Community Wellbeing Case study synthesis : study protocol

As part of the Communities of Place (CoP) Evidence Programme, at the What Works Centre for Wellbeing, we are conducting a scoping review and qualitative synthesis of the methods and approaches of community-based practices in supporting community wellbeing. This ‘Community Wellbeing Case Study Synthesis’ will have two areas of focus (i) development of a method to synthesise learning and outcomes from community-based wellbeing projects (ii) collection and review of a sample of projects that are focused on promoting wellbeing through a place or neighbourhood. There is considerable interest in the knowledge and learning that can be obtained from practice-based case studies, but no consensus on how to synthesise that evidence. This study will therefore aim to provide a ‘proof of concept’, laying the foundations for synthesising learning from community wellbeing practice. This protocol sets out the process that we will use to develop the methods and then apply them with a small set of community wellbeing case studies.