-galactic happiness wisdom. Mike puts his ideas down to superpowers created by over-exposure to Quantum radiation when... read more →
Mar
14
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
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 →