Action for Happiness
Action for Happiness promotes mental health and wellbeing by providing information, evidence-based resources, public events, educational services, training, and community activities.
What problem is Action for Happiness working on?
Action for Happiness was founded in 2010 to promote the idea that we can uplift the quality of life in our societies if we each make happiness our primary goal.
Action for happiness believes that building mass awareness of the scientific knowledge of happiness can change how we approach our personal lives, how we bring up our children, how we behave at work, and how public policy is made. And it can help us act in a way that considers the happiness of future generations, as well as our own.
What does Action for Happiness do?
The mission of Action for Happiness is to promote a happier world, through a culture that prioritises happiness and kindness.
Action for Happiness’s work is underpinned by the evidence-based 10 Keys to Happier Living framework, which is backed by hundreds of research studies.
Specifically, Action for Happiness:
- Provides daily actions people can take through its popular app and monthly calendars, which have been used by millions of people.
- Coordinates online groups where members meet to talk about happiness and commit to action.
- Runs a course which has been attended by thousands in over 250 locations. An independent randomised controlled trial of the course was carried out by academics from Oxford University, London School of Economics, and Imperial College, and found that it enhanced overall wellbeing, reduced symptoms of anxiety and depression, and increased compassion and social trust.
- Hosts live talks with leading thinkers on happiness, wellbeing. and mental health, which have had over 250,000 attendees.
- Provides resources for schools and training for workplaces.
What evidence is there of Action for Happiness’ effectiveness?
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