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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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…
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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…
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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….
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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…
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Claire O’Shea, our campaign manager in Wales, looks at how a stretched social care system is impacting the lives of care workers and lonely people. If we are serious about ending loneliness, supporting the development of the social care workforce and the way care is delivered must be addressed. Loneliness is a growing epidemic for an…
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PLEASE NOTE: These workshops happened in February 2018 and we are not taking new applications to attend. Together, we had an amazing 2017. Our film The Loneliness Project went viral and was seen by over 60 million people. Thousands of you have joined the Campaign. This week the Government appointed a new Loneliness Minister, Tracey Crouch….
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Christmas can be an especially lonely time for many people. In this blog Susan talks about how the loss of her husband has affected her, and why we should all make the effort to reach out to people and connect this Christmas. My name is Susan McGinlay. Four years ago I lost Michael, my husband…
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Almost a million older people say they feel lonelier at Christmas (based on research by Age UK), and half a million older people can go up to a week without seeing or speaking to anyone. This Christmas we want to change that, but we need you. We’ve come up with 12 simple things you can…
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In this blog post Anne Callaghan, our Campaign Manager in Scotland looks at the acts of kindness happening to celebrate St Andrew’s Day on 30th November. Having a patron saint who was famed for his kindness is quite convenient for the Campaign to End Loneliness in Scotland. We believe that kindness and providing opportunities for…
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