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By Roger Higman on 27th April 2026

The Good Society – And How We Make It

“Just what these times are crying out for” says the quote on the front cover from Kate Raworth, author of Doughnut Economics. With a commendation like that, Kate Pickett’s new book “The Good Society – And How We Make It”

Your wellbeing - Happiness

By Brenda Pollack on 29th January 2026

Finding Your Way Through Grief and Loss

Finding your way through grief and loss is a new package of coaching being offered by Brenda Pollack to help you deal with difficult times. Identifying and looking after our own needs when going through a time of bereavement can

Our world - Beyond Growth

By Molly Haywood Newberry on 14th November 2025

Rethinking Progress: Have Your Say in a Global Conversation

For decades, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has been treated as the gold standard for measuring national progress. Yet GDP alone cannot capture the wellbeing of people, the health of our planet or the shared prosperity that sustainable development demands. A

Our world - Fairness

By Roger Higman on 30th October 2025

Life in the UK 2025

Wellbeing in the UK is flatlining according to new research published by Carnegie UK. What’s more, Life in the UK 2025 shows the UK remains deeply divided – “the gap between those with higher incomes and secure housing and those

Your wellbeing - Happiness

By Christopher Parsons on 15th October 2025

What Are You Doing With Your Silence?

Christopher Parsons is a writer and speaker on inner stillness and leadership, guiding high performing founders and executives away from relentless drive towards stillness so they experience a transformational inner reset. Here he shares his thoughts with us on silence

Our community - Projects

By Mirella Ferraz on 7th October 2025

Sharing And Repairing – Learning From The Best

Accessing the stuff we need and want can cost – both the individual and the planet. That’s why we’re keen on sharing as a powerful way to live better, together, sustainably. Mirella Ferraz, who runs our Share Shed – A

Your wellbeing - Happiness

By Nic Marks on 22nd September 2025

Happiness is a Serious Business

Nic Marks is a statistician, speaker and author who pioneered workplace wellbeing. He founded the Centre for Wellbeing at the New Economics Foundation, creating the Happy Planet Index and the Five Ways to Wellbeing. Now, through Friday Pulse and his

Your wellbeing - Happiness

By Manon Martini on 19th August 2025

The Resurgence Festival of Wellbeing 2025

For over ten years, the Network of Wellbeing has been a proud sponsor of the Resurgence Trust’s Festival of Wellbeing. This year’s Festival takes place on Saturday, 4th October 2025 and promises to be a day ‘of great wisdom and

Our world - Beyond Growth

By Roger Higman on 13th May 2025

Global Flourishing Study to map the “mystery of humanity”

The Global Flourishing Study is a $43.4 million, five year study, involving more than 200,000 individuals from 22 countries. It which aims to start a global dialogue on what it means to flourish as a human being. Roger Higman explores

Our world - Beyond Growth

By Roger Higman on 14th April 2025

Purpose – the Movie

Purpose is a new film from Omnipolis Media. Directed by Martin Oetting, it follows the economists, Katherine Trebeck (above) and Lorenzo Fioramonti, as they develop ground-breaking political projects to shift our economies — away from endless GDP growth, towards what

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