North East England Cultural Observatory

Local involvement leads to happier communities

Neighbourliness + Empowerment = Wellbeing shows how The Local Wellbeing Project has shown that neighbourhood and community empowerment can improve wellbeing, using case studies from 3 different local authorities: Hertfordshire, Manchester and South Tyneside.

This report was written by Mandeep Hothi, Nichola Bacon, Marcia Brophy & Geoff Mulgan and published in 2008.