At Carnegie UK, we’ve been working to improve collective wellbeing for more than 100 years. We are a charitable foundation working on public policy and practice.
Learn more about how we approach our mission, what we’ve learned about change, and how we’re preparing for the future.
Key facts
1913
The year when Andrew Carnegie signed the Carnegie UK trust deed.
15
Members of staff at Carnegie UK.
5
Carnegie UK works across five jurisdictions: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Republic of Ireland.
Our approach
At Carnegie UK we’re all about wellbeing. We have been ever since we were set up over 100 years ago. Wellbeing has meant different things to different generations; nowadays we take it to mean everyone having what they need to live well now and in the future.
We work with partners to contribute to what is known about wellbeing, testing and studying what works in practice. We then use evidence to make the case for which approaches and systems need to change and recommend how to make that happen.
We do this through a rolling portfolio of programmes, making sure that we pay attention to the most important issues affecting wellbeing at any time, as informed by the best evidence.
We know that our contribution is only one part of a wider political and social ecosystem for social change. We are most effective when we work in collaboration, understanding our place in the system and bringing together organisations and individuals with different perspectives.
As an endowed foundation, Carnegie UK is committed to being a learning organisation. This not only means that we support the professional development of our staff and take time to learn from the work we do, it also means that we’re able to share our learning freely with other organisations.
We published a new Strategy for Change in 2021. By 2026, we plan to have reviewed our current strategy to make sure it is still meeting our needs and gives us the tools to deliver on our mission to improve the wellbeing of the UK and Ireland for at least the next five years.
Partners
Want to find out more?
Our key contact for this programme is:
Adam is our director of policy, insight and advocacy. Adam was previously the head of Nesta Scotland and head of policy and communications at Shelter Scotland.
Adam sat on the advisory board for data driven innovation at the University of Edinburgh for three years and was an SCVO trustee for six. Adam sits on the advisory board for the Scottish Health Equity Research Unit at the University of Strathclyde.
Help us make the case for wellbeing policy
Keep in touch with Carnegie UK’s research and activities. Learn more about ways to get involved with our work.
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