NEW findings 📣 Our work with University of the Arts London & Brunel University of London aimed to pinpoint key ingredients of effective creative interventions, investigating how & why #creativity supports #wellbeing. Discover insights, outputs, recommendations & a new pathways model > bit.ly/3SQPXxP

Workplace #wellbeing - can job crafting help? Stephen Bevan, a Principal Associate from Institute for Employment Studies, talks about the difference job crafting can make in the workplace, drawing on his expertise & personal experience working with a terminal illness. whatworkswellbeing.org/blog/work-and-…

Success is leaving people wanting more. The sad closure of the what works wellbeing centre leaves a gap that will be keenly felt. Its final report is in link. Congrats to Nancy Hey and her great team for leaving such a valuable legacy whatworkswellbeing.org/resources/our-…

In our final blog the Centre’s Executive Director, Nancy Hey (Nancy Hey) reflects on the achievements & challenges of the last decade, & looks ahead at the work still to be done: whatworkswellbeing.org/blog/what-work…

🧵1/6 The Centre has closed its operations & we're unable to respond or update our channels. Thank you to our partners, collaborators & friends for making the last 10 years of progress possible. As part of our legacy, our #wellbeing learnings & resources remain available...

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By strange happenstance, it was being unable to select a pair of socks for work that finally forced me to seek the #MentalHealth help I needed. #SocksForDocs #WoundedHealer Grateful for the help & support that restored my wellbeing. facebook.com/share/p/Bb5oHU…

Thank you to all of our participants at #ISQOLS2024! Thank you to the local organizers UMS Official 🇲🇾 for making our annual conference such a memorable event! #qualityoflife #wellbeing #happiness

What an amazing week! And such a privilege to accept the 2024 award for the betterment of the human condition with Ingrid on behalf of the What Works Centre for Wellbeing.

Now record 264 women MPs! Chance to work cross party on women’s priorities.Fawcett Society will convene meeting for all women MPs enabling them to embark on process of setting up powerful Women’s Caucus. *Childcare, *violence against women, *equal pay. Now is the time for change!

Final Final What Works Centre for Wellbeing Board meeting this evening. Celebrating the final International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies Award for the Betterment of the Human Condition isqols.org/Award-for-the-…

1 in 5 young people don’t have hope and optimism for their future. Hearing Mayor of Greater Manchester referencing the #BeeWell data in his keynote speech to launch the #MBacc pathway to enable all young people to have hope and optimism for the future by giving them a clear path to employment

Great to see this published, and delighted to have been part of the team.

Research Involvement Officer - NIHR HDRC North Yorkshire North Yorkshire Council Northallerton £35,745 - £40,221 Closes 01/09 nycjobs.engageats.co.uk/Vacancies/W/67…

Research Governance Officer - NIHR HDRC North Yorkshire North Yorkshire Council Northallerton £35,745 - £40,221 Closes 02/09 nycjobs.engageats.co.uk/Vacancies/W/36…

Yikes, somehow I have agreed to walk down a very large building to raise money for Marie Curie! Sponsor me here! 👇 justgiving.com/page/sam-royst…

How do you have a children’s wellbeing bill without any attempt to measure their wellbeing across the country? There is a lot to welcome in the Bill but this gap is a fundamental flaw.

From World Happiness Report : Today’s happiness researchers stand proudly on the shoulders of the pioneering minds who brought this topic into the mainstream. Sadly, our field of wellbeing science lost three of those pioneers in 2024: Daniel Kahneman, Richard Easterlin, and Ruut

Two super roles in my growing team. Happy to have a chat if you’re curious or keen. Ideally both 😀

🚨Nominations for our conference prizes close Friday 10th January 1pm! Know of, or have been a part of, research with impressive impact or public and patient involvement? Nominate for our conferences prizes, with awards of up to £1000 for continued professional development.