Professor Carolyn Chew-Graham, a GP and researcher in the mental health of older people based at Keele University, has written a blog for us, about her new research, funded by NIHR, to develop and study an intervention which aims to help old people who have been isolated during the COVID-19 restrictions. Impact of COVID-19 restrictions…
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In this blog Robin Hewings, our Director of Campaigns, Policy and Research, reflects on what organisations working to address loneliness have told us about supporting volunteers – a theme we’ll be discussing in our next Loneliness in the time of Covid-19 webinar. The Covid-19 pandemic has brought the work of those helping one another in…
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In this blog, Campaign Associate, Kate Jopling, offers reflections on the themes emerging from the latest ‘Loneliness in the time of Covid-19’ learning session. Earlier this week we brought together over 80 organisations to talk about working with people at higher risk of loneliness as lockdown conditions ease. Our conversation focused on those who have…
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Ahead of our next Loneliness in the time of Covid-19 webinar on 18th August, Dan Jones, an associate of the Campaign, reflects on his experiences supporting a man in his community who is shielding, and the issues this raises for addressing loneliness in the next phase of the pandemic. I met Steve a few months…
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Kate Jopling reflects on the groups who may need extra support in addressing loneliness as we move into the next phase of the Covid-19 crisis, who we’ll be talking about more in our next ‘Loneliness in the time of Covid-19’ discussions. The (home) school holidays are finally here, and a rapid lifting of restrictions over…
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To mark the launch of our landmark report on ‘The Psychology of Loneliness’, our Head of Research, Policy and Innovation, Dr Kalpa Kharicha, has written a blog on the importance of using psychological approaches to help tackle loneliness, and why it’s important for more research to be carried out in this area. Loneliness is an…
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The second webinar of our series on Loneliness in the time of Covid-19 focused on bridging the digital divide. Over 100 participants from charities, local government, academia, and health and care came together to talk about their experiences and learning. In this blog Dan Jones reflects on the insights they shared. In recent months we’ve…
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In this blog, our Executive Director Kate Shurety looks at how charities and organisations can help tackle the digital divide. One of the most striking things about lockdown has been the rapid escalation in the shift of work, services, activities and almost all aspects of daily life online. Of course the growing interest in the…
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Shelagh Marshall OBE is Chair of Age Action Alliance’s Loneliness and Isolation Working Group. Back in March 2020, she shared her story of loneliness and bereavement after losing her daughter. Since then, Coronavirus has forced us into lockdown and deprived many older people from seeing their families. In this blog, Shelagh shares how she’s staying…
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In this blog, chair of the Campaign to End Loneliness and charity campaigner Paul Cann, looks at how we can continue to encourage connected and caring communities after the pandemic has subsided. The virus has killed and harmed far too many. Perhaps it has also brought out the best in us. So many acts of kindness,…
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