We share what people have told us matters for them and useful resources to help people protect and improve their mental wellbeing. Some resources are shared directly on this website, others point you towards other reliable sources of information or ways to take action.
Delivered in collaboration with our Strategic Partners (listed below) spanning health, the natural environment, culture, heritage, sport and the voluntary sector, Hapus brings together expertise, resources and opportunities to help people across Wales take positive actions that support and improve their mental wellbeing.
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Arts Council of Wales | Arts Council Wales is the national body responsible for funding, developing and widening participation in the arts across Wales. By working with artists, arts organisations and communities, it seeks to improve access and increase engagement, ensuring the arts remain relevant, inclusive and accessible to everyone in Wales. |
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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales | Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales are the national body responsible for managing, safeguarding and protecting Wales’s national collections across seven major museums. Through its work with communities across the country, it seeks to widen participation in Welsh history and heritage ensuring it remains relevant and engaging for everyone. |
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Cadw | Cadw (from the Welsh word for “keep”) is the Welsh Government’s historic environment service, who work to protect, care for and promote Wales’s historic places and landscapes. By helping people access, understand and engage with their shared heritage, Cadw ensures the historic environment is valued, enjoyed and sustained for the benefit of everyone in Wales. |
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Sport Wales | Sport Wales is the national organisation responsible for developing, promoting and increasing engagement with sport and physical activity in Wales. Through partnerships with schools, clubs and communities, it works to widen participation in sport and physical activity, ensuring it is valued and enjoyed by the whole population. |
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Tempo | Tempo is a UK‑wide charity that supports people to volunteer, develop new skills and connect with others. By providing these opportunities, Tempo helps people in Wales make a significant and lasting difference to their communities. |
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Mental Health Foundation | Mental Health Foundation is a UK charity wide charity focused on preventing poor mental health and building and protecting good mental wellbeing. Their research, partnerships and public engagement directly support open conversations about mental wellbeing across society. |
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The Welsh NHS Confederation | The Welsh NHS Confederation represents and supports NHS organisations across Wales, advocating for high quality, sustainable health services. By championing prevention, integration and person centred care, its work promotes a whole system approach that places mental wellbeing at the heart of health and care services. |
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National Trust Cymru | A member of UK wide National Trust family, National Trust Cymru is a conservation charity responsible for protecting and caring for historic properties and monuments, coastlines and countryside across Wales. Ensuring equitable access to and engagement with sites across Wales, it helps safeguard history and heritage and supports the wellbeing of communities nationwide. |
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Office of the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales | The Office of the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales is an independent body, established under the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 to protect the interests of people not yet born and promote sustainable development across Wales. The Commissioner supports and challenges public bodies to take a long-term, preventative approach to decision-making, helping build a fairer, healthier and more resilient Wales for current and future generations. |
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The Nature Service | The Nature Service is a nationally coordinated initiative that works across Wales to enable more people to connect with opportunities around nature and nature recovery. By making opportunities to engage with nature more visible and accessible – through learning, skills, volunteering and careers – it helps build the knowledge, confidence and participation that support both people’s wellbeing and a healthier natural environment |
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Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA)
| The Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA) is the national membership body for voluntary organisations and volunteering in Wales. WCVA strengthens the voluntary sector to support charities, community groups, social enterprises and volunteers, helping improve wellbeing for individuals and communities across Wales.
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The National Forest for Wales | The National Forest for Wales is a Welsh Government programme creating a connected network of woodlands stretching the length and breadth of Wales. It works through partnerships with landowners, communities and organisations to restore and protect green spaces throughout Wales, helping people reconnect with nature improving physical health and mental wellbeing. |
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Together, we want to:
- encourage people to prioritise their mental wellbeing, inspiring them to take action and focus on things that matter to them
- bring people together around a common cause, to improve mental wellbeing for people in Wales
- support thriving collective life in communities
Why wellbeing matters
Find out why it’s important to look after our mental wellbeing and how it differs from mental health.
Why wellbeing matters
Ways to better wellbeing
Learn about the common activities that are central to boosting our mental wellbeing.
Ways to better wellbeing
