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Exploring Sustainable Wellbeing Toolkit
by Dafydd Thomas
Wellbeing Wales NetworkNetwork Coordinator
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 WilliamsCardiff University School of Social Sciences
What makes you happy?
What makes you happy?• 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)
DefinitionsHedonic 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))
Definitions (cont’d)Quality of life is about the non-material aspects of human wellbeing, and includes subjective and objective featuresWell-being or welfare, is broader than quality of life: it comprises both material resources and non-material aspectsSustainability, which considers whether an activity or condition can be maintained indefinitely, is about whether wellbeing can last in the future (OECD 2010)
Evidence for Different Outcomes – Priority Fields The Young
FoundationHEALTH
SPORTS AND THE ARTS
COMMUNITY
ENVIRONMENT
FAMILY ANDCHILDHOOD
EDUCATION
WORK AGEING
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 GovernmentHealth, Social Care and Well-Being Strategies: Policy Guidance 2003
Policy drivers for well-being
• Health inequalities and inequities• Sustainable development• Community regeneration• Ageing population• Chronic disease and ‘ways of life’• Economic activity/inactivity
Layard• Be socially connected• Be physically active• Take notice of your
surroundings and savour them
• Keep learning• Give Regularly
Buddhist Hermit• Learn to meditate• Cultivate altruism• Practice mindfulness• Make space for spirituality• Find a spiritual teacher
NEF’s Five a day• Connect• Be active• Take notice • Keep learning• Give
Network Activities• Exploring Sustainable
Wellbeing Toolkit • Literature Search• Partnerships• Communications
What next - questions?
www.wellbeingwales.org
Please note:
Listening to this presentation will not improve your wellbeing.
Getting involved will.