We partnered with Vintage Books to set up four ‘Happy to Chat’ pop-ups in bookshops and libraries across London to find out what you can learn when you listen more. In this blog, our Communications Officer, Lexy Matthews, talks about her experience of listening to locals in Wimbledon library. Did you know the average Brit…
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We’ve just launched our new Instagram channel! You can expect all our latest photos, video and stories. Don’t forget to tag us in any amazing Be More Us stories using the tag @endlonelinessuk.
Much of digital technology is about connecting people. But can it tackle loneliness amongst older people?
In this blog, our Acting Executive Director, Kate Shurety, reflects on her time representing the Campaign to End Loneliness in the Basque Country, Spain. At the start of November, I spent very productive few days in Donostia/ San Sebastian in the Basque Country, Spain. The Campaign to End Loneliness was honoured to have been invited…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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