On the first anniversary of the Government’s loneliness strategy for England, our Director of Campaigns, Policy and Research, Robin Hewings, reflects on how far they’ve come, and what more the Government can do to address loneliness. Today marks the first anniversary of the loneliness strategy for England. The Government made many commitments, but one of…
Read more »
After nine years as Executive Director at the Campaign to End Loneliness, Laura Alcock-Ferguson is stepping down. In this blog she reflects on her time here. I will forever be proud of being the founding Director. I have so enjoyed and been challenged by this journey since 2010 and I can’t quite believe I am…
Read more »
For one week in April 2019, Chelsey Baldock isolated herself in her apartment with no phone, no laptop, no TV or radio, and no company. She chose to do this to fundraise for the Campaign to End Loneliness, and to raise awareness of the physical and mental impacts of loneliness, and of the 9 million…
Read more »
Robin Hewings is Director of Campaigns, Policy and Research at Campaign to End Loneliness. We recently held a workshop at the Loneliness Action Group conference, which was hosted by the British Red Cross and Coop. Here he shares some key learnings from the day on how businesses can tackle loneliness. Forward thinking businesses have led…
Read more »
On May 15th we held our latest Research and Policy Hub meeting, looking at how social prescribing might be able to tackle loneliness across the UK. In this blog, our Director of Campaigns, Policy and Research, Robin Hewings, reviews the day. Social prescribing is a big part of the loneliness strategy in England as well…
Read more »
Today sees the release of the Scottish Government’s loneliness strategy. Scotland was one of the first countries in the world to announce that it would develop a strategy. In this blog our Campaign Manager for Scotland Anne Callaghan talks about what’s in the strategy and how it was developed. The Campaign to End Loneliness, along…
Read more »
My wife Joan died suddenly. It was 3 days before my 80th birthday. We had been together for 58 years. My brain hit a brick wall. I would wake up, make breakfast and then realise she wasn’t there. I would go to the café and it would all be couples. I was there on my…
Read more »
Please find links below to access presentations from our recent 4th Annual Conference, ‘Be More Us: Belonging and Community’ on Tuesday 9th October 2018. These include: A Keynote from Dr Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Brigham Young University on “Social Connection as an Antidote to Loneliness”. Julianne Holt-Lunstad A Workshop on “What’s Age…
Read more »
Our 4th Annual Conference, ‘Be More Us: Belonging and Community’, takes place on the 9th of October 2018 at the British Library’s incredible Knowledge Centre. Last year’s sold-out conference, ‘Kindness Can: A Positive Future for Loneliness’, brought together over 200 delegates from business, entertainment, politics, academia and media. With your support, the Campaign to End Loneliness has grown….
Read more »
Amy took on the 26.2 miles of the Dundee Marathon to raise money for our work. This is her story. Knowing that people experience both isolation and loneliness has always tugged at my heart-strings. When I completed my second Occupational Therapy placement on a medical for the elderly ward it became even more apparent to…
Read more »
