Half a million more people are lonely all or most of the time

New analysis of Office for National Statistics data shows that the number of people who are chronically lonely has risen to 3.83 million – half a million more than in the first year of the pandemic when 3.24 million people were chronically lonely. 7.1% of the population now say that they are always or often…
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A Train to Friendship: Join author Max Dickins as he tackles loneliness amongst men

Campaign to End Loneliness (CEL), TransPennine Express (TPE), House of Books and Friends, and author Max Dickins are joining forces at Manchester International Airport Station on Monday 3 July. Customers travelling through the station are invited to stop by for a free tea or coffee between 10 and 12 as part of TPE’s partnership with…
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Younger Brits report higher levels of loneliness

Those aged between 16-29 are over two times as likely to report feeling lonely often or always than those over 70 (9.7% versus 3.7%), with those aged between 30-49 close behind at 8.2%, according to new analysis of the latest ONS data.  This comes as overall levels of chronic levels of loneliness, where people feel…
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Report explores extent of loneliness at work in the UK

A new report, authored by the British Red Cross and Campaign to End Loneliness for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Tackling Loneliness and Connected Community has launched today. It explores the extent on loneliness at work in the UK, how it’s changed since the Covid-19 pandemic and provides useful insights based on a unique population-wide…
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Tackling loneliness through the built environment

Make our future neighbourhoods less lonely places on World Cities Day With new figures showing 3.8 million people in Britain are now chronically lonely, the design of our neighbourhoods can play an important role in tackling loneliness and helping people to connect, according to the Campaign to End Loneliness which published a new report Tackling…
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New analysis reveals people are more chronically lonely now than before Covid-19

People are more chronically lonely now than before Covid-19 according to new loneliness research New analysis of ONS data from the Campaign to End Loneliness in finds that between December 2021 and February 2022: 3.3 million people living in Britain were ‘chronically lonely’ (or felt lonely all the time) between December 2021 and February 2022…
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