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Wellbeing

Labour’s promise to build 1.5 million homes can't be just a numbers game

We need to end the UK’s “blandemic” poorly designed housing. New towns must have high quality design at their core

David Pendlebury, Benedikt Stranak

19 October 2023

Make government spending matter

GDP, inflation and the government deficit reign supreme in the budget - but are they giving us the results that we want?

10 March 2021

Escaping green deprivation

Johnson’s seven-mile cycle ride has been criticised, but many people in Britain have no choice but to travel to get safe access to green space

Alex Chapman, Jasmeet Phagoora

20 January 2021

Let's dance: how club culture can create community mental health support

An interview with the founder of MISERY, a sober clubnight for queer, trans and intersex people of colour

Nilufer Erdem, Aisha Mirza

16 December 2020

For the love of the planet

From the climate crisis to mass extinction to acidifying oceans, we’re living through an environmental emergency. What is this doing to our mental health?

15 December 2020

Racism is driving us mad

BAME people can't access mental health services as easily as their white counterparts – and why, when they do get support, they have lower recovery rates

14 December 2020

Green and pleasant land

As we imagine the world we want to live in after the pandemic, the role of the parks, gardens and green space in our mental health is vital

Sofie Jenkinson

11 December 2020

Wellbeing and GDP: explained

Focusing on wellbeing over economic growth could transform our economy – but it also has some blind spots.

28 October 2020

Mental health and hope

We have a choice about the sort of world we want to return to after the pandemic

Sofie Jenkinson, Margaret Welsh

19 October 2020

Mental health awareness isn't enough

We can't settle for awareness without proper mental health funding for prevention and treatment.

Sarah Arnold, Daniel Button

22 May 2020

Parks are for everyone

Green space is important for wellbeing but in poorer areas visits to parks have dropped.

Alex Chapman, Jasmeet Phagoora

09 May 2020

Five Ways to Wellbeing at a time of social distancing

Looking after yourself and others during the coronavirus crisis.

30 March 2020

Wellbeing as economic steer - New Zealand leading the pack (again)?

If history is any guide, we should pay attention to New Zealand

10 July 2019

Does new economics need wellbeing?

Without a power analysis, wellbeing economics misses the mark

20 March 2019

Stressed economy, stressed society, stressed NHS

Stress is taking its toll on our society and costing the NHS over 165,000 bed days per year with a cost to the public of £71.1 million.

18 May 2018

Introducing…wellbeing inequality

The measure that gets to the heart of who the economy is really working for

17 May 2018

The health system can work differently with communities to improve health

How can the NHS amplify local community action?

04 May 2018

To understand Brexit Britain, use better statistics

Mainstream measures aren't reflecting real life experience

11 March 2017

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