Useful Organisations
Wikiprogress
This is the global platform for sharing information in order to evaluate societal progress. It is a place to find information and statistics to facilitate the exchange of ideas, initiatives and knowledge on measuring the progress of societies.
http://www.wikiprogress.org/index.php/Main_Page
http://www.wikiprogress.org/index.php/Wellbeing_wales
The Wellbeing Knowledge Bank
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has launched it's Wellbeing Knowledge Bank. This is a repository of links and information, pertinent to the wellbeing topic, ranging from relevant papers and analysis, events and activities to ONS's own work plans in this area. The aim is to bring greater visibility and clarity to existing knowledge, outputs and plans from across the ONS and beyond, relevant to societal wellbeing and to begin to establish a community of interest . The knowledge bank will be constantly updated and ONS welcomes ideas for content.
www.ons.gov.uk/about-statistics/wellbeing
The Global Project on Measuring the Progress of Societies
Is life getting better? Are our societies making progress? Indeed, what does "progress" mean to the world’s citizens? There can be few questions of greater importance in today’s rapidly changing world. And yet how many of us have the evidence to answer these questions?
The Global Project on "Measuring the Progress of Societies"- hosted by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and run in collaboration with other international and regional partners - it seeks to become the world wide reference point for those who wish to measure, and assess the progress of their societies.
New Economics Foundation
The centre for well-being at the New Economics Foundation seeks to understand, measure and influence well-being. In particular they are interested in 'what would policy making and the economy look like if its main aim were to promote well-being?'
The Young Foundation
Founded in 2005, formed from the merger of the Institute of Community Studies and the Mutual Aid Centre, the Young Foundation undertakes research to identify and understand unmet social needs and then develop practical initiatives and institutions to address them - in fields as diverse as health and education, housing and cities.