Meetings

In this meeting we will hear from speakers who have been leading the implementation of a wellbeing agenda across the UK.

The report launch of A Spending Review to Increase Wellbeing: an open letter to the Chancellor, written by Lord Richard Layard.

Date: Tuesday 5th MarchChair: Chris Ruane The 2019 Spending Review presents an opportunity for the UK to be explicit about it’s goals and allocate spending accordingly. The APPG on Wellbeing...

Tuesday 18th December 2018Chair: Chris Ruane This meeting is an opportunity to review why measuring children’s wellbeing is important and what impact a systematic approach could have on policy making...

1st March 2016 Chair: Mark Easton, BBC News Home Editor This event brought together parliamentarians and key players from across civil society and the business world to discuss the...

24th March 2015 This event brought together candidates from political parties to set out their party’s approach to wellbeing, and to answer questions from APPG members as well as the public audience...

14th October 2014 This event launched the report resulting from the inquiry on mechanisms to increase wellbeing without increasing public expenditure. Christine Berry, report author, introduced the...

9th June 2014 Our fifth and final evidence session took a step back from policy detail to explore overarching questions about the role of well-being in policy, and the challenges that must be...

12th May 2014 This session aims to explore three key questions: How can the planning system support well-being? How far is this in tension with the current focus on the need for planning to...

9th April 2014 This session aimed to explore two key questions: What policy interventions related to mindfulness could improve wellbeing in the UK without increasing public expenditure? What are...