a common sense of well-being as a community

I was delighted to play host to the Interfaith Association recently. Coming at a time when the debate about religions at war with each other is intensifying, it was lovely to be round a table with representatives from Islam, Buhuddism, Bai’hi, Sikhs, Hindu, several Christian denomonations and others.We explored common ground, in particular the idea of a common sense of well-being as a community. Would it be possible to have an indicator of the well-being of the city, how contented we felt as citizens together. We have indicators for many other things but this seemed a new thought. It's more than the MORI poll “satisfaction” indicator as that is about satisfaction with services. This was something a little deeper, a collective sense of contentment, (or anger or someting in between) that is more to do with how we feel in ourseves as opposed to how we feel just about the services we use. It was the membership of the association that raised this and I think its worth exploring.