Pam Ward,  assistant manager at the Pudsey Live at Home Scheme, writes about how she became involved in projects that tackle loneliness over Christmas. After ten years of trying for a baby, we were blessed with a son.  He was (as all children are) spoilt. One Christmas, when James was 4 years old, I saw…
Read more »

According to the National Centre for Social Research report, released today, we now live in a society with an “emerging sense of self-reliance” and a growing “emphasis on individualism”. Some will view this as a blessing but, by placing a greater value on individualism, we risk creating communities that further isolate, rather than assist, their…
Read more »

Sally Cupitt, senior consultant with Charity Evaluation Services (CES), gives us her thoughts on the research and writing of ‘Listening to You: the baseline report from the Campaign to End Loneliness’. I’m so chuffed that Listening to You is getting published: getting our work out there is important to evaluators and researchers. It seems ages…
Read more »