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A new report from The Young Foundation and IDeA - A State of Happiness looks at services focused on well-being to deliver widespread economic and social benefits and recommends prioritising programmes that:

• Teach children resilience in schools
• Promote opportunities for neighbours to get to know each other
• Provide support for isolated older people to help them create and maintain social networks, and reduce anxiety and depression
• Shift transport and economic policies to encourage lower commuting times and allow people to spend more time with their families and friends
• Reshape apprenticeships and other programmes for teenagers to strengthen psychological fitness to help young people find and keep work
• Support families so parents are happier and children are less likely to face problems at home and at school
• Promote activities that are simultaneously good for the environment and make people feel better about their lives

Read 'A State of Happiness' report