Campaign to end loneliness

Sustaining the legacy of Be More Us   From 2018 to 2020, we ran the Be More Us movement of people and organisations to celebrate small moments of connection. In every conversation, there is an opportunity to find something that we share. Small, everyday moments count. Although Be More Us came to an end in…
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This week is National Inclusion Week (Monday 25 September to 1 October), a week founded by Inclusive Employers that is dedicated to celebrating inclusion and taking action to create inclusive workplaces.  With more than 1 in 10 of us experiencing loneliness at work often or always, fostering a sense of belonging and connection is an…
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We spoke with Molly Taylor about the experiences of loneliness among young people and what inspired her to set up Alone No More. Can you tell us a little about yourself? I’m Molly Taylor, a passionate activist dedicated to combatting youth loneliness both locally and nationally over the past couple of years. My journey into…
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For Samaritans, July represents Talk To Us month, where the leading suicide prevention charity reminds everyone that its 23,000 listening volunteers are available 24/7, providing emotional support to anyone struggling. Here, Lorraine, a listening volunteer at Birmingham Samaritans, shares what she’s learnt about loneliness and her experiences of being there for people who need to…
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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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Natasha Reid, founder of Matter Space Soul, joined our built environment panel at our international conference in February. The innovative planning guidance she has developed for Brent Council has been recently published for consultation. It sets out a new “Place Quality framework” that shifts the way that developments are designed and assessed towards prioritising human…
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Jessica Rees, Research Associate from the Institute of Gerontology at King’s College London, explains more about the use of technology to detect or predict loneliness in older adults. How can we measure loneliness using technology? “I am—yet what I am none cares or knows” extract of poem by John Clare. Loneliness, a subjective feeling, which…
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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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The Government have just launched a new campaign to tackle loneliness during the Coronavirus lockdown. Deborah Alsina MBE, Chief Executive of Independent Age and Chair of the Campaign to End Loneliness, said: “We welcome the Government’s initiative to highlight and support people struggling with increased isolation and loneliness due to the Covid-19 pandemic. “Even before…
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Andy Nazer originally wrote this blog back in April, at the height of the lockdown. A lot has happened since then, so to mark Grief Awareness Week, he’s updated his blog to reflect on how the festive season will be a little different this year.  “No matter who we are, where we are, how old…
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