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Blogs by Nancy Hey

Dec 12, 2023 | By Centre
Statement of closure
Centre Blog
Mar 21, 2024 | By What Works Centre for Wellbeing
What we know about national wellbeing, and the methods and measures to assess it 2014 – 2024
Guest Blog
Feb 1, 2024 | By What Works Centre for Wellbeing
What we know about wellbeing in place and community 2014 – 2024
Guest Blog
Feb 22, 2024 | By What Works Centre for Wellbeing
What we know about loneliness and connection 2014 – 2024
Guest Blog
Mar 28, 2024 | By What Works Centre for Wellbeing
What we know about working age and workplace wellbeing 2014 – 2024
Guest Blog
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Apr 25, 2024 | By Nancy Hey
What Works Wellbeing: 10 years of impact
Centre Blog
Nov 9, 2023 | By Robyn Bignall-Donnelly,Nancy Hey,Stewart Martin
In search of a single figure – measuring societal progress in 2023
Centre Blog
Nov 2, 2023 | By Nancy Hey,Simona Tenaglia
England’s Health Index and subjective wellbeing – exploratory analysis
Centre Blog
Aug 24, 2023 | By Nancy Hey
Belonging and wellbeing through physical activity: reflecting on Youth Sport Trust, Youth Summit 2023
Centre Blog
Aug 17, 2023 | By Nancy Hey
A Covenant for Health: Taking a wellbeing approach to health
Centre Blog
Jul 6, 2023 | By Nancy Hey
Progress beyond GDP: using the updated UK Measures of National Wellbeing July 2023
Centre Blog
Jun 8, 2023 | By Nancy Hey,Michael Sanders
Civil service wellbeing over time 2019-2022
Centre Blog
May 25, 2023 | By Ingrid Abreu Scherer,Nancy Hey
Exploring family wellbeing
Centre Blog
May 18, 2023 | By Nancy Hey,Robyn Bignall-Donnelly
Measuring progress and quality of life in the UK: May 2023
Centre Blog
Apr 13, 2023 | By Nancy Hey
#BeeWell year two: young people’s wellbeing in Greater Manchester
Centre Blog
Mar 16, 2023 | By Nancy Hey
Infrastructure and quality of life – a paper by the National Infrastructure Commission
Centre Blog
Mar 2, 2023 | By Nancy Hey
Civic strength and a purposeful nation
Centre Blog
Dec 15, 2022 | By Nancy Hey
New Zealand Living Standards Framework update and first wellbeing report
Centre Blog
Oct 13, 2022 | By Nancy Hey
Workplace wellbeing and mental health – a new report by Wellcome
Centre Blog
Aug 4, 2022 | By Nancy Hey
The bridge from science to policy
Centre Blog
Jul 21, 2022 | By Nancy Hey
Debating the wealth of wellbeing research
Centre Blog
Jun 23, 2022 | By Nancy Hey
How to put wellbeing at the core of education
Centre Blog
May 4, 2022 | By Nancy Hey
Life satisfaction impacts voter turnout and behaviour – so how are UK local authorities doing?
Centre Blog
Apr 14, 2022 | By Nancy Hey
Future Wellbeing: Insights from Year 8s and Year 10s in Greater Manchester
Centre Blog
Mar 31, 2022 | By Nancy Hey
Loneliness in London: what do we know and where are the evidence gaps?
Centre Blog
Mar 24, 2022 | By Nancy Hey
How do we cope with world events beyond our control?
Centre Blog
Mar 17, 2022 | By Nancy Hey
The Wellbeing State – a long term approach to national resilience and wellbeing
Centre Blog
Feb 3, 2022 | By Nancy Hey
Levelling up and measuring wellbeing
Centre Blog
Jan 13, 2022 | By Nancy Hey
How are we doing, UK? 2012-2022
Centre Blog
Dec 9, 2021 | By Nancy Hey
Levelling up life in the UK
Centre Blog
Nov 18, 2021 | By Nancy Hey
Measuring the local conditions for wellbeing
Centre Blog
Oct 28, 2021 | By Nancy Hey
What helps individuals and communities to thrive?
Centre Blog
Aug 25, 2021 | By Nancy Hey
How has Covid-19 affected inequalities in employment status and income?
Centre Blog
Jul 28, 2021 | By Nancy Hey
Summary of HM Treasury’s Green Book: Valuation of Wellbeing Guidance for Appraisal
Centre Blog
Jul 28, 2021 | By Nancy Hey
How has Covid-19 exposed housing inequalities?
Centre Blog
Jul 7, 2021 | By Nancy Hey
Covid:WIRED – Mapping the evidence on the unequal wellbeing impacts of the pandemic
Centre Blog
Dec 9, 2020 | By Nancy Hey
Wellbeing at the heart of the 2020 Spending Review?
Centre Blog
Dec 9, 2020 | By Nancy Hey
The Green Book review – what do the changes to government appraisal mean?
Centre Blog
Nov 5, 2020 | By Nancy Hey
Our Strategy 2020: What works to improve wellbeing? Six years on
Centre Blog
Mar 5, 2020 | By Nancy Hey
Student mental health: state of the evidence
Centre Blog
Feb 12, 2020 | By Nancy Hey
Wellbeing evidence at the heart of policy + three new data analysis projects
Centre Blog
Oct 10, 2019 | By Nancy Hey
What’s being done to improve student mental health and wellbeing?
Centre Blog
Sep 10, 2019 | By Nancy Hey
How does the latest spending round move the UK closer towards a focus on improving wellbeing?
Centre Blog
Jun 6, 2019 | By Nancy Hey
Governance for wellbeing: from struggling and surviving to thriving
Centre Blog
Apr 3, 2019 | By Nancy Hey
New funding call: wellbeing methods and measures
Centre Blog
Jun 19, 2018 | By Nancy Hey
Centre awarded £1.5m national lottery funding + trustee recruitment
Centre Blog
May 30, 2018 | By Nancy Hey
Higher education: improving wellbeing and mental health
Centre Blog
May 17, 2018 | By Nancy Hey
Measuring wellbeing inequalities
Centre Blog
Mar 22, 2018 | By Nancy Hey
Improve wellbeing with data infrastructure: seven actions for organisations
Centre Blog
Jan 2, 2018 | By Nancy Hey
New evidence, guidance and research coming up in 2018
Centre Blog
Oct 6, 2017 | By Nancy Hey
Happy people wear seat belts: risk taking and wellbeing
Centre Blog
Jan 18, 2017 | By Nancy Hey
Five ways to Wellbeing in the UK
Centre Blog
Mar 17, 2016 | By Nancy Hey
World Happiness Report 2016 summary findings
Centre Blog
Oct 29, 2014 | By Nancy Hey
What Works Centre for Wellbeing announced today
Centre Blog
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