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Eden Rise: A Haven for Wellbeing

By Roger Higman on 7th July 2018

In an act of incredible generosity, the Network of Wellbeing has been gifted Eden Rise, a beautiful countryside haven just outside of Totnes, Devon.  A beautiful place… Imagine two Victorian barns in the Devon countryside converted to a holiday let

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Your Wellbeing, Your Community, Our World

By Florence Scialom on 27th June 2018

The Network of Wellbeing (NOW) has been running a free ‘Building Wellbeing Together’ webinar series for the past six months. In this webinar we did something a little different. NOW’s Director Roger Higman shares why we see wellbeing as such

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Community Planning: Overcoming Challenges, Supporting Each Other

By Carnegie UK Trust on 13th June 2018

The Carnegie UK Trust has announced the participants of our Embedding Wellbeing in Northern Ireland project. The Community Planning Partnerships working in the following local authority areas were selected to receive financial and in-kind support from the Trust for the

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The Role of Happiness in Social Change

By Florence Scialom on 1st June 2018

We are facing many challenges in the world today – political, environmental and social. In this wider context some may ask: why focus on happiness, when there is so much suffering in the world? We explore this question in a

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Five Ways to Overcome Loneliness

By Drink Wise Age Well on 31st May 2018

Loneliness can be very damaging for our health and wellbeing. In this guest post Julie Breslin – Head of the Drink Wise, Age Well programme – shares five ways to overcome loneliness, inspired in-part by the Five Ways to Wellbeing.

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Happier World? Reflections from Satish Kumar

By Florence Scialom on 4th May 2018

Life can be beautiful, and it can be challenging, too. In either case, strong relationships and a sense of community can help to carry us through.  Life’s joyful moments can be much sweeter if we have people around to share

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