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Reading isn’t just for entertainment or education. Studies from The Reading Agency show that reading for pleasure is directly linked to better cognitive performance and mental wellbeing. It can also improve confidence, reduce crime rates, and fascinatingly, improve long-term health
How can a reuse shop act as a hub for wellbeing? In many ways, as we discovered during a recent visit to REMO – a social enterprise and charity – in March, Cambridgeshire. Our Projects Manager, Mirella Ferraz reports.____________________________________________________________________________________ REMO,
On Sunday 24th May, Buckfastleigh came alive with wool, music, creativity, heritage and community spirit as more than 550 people attended the town’s WoolFest. Organised in partnership with the Wool Hub and our project Share Shed – A Library of
Spring has turned into Summer with a record-breaking ferocity! Surface temperatures hit 35 degrees in Kew Gardens this week – a full two degrees higher than the previous UK record temperature for May, set in 1944. Devon wasn’t so warm
Written by Molly Haywood Newberry, Network Development Manager, Network of Wellbeing On 5th May 2026, I went to the book launch of The Elgar Companion to Creating a Regenerative Economy for Wellbeing – and left feeling something I hadn’t quite
It felt like a glimpse of the future we’re all trying to build. More than 800 people walked through the doors of Totnes Civic Hall, in Devon (UK), on a bright April morning — and what unfolded was one of
Earlier this year, NOW’s Director, Roger Higman joined Wintering Well, a lottery-funded programme for wellbeing changemakers run by the Academy of Wide-hearted Living. The programme was aimed at people who work alone from home. Here he reflects on a simple,
“Just what these times are crying out for” says the quote on the front cover from Kate Raworth, author of Doughnut Economics. With a commendation like that, Kate Pickett’s new book “The Good Society – And How We Make It”
What if the way we work for change could feel as sustaining as the change we’re striving for? In this guest blog by Tessa Horvath, founder of Change in Mind – an organisation dedicated to the wellbeing and empowerment of