Tackling Loneliness Hub

Everyone based in England who is working on loneliness is welcome to join the Tackling Loneliness Hub, an online community that we run on behalf of the DCMS. The Hub currently represents over 430 members from over 300 organisations across the public, private, academic and charitable sectors.

The Hub enables members to connect with others working to reduce loneliness and ask questions in a safe and supportive space.

Based on member feedback:

86% of members say the Hub is helping them to widen their professional network in the loneliness community.
80% of members say the Hub is informing the action their organisation is taking to tackle loneliness.
91% of members say the content shared on the Hub is useful to them.
95% of members say they learn something new at Hub workshops and events.

What members say

“I have met so many incredible organisations and enjoy and find their coffee roulette meetings very useful. Excellent way to network.”

“Gave me loads of ideas and valuable information to use to help our organisation reach members of our community.”

“I felt that I got a much better understanding of how tackling loneliness can be done through warm spaces and also how they can link to other services as well.”

“Loads of value for me – info and contacts and inspiration. Thanks so much. Liked the friendly style.”

More Information

Blogs

Members regularly write blogs for the Tackling Loneliness Hub and we often do write-ups of insights shared during Hub workshops and events, such as:

Wiltshire Wildlife Trust: rebuilding connections through nature (Jan 2023) Hub member Imogen Jackson, Wellbeing Programmes Lead, shares how Wiltshire Wildlife Trust are rebuilding connections through access to local green spaces and nature.

Listen to Us: Mencap’s Mental Health campaign (Nov 2022) Paul Donnelly, Head of Campaigns at Mencap, introduces the ‘Listen to Us’ campaign which is shining a light on the mental health challenges faced by people with a learning disability.

Demonstrating the value of befriending: insights from a Hub workshop (Oct 2022) An overview of the discussions from a Hub workshop on how befriending projects can demonstrate and measure impact.

Loneliness in life stories by Chinese older migrants in the UK: a linguistics ethnography (Sep 2022) Hub member Olivia (Xuechun) Xiang introduces her research on how elderly Chinese migrants narrate their experiences of loneliness in life stories.