1. Happily measuring happiness and well-being Measuring happiness: how to put well-being at the heart of the community Wellnet event, 27 March 2009 Nicola Steuer Head, Centre for Well-being nef (the new economics foundation)

2. “self-esteem” “confidence” “quality of life” “it’s about physical, economic and environmental factors” “good social and community relationships” “meeting basic needs” “state in which individuals feel competent to influence their lives & context” “safe & secure” “ happiness” “happiness and contentment” “satisfaction with life” “emotional health” What is happiness & well-being? Responses from a small group of service practitioners in the North West, April 2008

3. External/enabling conditions “quality of life” “it’s about physical, economic and environmental factors” “good social and community relationships” Measuring happiness and well-being…

4. External/enabling conditions Measuring happiness and well-being…

5. External/enabling conditions “self-esteem” “confidence” Measuring happiness and well-being…

6. External/enabling conditions Personal/ psychological resources Measuring happiness and well-being…

7. External/enabling conditions Personal/ psychological resources “meeting basic needs” “state in which individuals feel competent to influence their lives & context” “safe & secure” Measuring happiness and well-being…

8. External/enabling conditions Personal/ psychological resources Good functioning and satisfaction of needs Measuring happiness and well-being…

9. External/enabling conditions Personal/ psychological resources Good functioning and satisfaction of needs “ happiness” “happiness and contentment” “satisfaction with life” “emotional health” Measuring happiness and well-being…

10. External/enabling conditions Personal/ psychological resources Good feelings day-to-day and overall Good functioning and satisfaction of needs Measuring happiness and well-being…

11. ‘Doing’ well-being measurement National Indicator Set CLG Place Survey Question Bank / Life Satisfaction European Social Survey Well-being Module National Well-being Indicator questions Warwick Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale Make best use of what already exists saves time saves money can help ensure quality/robustness can sometimes provide benchmarks/comparator data

12. External/enabling conditions Personal/ psychological resources Good feelings day-to-day and overall Good functioning and satisfaction of needs What existing indicators/tools capture National Indicator Set

13. External/enabling conditions Personal/ psychological resources Good feelings day-to-day and overall Good functioning and satisfaction of needs What existing indicators/tools capture CLG Question Bank Question on Life Satisfaction

14. External/enabling conditions Personal/ psychological resources Good feelings day-to-day and overall Good functioning and satisfaction of needs What existing indicators/tools capture European Social Survey Well-being Module/nef’s National Accounts of Well-being

15. ‘Doing’ well-being measurement Big Lottery Fund Well-being Programme National Evaluation Tools Consider tracking change over time necessary if you want to demonstrate outcomes & impact shows distance travelled for your group or community doesn’t have to be everyone, think about samples build it in – not just one-off ‘research moments’

16. ‘Doing’ well-being measurement online data collection formats e.g. Big Lottery national evaluation tools interesting data presentation formats e.g. National Accounts of Well-being Be creative (whilst being robust) encourages participation in the process of measuring encourages engagement in the results from measuring encourages people to act on the findings

17. Taking action

18. Contact details: t: 020 7820 6390 e: nicola.steuer@neweconomics.orgnicola.steuer@neweconomics.org Reports downloadable from: www.neweconomics.org Other websites: www.nationalaccountsofwellbeing.org www.happyplanetindex.org