This ground-breaking conference will showcase the work of the Local Wellbeing Project, an unrivalled three year initiative jointly led by the Young Foundation, the Improvement and Development Agency and Professor Lord Richard Layard, from the LSE's Centre for Economic Performance. The project is aimed at testing out practical ways of improving public wellbeing in three very different areas of the UK – Hertfordshire, Manchester and South Tyneside. This work remains the most comprehensive exercise to date on public policy from a wellbeing perspective.
Keynote addresses will include
Rt Hon James Purnell
Secretary of State for Department of Work and Pensions
Enrico Giovannini
Chief Statistician, Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development
Dr Martin Seligman
Director of Pennsylvania Positive Psychology Centre,
and founder of Positive Psychology
Professor Lord Richard Layard
Founder and Director of LSE's Centre for Economic Performance,
author of 'Happiness: Lessons from a New Science'
Lucy De Groot
Executive Director, IDeA
Geoff Mulgan
Director, Young Foundation
Conference Highlights
- Keynote addresses from ministers across the key central government departments, UK's leading experts and practitioners
- Case studies and invaluable feedback from Hertfordshire County Council, South Tyneside Council and Manchester City Council, the three local authorities who are pioneering new approaches to promoting wellbeing in local communities
- Controversial debate on 'This House believes local government has no business trying to make people happy'
- Complimentary copies of the Local Wellbeing Project report on neighbourliness and empowerment
- A series of Wellbeing services on offer throughout the course of the day including chair yoga, tai chi, meditation and on-site massage
Please click here to view a sample of the current delegates registered for the event.
For more details about the Conference please refer to the Conference Overview and the Conference Programme
