We recently teamed up with UK Finance’s Take Five to Stop Fraud campaign to discuss loneliness and scams at an online event. Loneliness, scams and protecting ourselves from fraud Being the victim of a crime can be an incredibly isolating and lonely experience. The feelings of shame or embarrassment that can occur if we do…
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Written by Paul Cann, Co-founder, Campaign to End Loneliness and CEO, Global Initiative on Loneliness and Connection. Heralding a landmark in the loneliness community It is a truth, almost universally acknowledged, that loneliness is part of the human condition: the primal desire to connect with others for safety, comfort and sustenance. Since we launched the…
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Jessica Rees, Research Associate for the DELONELINESS project at King’s College London, discusses findings from a series of workshops across the UK with people from minoritised ethnic groups.  What does the word loneliness mean to you? A feeling of emptiness inside your chest, the realisation that you are alone, missing that special someone, or feeling…
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Sara Ryan, Manchester Metropolitan University and Jane Maddison, University of York Accelerated Experience-Based Co-Design We recently completed a research project, funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research, to explore whether an effective approach to co-designing improvements in healthcare would transfer to a social care setting, using loneliness support as our exemplar. This…
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How warmth can alleviate winter loneliness It’s quite common to feel isolated during the winter months. As the daylight hours reduce and the weather gets colder, the season often brings with it a sense of loneliness and detachment from our social circle.  If we’re cold, we’re much more likely to feel lonely, according to a…
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Shaun Friel, Director of Childline, explains how their Building Connections online service works to address loneliness for young people up to the age of 19. About the service Building Connections is a new NSPCC online service available to young people up to the age of 19, empowering them to find a way through loneliness. Young…
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A new review published by the Wales Centre for Public Policy (WCPP) brings together international evidence showing that loneliness affects the most disadvantaged groups of society more than others, and that to tackle loneliness we must combat discrimination and social exclusion, and reduce inequality. Authored by some of the UK’s leading scholars of loneliness –…
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This week is National Inclusion Week (Monday 25 September to 1 October), a week founded by Inclusive Employers that is dedicated to celebrating inclusion and taking action to create inclusive workplaces.  With more than 1 in 10 of us experiencing loneliness at work often or always, fostering a sense of belonging and connection is an…
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Debs Gogarty from Open Door Warminster explains how the organisation was created. How it all started Open Door Warminster was conceived around a kitchen table at the start of the pandemic. Six people who didn’t know each other but were united by a desire to make a difference for anyone feeling isolated or excluded from…
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This week saw the publication of stakeholder research, commissioned by the Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) and carried out by the Campaign to End Loneliness (CEL), Tackling loneliness interventions and their evaluation. The report is based on findings from interviews, a survey and two round table discussions which we used to collect the …
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