Personal Wellbeing Data User Event. What Works Centre for Wellbeing

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1 Personal Wellbeing Data User Event What Works Centre for Wellbeing

2 overview What Works Centre for Wellbeing Findings so far and future publications Evidence into action

3 Introduction What Works Network We operate as a Network

4 Introduction What Works Network Credible Relevant Well-communicated Systematically looking across the evidence Impacts; Evidence Confidence; Costs

5 Introduction Vision, Mission and Approach Nancy Hey Centre Director Our approach independent evidence based collaborative practical open iterative.

6 Introduction Our funders and partners We are independent and collaborative Economic and Social Research Council Arts and Humanities Research Council Public Health England Department for Health Department for Business Innovation & Skills Department for Communities & Local Government Department for Work and Pensions Food Standards Agency DCMS Arts Council England Historic England Heritage Lottery Fund Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Ministry of Defence BT, Bupa, Maximas, Cabinet Office Local Government Association Big Lottery Fund Office for National Statistics Alliance for Useful Evidence Sciencewise Wellcome Trust

7 What do we know Emerging Evidence

8 Four initial areas of focus

9 Evidence summaries of interventions

10 Music and singing are beneficial for wellbeing

11 with positive impacts for some diagnosed conditions

12 How much does music affect us? Life Satisfaction impact Employment +0.5 units of life satisfaction Listening to music +0.1 units of life satisfaction Classical music concert units life satisfactions Happiness impact Employment +0.3 units happiness Listening to music +0.8 units of happiness Gospel concert units of happiness

13 Upcoming products: Sport, Culture and Wellbeing Systematic review & secondary analysis Wellbeing, music and singing: Healthy adults; Adults with Chronic Conditions; Adults with Dementia Wellbeing, sport and dance (young/adolescents) Wellbeing, visual arts, adults mental health

14 There are gaps in evidence for housing and wellbeing Focus for systematic review

15 Upcoming products: Community Wellbeing Practical tools Local Wellbeing Index: pragmatic adult wellbeing indicators for use by local authorities and health leads Measurement Handbook for practitioners delivering projects Guidance for community groups applying for funding to deliver wellbeing in green space activities Scoping reviews Housing and WB (Published Dec 2016) Indicators used for measuring community WB What works to boost social relations? Secondary analysis WB inequalities in local authorities (Published March 2017) How changes in average LA level WB relate to changes in local conditions (tbc) Cost Effectiveness Housing interventions

16 Retirement on your own terms

17 Unemployment hurts, but it depends who you are Analysis of survey data: Gender differences

18 Training in the workplace can improve wellbeing

19 Upcoming products: Work, Learning and Wellbeing Systematic review Improving Wellbeing by Improving Job Quality and Other Employment Practices Retirement and Wellbeing (Published Feb 2017) Unemployment, (re)employment and well being (Published March 2017) Learning for wellbeing in the workplace Secondary analysis What is a good job? The co occurrence of high quality job characteristics and employment practices in the British skills and employment survey Employment to unemployment transitions and wellbeing: Are there differences across ethnic groups? Adult learning outcomes and wellbeing Cost benefit analysis Job quality, worklessness, adult learning Systematic review Work social climates & organisational communities Learning process & quality Direct/indirect WB interventions in transitions Briefing What makes a good employer?

20 Measuring wellbeing series A Common Currency: Meaningful comparisons across sectors, while reflecting the multidimensional nature of wellbeing How to Guide: Measuring wellbeing inequalities

21 Upcoming products: Methods and Lifecourse Discussion papers Richard Layard, et al. Measuring wellbeing and cost effectiveness: using subjective wellbeing (Published, Dec, 2016) Paul Dolan, et al. Experiential wellbeing measurement Practical guides Measuring wellbeing inequalities (published March 2017) Analysing cost effectiveness guidelines Events Wellbeing Across the Lifecourse Conference LSE/OECD (complete Dec 2016) Annual lecture: John Helliwell wellbeing inequalities (complete 6th March 2017) Policy Profession ½ day workshops (Oct 2016, Jan, Feb, March 2017) Half day introduction course on wellbeing measurement and analysis: for analysts Full day follow up course: Wellbeing analysis

22 What next? Turning evidence into action

23 What Next Turning evidence into action

24 What Next evidence influencing policy and practice Implementation Case Studies Policy Profession Training GES Civil Service Economist Training Strategic Business Council Guidance for evaluation

25 thank you