Transcript for the video introducing London's first Wellbeing and Sustainability Measure

Yamini Cinamon Nair – Senior Research and Statistical Analyst at the Greater London Authority:

“Here at the GLA we've developed a Measure of Wellbeing and Sustainability for London to essentially capture the things that really matter to people.

We've done this through a series of in-depth qualitative research with Londoners to really understand the things that matter to quality of life.”

Michal Shinwell – Head of Insights, learning and Impact at the London Borough of Camden:

“I think there's a real importance in actually developing a framework together with residents together with the community and understanding and bringing their voice into it."

Barry Fong – Principal Social Policy Analyst at the Greater London Authority:

“To create the Wellbeing and Sustainability Measure for London we consulted with Londoners throughout the development process.

We started off with a series of digital diaries. 

A digital diary allows a respondent to record different aspects of their life which they felt were important to their to their wellbeing. It allows the researchers to understand the various aspects which make up quality of life.

We run a series of focus groups with Londoners in order to ascertain their in-depth views on the topic. 

Following that we also engaged Londoners who are less served by traditional research approaches.

We approached different civil society organisations representing those groups including Gypsy and Traveller communities, food bank users, and other service users who are less represented in all avenues of research.” 

Vivienne Avery – Senior Strategic Programme Manager at the Greater London Authority:

“The Wellbeing Measure we hope will be very useful for Londoners themselves. Londoners have helped us develop it.  We want to produce the outputs in a way that are accessible for Londoners so that they can come to the website and download the data they're most interested in and understand what's quite a complex picture of wellbeing.”