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About Policy tools

Wellbeing policy tools for decision-makers

Policy tools to help you think through how to improve the outcomes that matter to people’s lives.

How can this help you?

This draft set of tools and frameworks supports you to think through impact on people’s lives at different stages of public policy development and delivery. They have been developed in workshops with a wide range of types of teams in public, private and civil society sectors.

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Resources

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Apr 7, 2021
Places, spaces, people and wellbeing / Community hubs and green space
May 14, 2020
Community business
Feb 12, 2020
Wellbeing evidence at the heart of policy
Sep 4, 2019
Social cohesion and community attachment: analysis of the Understanding Society Survey
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Blog

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Jan 5, 2023 | By What Works Centre for Wellbeing
What’s coming up in 2023: Wellbeing projects, conferences and seminars
Guest Blog
Dec 22, 2022 | By Robyn Bignall-Donnelly
2022 Impact – Our year in review
Centre Blog
Dec 15, 2022 | By Nancy Hey
New Zealand Living Standards Framework update and first wellbeing report
Centre Blog
Dec 8, 2022 | By Margherita Musella
Evaluating what works for place-based arts and culture
Centre Blog
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Practice Examples

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May 8, 2019
NZ Government creates a Living Standards Framework
Aug 28, 2018
Urban forests to improve wellbeing in dementia patients
May 10, 2018
Improving access to green space for BAMER communities
Sep 22, 2017
Wellbeing outcomes and national government: Scotland
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People

External resource

  • JUMP projects Happy Days volunteer report
  • Co-op Community Wellbeing Index
  • Thriving Places Index
  • World Happiness Report – happiness and voting behaviour
  • ONS governance and trust wellbeing data
In partnership with
  • EPPI-Centre
  • People’s Health Trust
  • University of Birmingham
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