Target: Wellbeing's Evaluation Annual Report, February 2010, provides evidence of behaviour change caused by the portfolio’s activity from April to September 2009, through evaluation activities completed by the North West Public Health Observatory and the University of Central Lancashire.

Although sample sizes are small at this early stage of analysis, preliminary results indicate Target: Wellbeing is working towards its outcome of improving healthy lifestyles across the North West.

Highlights include:
• Reach analysis of key demographic, health and lifestyle factors indicate that TWB is successfully reaching intended beneficiaries from targeted Lower Super Output Areas.
• Across the whole TWB portfolio direct beneficiaries report higher levels of wellbeing and life satisfaction following TWB intervention (12% increase on the Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Survey; 24% increase on life satisfaction scale).
• There has been an average increase of 74 minutes per week walking across projects (145 minutes for Physical Activity projects), indicating the general impact that TWB is having on enabling beneficiaries to live healthier lives.
This is an exciting indication of the expected results from the next report, which will be released in November, and will be based on a more substantial sample size.