Last month the Campaign team travelled to Manchester, to host the second in our series of regional summits. Our aim was to gather together a room full of the people who are in the best position to help get things happening around loneliness – this time in the Noth West of England. During the course…
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The following guest blog by Ciaran Devane, Chief Executive of Macmillan Cancer Support, has been written to complement our new collection of essays, ‘Alone in the Crowd: Loneliness and diversity’. Cancer and loneliness Living with cancer brings many challenges for those affected – and one particularly difficult challenge can be coping with the social and…
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The following guest blog by Jenny Edwards and Paul Farmer, from the Mental Health Foundation and Mind, has been written to complement our new collection of essays, ‘Alone in the Crowd: Loneliness and diversity’. Headlines are full of activities that are bad for our health: we eat too much, we drink, and we don’t get…
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The following guest blog by Tom Owen, Co-Founder and Co-Director of My Home Life, has been written to complement our new collection of essays, ‘Alone in the Crowd: Loneliness and diversity’. Blog Post 6: Loneliness in Care Homes When an older person moves from familiar surroundings into a care home, it can be an emotional…
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The following guest blog by Simon Antrobus, Cheif Executive of Addaction, has been written to complement our new collection of essays, ‘Alone in the Crowd: Loneliness and diversity’. When we think of problem drinking, we may think of headlines featuring young people drinking heavily or alcohol’s contribution to homelessness. But alcohol misuse among older people…
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