Action for Happiness movement launches

The world's first membership organisation dedicated to spreading happiness has been officially launched.

Action for Happiness, which claims to have 4,500 members in more than 60 countries, says it prioritises healthy relationships and meaningful activities as a means to happier living.

It has ambitions to become what it calls "a global mass movement for fundamental cultural change".

Its launch event in the City of London included tips on how to be happier.