Creating Wellbeing Aware Environments

Creating Wellbeing Aware Environments

Self-guided, interactive eLearning | £25 | One year’s access

Design environments where people feel safe, valued, and able to thrive.

This course gives you the tools to integrate wellbeing into every aspect of your work - whether you’re leading a team, delivering a programme, or shaping a space.

Course Information

Creating Wellbeing Aware Environments is a practical, reflective course for anyone who wants to build environments that actively support physical, emotional, mental, and social wellbeing.

Designed with the creative, cultural, and heritage sectors in mind (but relevant to any professional setting), this course blends insight from psychology, inclusive design, and facilitation practice with hands-on, scenario-based learning.

You’ll explore how to:

• Adapt physical and sensory environments to reduce barriers and increase comfort.
• Create emotionally safe spaces that encourage participation and risk-taking.
• Use models like PERMA and Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs to guide your planning.
• Recognise and challenge unconscious bias to strengthen inclusion and trust.

An Interactive Learning Experience

This engaging self-guided course combines a variety of formats to keep learning active and relevant:

• Video explainers to introduce key ideas
• Scenario-based activities to apply concepts in realistic situations
• Flashcards to break down complex topics
• Reflection prompts to connect ideas to your own practice
• Puzzles and matching exercises to test understanding
• Audio options and full transcripts for every section, ensuring full accessibility

Who Is This Course For?

This course is suitable for:

• Organisations looking to embed wellbeing into programmes, workplaces, or public-facing spaces.
• Creative, cultural, and heritage practitioners who design and deliver public engagement activities.
• Facilitators, educators, and community leaders aiming to create safe, inspiring environments.
• Corporate teams seeking to improve staff experience, inclusion, and productivity.

Whether you’re managing a physical space, leading a project, or working directly with participants, the strategies in this course will help you create conditions for people to succeed.