Overview
Placing local government at the heart of public wellbeing
Whilst economic output in the UK has doubled over the past decades, people happiness or wellbeing has not increased correspondingly. Wellbeing is affected by factors that occur at a local level such as relationships with the family, the neighbourhood, school and work, together with feelings about the immediate environment. This means that the interventions that could increase happiness can be delivered at the same very local level and are under the direct or strategic control of local government and other local agencies.
The Local Wellbeing Conference will:
- Explore how local government intervention in key service delivery and/or policy areas can contribute to greater public wellbeing
- Determine the value to local government of prioritising wellbeing in service delivery and strategic planning
- Showcase how to develop replicable practice to maximise wellbeing in the delivery of services under five specific 'big initiatives' and two underpinning themes:
| wellbeing of older people |
| promoting emotional resilience for 11 to 13 year olds |
| guaranteed apprenticeships and promoting progress through the 16 to 19 transition |
| neighbourhoods and community empowerment |
| positive parenting and parenting support |
| relationship between wellbeing and environmental sustainability |
| how best to measure wellbeing at a local level. |
Please note that places are in high demand for this breakthrough event, so please reserve your place as soon as possible. For more information about the Local Wellbeing Project, please visit the Young Foundation and IDeA websites.
