What's wellbeing got to do with it?

By: Patricia Curmi
  • Summary

  • Wellbeing goes beyond mental health: it's whether we are thriving as people, communities, and nations. We untangle what wellbeing is; how we measure it; and what it means to protect and improve it. From better government policies to transforming workplaces; from education, to singing, to the effect of air pollution - we look at what wellbeing has to do with it.
    2020-21, What Works Wellbeing
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Episodes
  • Trust, time, and tea: insights from the Carer's Music Fund
    Apr 8 2021
    TJ, from Fèis Rois, the shares how important tea breaks, crafting, and building trust over time broke down barriers between the women attending her Lullaby Sessions. Whether they were distanced by language, culture or geography, she felt that women could reach out to each other because of their shared understanding of infant care and motherhood.
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    5 mins
  • Different music-making pathways to connection: insights from the Carer's Music Fund
    Apr 8 2021
    Laura Roberts, from Jack Drum Arts (https://www.jackdrum.co.uk/( explains the different ways activities like community singing, song writing, drumming, and musical mindfulness all lead to women carers gaining in different ways. And cats and babies as the fast track to Zoom connection.
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    4 mins
  • Monsters in the letterbox and the attic: Insights from the Carer's Music Fund
    Apr 8 2021
    Peter Snelling, from My Pockets (http://www.mypockets.co.uk/), shares about two music groups for women carers: mothers of disabled children, and partners of people experiencing dementia.
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    7 mins

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