Neighbourliness + Empowerment = Wellbeing. Is there a formula for happy communities?

How does active citizenship contribute to the wellbeing of communities? The Young Foundation have just released the Neighbourliness + Empowerment = Wellbeing report, which tries to answer this question by investigating empowerment initiatives in three very different local authorities: Hertfordshire, Manchester and South Tyneside.

The report finds that neighbourhood and community empowerment has three effects which increase wellbeing:

• Providing greater opportunities for residents to influence decisions affecting their neighbourhoods
• Facilitating regular contact between neighbours
• Helping residents gain the confidence to exercise control over local circumstances

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Copy of report summary attatched