Understanding the Big Lottery Fund's impact with its £160m investment in Wellbeing. March 2014

1. Understanding the impact of our
£160m investment in Wellbeing
http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/research/health-and-well-being
http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/research/health-and-well-being/well-being

2. Showcasing evidence from our £160m
investment in health and wellbeing
Our new Health & Wellbeing resources bring together
learning from across hundreds of health and wellbeing
projects funded across England that address:
•how to increase physical activity in local communities
•how mental health can improve through projects delivered
by voluntary and community sector partnerships with local
health agencies
•how healthy eating can be improved across the generations
•how to measure the cost benefit of wellbeing initiatives

3. Meeting public health outcomes
Our funded projects have also provided evidence of how the
most successful partnerships and projects have achieved
wellbeing improvements.
We think our learning will help local authorities and
community organisations to design, commission and manage
projects that can achieve National Health Improvement
outcomes, specifically related to the diet, weight, physical
activity, and self-reported wellbeing indicators.

4. Measuring wellbeing
Our new well-being evaluation includes the ONS National
Wellbeing Measures but we also measure impact against the
Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Health & Wellbeing Scale and
IPAQ physical activity measures.
We have made all this information publically available on
our Wellbeing Methodology page so that local practitioners
and commissioners can see what’s possible in terms of
Wellbeing measurement and, if they wish, use the
measurement tools we have commissioned to do so.
You can get all the latest news and resources related to our
current Wellbeing programme and evaluation on our news
page