LGBTQ+ young people are a group that disproportionately live with lower wellbeing. We now have great new evidence that the right support can make a difference for them. Many thanks to Karol Rodriguez-Cabrera as well as @neilhumphrey.bsky.social and his team at @beewelluk.bsky.social

Great new evidence from Rachel Gomez on the longterm impacts of children’s mental health. For the geeks among us…it goes beyond looking at correlations and shows that improvements in mental health as a child lead to better outcomes, even after controlling for a host of other factors.

UK is still recovering from the "wellbeing recession". Latest data from the ONS shows that average Life Satisfaction in the first quarter of 2025 remained 1.3% down on pre-pandemic levels.

Great to see @guardianheather.bsky.social make the case for better measures of social progress, pointing to research by our friends @pbe.co.uk www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Great article from @guardianheather.bsky.social - "a more direct focus on making the UK a happier place might help to improve decision-making" www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Why has the nation’s wellbeing not bounced back following the pandemic? Deteriorations in our physical health, mental health and loneliness explain much of the increase in ‘wellbeing poverty’. We won’t see a recovery in the nation’s wellbeing outlook until we see improvements in these key drivers.

Great piece from @sarahdavidson.bsky.social. Highlights that “overall, our governments have yet to convince us that they are using the available wellbeing data” There’s more that can be done to tackle key drivers of low wellbeing as discussed in our new report coming out next week!