Time to focus on wellbeing
Carnegie UK’s purpose is better wellbeing for people in the UK and Ireland. We are an independent charitable foundation established with an endowment from Andrew Carnegie over 100 years ago.
The world around us is changing in ways that mean it is time to rethink how we help people to live well together.
At Carnegie UK we’re working on research and practice to expand what we know about wellbeing. And we’re making the case to decision-makers for action to improve the quality of people’s lives now and in the future.
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In June, @SCI_Belfast hosted the #SCIHardwiringFairness Conference, which brought together guests from diverse backgrounds to explore how governments around the world are using legislation to tackle inequalities and enhance wellbeing. We also discussed how these approaches could…
While a thriving economy is hugely important, GDP is a poor measure of social progress. That's why at Carnegie UK, we make the case for decision-makers to use a wide range of data to measure our wellbeing to inform public policy:
UK economy fails to grow in July
It comes after no growth in June and despite forecasts of slight growth of 0.2%.
www.bbc.co.uk
At Carnegie UK, we were pleased to see this commitment toward a wellbeing approach to public policy in the @niexecutive programme for government: https://www.northernireland.gov.uk/sites/default/files/consultations/newnigov/draft-programme-for-government-our-plan-doing-what-matters-most.pdf
This is really notable from @niexecutive & @NISRA. An interactive wellbeing data dashboard to underpin their recent Programme for Government. Allows for tracking of data over time, breakdown by local authority area & disaggregation of certain data sets. All presented brilliantly.
