Abstract
This article outlines the theory and strategy behind Historic England's (HE) Wellbeing Strategy. It acknowledges the relevance of wellbeing to HE's core purpose, and proposes ways in which wellbeing can be built into archaeological and heritage projects. There is an evidenced link between access to heritage and wellbeing, which now needs to be better integrated into project design and implementation. The article concludes with an outline strategy for wellbeing-led projects, and a discussion of how the success of these projects could be evaluated.
Highlights
Historic England is the UK Government's advisor to the historic environment in England
Historic England aims to be an inspiration to, and a resource for, the sector in multiple areas relating to the protection of the historic environment
As an historic environment organisation, we are well-used to thinking about any kind of 'heritage asset' as something that may benefit from protection
Summary
Historic England is the UK Government's advisor to the historic environment in England. Indirect: that is working with the social determinants of health and wellbeing Expanding this further one might articulate wellbeing as an individual issue (how does one feel things are going), a collective issue (how well is a community or area doing), and a population level issue (how well are policies affecting change for the country as a whole). In summary wellbeing is essentially a way of thinking about our social impact and demonstrating it helps provide evidence of our 'public value' in the context of the Barber report. The main part of this article will consider the following three areas They will be necessarily brief but I hope they will provide some information and food for thought on how development-led archaeology and wellbeing can inter-relate and how this can sit within a broader strategic framework. Opportunities for improving local wellbeing: a strategic framework Examples of wellbeing and archaeological excavation
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