1. Exploring Sustainable Wellbeing Toolkit by Dafydd Thomas Wellbeing Wales Network Network Coordinator

2. Non well-being “I mean, your health really does suffer on here. Everything does. I mean, I look about 40, I’m 23. Why? Because I live here. Nobody would take a house on here, nobody. Who’d want it? ‘Cause it’s just hell really, it’s horrible. But I’m here, so that’s that, isn’t it?...” Single mother on a housing estate in Lancaster Professor Gareth Williams Cardiff University School of Social Sciences

3. What makes you happy?

5. Popular use of the term ‘well-being’ usually relates to health but… ‘…Well-being’ suggests something more than physical health, and also something more than good mental health… …philosophical use is broader: ‘how well a person’s life is going for that person’ ‘happiness’, ‘flourishing’; that which ‘makes life worthy of choice and lacking in nothing’ (Aristotle)

6. Definitions Hedonic Wellbeing = consists of pleasure or happiness * Eudaimonic Wellbeing = realised in achieving the individual’s potential *(Ryan and Deci (2001)) Subjective Wellbeing = an individual’s assessment of their own circumstances, what they think and feel (harder to measure and influence) ** Objective Wellbeing = the social and material attributes that contribute or detract from an individual or community’s wellbeing ** Process or Outcome ? **(Felce and Perry (1995))

7. Definitions (cont’d) Quality of life is about the non-material aspects of human wellbeing, and includes subjective and objective features Well-being or welfare, is broader than quality of life: it comprises both material resources and non- material aspects Sustainability, which considers whether an activity or condition can be maintained indefinitely, is about whether wellbeing can last in the future (OECD 2010)

8. Evidence for Different Outcomes – Priority Fields The Young Foundation HEALTH SPORTS AND THE ARTS COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT FAMILY AND CHILDHOOD EDUCATIONWORKAGEING

9. Why well-being? ‘Well-being provides a strong test of the extent to which policies are coming together to reduce inequalities and to promote sustainable development. A high-level of well-being is a feature of strong and vibrant communities’ Welsh Assembly Government Health, Social Care and Well-Being Strategies: Policy Guidance 2003

10. Policy drivers for well-being Health inequalities and inequities Sustainable development Community regeneration Ageing population Chronic disease and ‘ways of life’ Economic activity/inactivity

13. Layard Be socially connected Be physically active Take notice of your surroundings and savour them Keep learning Give Regularly

14. Buddhist Hermit Learn to meditate Cultivate altruism Practice mindfulness Make space for spirituality Find a spiritual teacher

15. NEF’s Five a day Connect Be active Take notice Keep learning Give

16. Network Activities Exploring Sustainable Wellbeing Toolkit Literature Search Partnerships Communications

17. What next - questions?

18. www.wellbeingwales.org dafydd.thomas@wellbeingwales.org Please note: Listening to this presentation will not improve your wellbeing. Getting involved will.