Should you hitch your wagon to well-being?

The idea of well-being has come to the fore in recent years, and for a while to understand its potential uses in the social sector and beyond.

On 14 September 2015, at a conference about relationships and well-being held by Relate, NPC’s CEO Dan Corry spoke on the topic. He looked at how thinking about well-being has developed, and whether or not it can help boost the importance of relationships within public policy. He scrutinised the potential of well-being, asking such questions as:

• What are the dangers of focusing too heavily on well-being?
• Can we really improve well-being?
• Will well-being ever determine policy?

NPC has worked with Relate in the past, to support their ‘The Best Medicine’ work, which aims to understand and promote the impact of good relationships and well-being on our overall health. The report, The Best Medicine? The importance of relationships for health and well-being is available for download here.