To support local councils, health commissioners in developing their own place-based strategies to address loneliness, we created a framework which is outlined in our joint report Promising Approaches to reducing loneliness in older life which was jointly published in 2015 with Age UK.
OFive years on, thanks to the work of many organisations, there are government loneliness strategies in England, Scotland and Wales. Northern Ireland has committed to developing one. The development of a framework approach to reducing loneliness helped local councils, commissioning bodies and service providers explore the best way forward to invest in, and run, loneliness interventions.
In 2020, the impact of Covid-19 has highlighted the importance of meaningful connections for us all. It was time to refresh this framework and look at what current promising approaches and so in October 2020, we launched our new report, ‘Promising Approaches Revisited: Effective action on loneliness in later life’.
The report includes thirty-three case studies drawn from across the UK. An additional twenty case studies provide additional depth to the promising approaches springing up across the country.
Read our new report, ‘Promising Approaches Revisited: Effective action on loneliness in later life.’
Launch events
UK launch
Date: Thursday 15 October 2020
Please find the slides from our UK launch seminar.
If you are active in any of the devolved areas of Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, please register to join us for the relevant seminar:
Date: Wednesday 4 November 2020
Time: 11-1pm
Location: Online – Zoom (details to follow once registered)
Date: Monday 16 November 2020
Time: 2-4pm
Location: Online – Zoom (details to follow once registered)
Date: Wednesday 13 January 2021
Time: 11-1pm
Location: Online – Zoom (details to follow once registered)
