You can download the Universal Wellbeing Charter here and are welcome to share your reflections, questions, or ideas with us.
A full references document is available for download, detailing the research and evidence underpinning the Charter.
Why the Universal Wellbeing Charter Exists
Wellbeing is now widely discussed, but too often it is not clearly defined, unsupported by evidence, inconsistently applied, poorly measured and addressed too late.
The Universal Wellbeing Charter exists to positively empower real improvements to entrenched wellbeing challenges such as suicide, sexual and family violence, low educational achievement and engagement, high chronic illness and addiction rates, low home ownership and poor social cohesion.
The Universal Wellbeing Charter supports collaborations, community involvement, provides implementation science informed planning, and will drive upstream changes to how wellbeing is understood, embedded across systems that affect people’s lives, and governed.
This Charter focuses on primordial prevention, that is, addressing the root causes at their source and before harm, disengagement, and long-term costs occur.
WHAT THIS IS / WHAT THIS IS NOT
This Is Not a political statement, ideology or a money making scheme.
The Universal Wellbeing Charter is:
Non-political
Evidence-informed
Grounded in prevention and implementation science
Designed for practical, real-world application by everyday people
a shared framework to support better decisions, systems, and outcomes over time.
PLUS a very good idea
WHO THIS IS FOR
Who the Charter Is Designed to Support
The Universal Wellbeing Charter is intended for:
Governments & Public Sector
Supporting prevention-focused wellbeing strategies, policy alignment, and long-term system design.Organisations & Workplaces
Reframing wellbeing as a foundational system for performance, sustainability, and people outcomes.Education, Health & Community Systems
Moving beyond reactive models toward coherent, prevention-led approaches.Community and NGOs
Implementing grassroots solutions in and with communities
Wellbeing will not change unless we support it to do so
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Talk to Us About Change
We are inviting leaders, organisations, and regions to start practical conversations about:
where prevention opportunities are being missed
how the Universal Wellbeing Charter could support change in your context
great ideas that could support improvements to poor wellbeing where you are
These conversations will help bring alive the Charter and support meaningful action
Talk to Us About Change
This form is for leaders, organisations, and communities who are exploring practical Universal Wellbeing change.
Submissions help inform real projects, pilots, partnerships, and implementation pathways linked to the Universal Wellbeing Charter.