Loneliness beyond Covid-19 was our international online conference on Thursday 18 November 2021. With world-renowned speakers and experts from the field of loneliness and social isolation, this event offered practitioners, policymakers and researchers the chance to share the latest news and research on loneliness. You can still register even though the event has happened, and view our virtual exhibition of loneliness poster presentations from around the world.
Our latest report Loneliness beyond Covid-19, looks at the impact of the pandemic on the UK experience of loneliness. We also published a series of reports during lockdown looking at different aspects of loneliness including bereavement, conversations during Covid-19.
Looking for information on loneliness? There are 1.2 million chronically lonely older people in the UK and 9 million lonely people. Find out why. Feeling lonely is a normal human emotion and is simply a sign of wanting contact with people. Here's some advice and information that may help. You can also join our Be More Us Campaign to find out more about our movement to help end loneliness.
Our new report, The Psychology of Loneliness, looks at how sychology can change how lonely people think and feel.
Read our new report, Promising Approaches Revisited which includes our Action Framework - a strategic and practical framework for a whole place-based area approach to loneliness.
Looking for more information about what we know about loneliness? We have compiled our Facts about Loneliness briefing which brings together the evidence on loneliness. Find out more about the health implications of loneliness and the factors that may mean you are more likely to experience chronic loneliness. Read our Facts about Loneliness below.
