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Refreshing our call to action on loneliness: Reflections from our collaborative event
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What lies ahead for the next five years of loneliness? On Wednesday 21 June, we brought together a community of passionate individuals and key thinkers to discuss how we can address loneliness in the next five years. The event was chaired by Sarah O’ Grady, Social Affairs Correspondent of the Daily Express, with panelists Noreena Hertz, author of The Lonely Century, and Kate Jopling, Independent Consultant. Thank you to everyone who joined us in person and online, and to our event sponsors Sky and Togetherly.
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What we are thinking about
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Did you get involved in Loneliness Awareness Week 2023? Let the Marmalade Trust know how it went by completing this survey by Friday 30th June and be in with a chance to win a £50 charity shop voucher, kindly provided by Charity Shop Gift Card. Every response helps Marmalade Trust improve future campaigns and increase the impact of Loneliness Awareness Week.
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In this blog, Josh Coles-Riley explains why the Wales Centre for Public Policy has commissioned a major new review of research on loneliness inequalities – and why WCPP is now planning an event to bring together policymakers, practitioners, researchers and lived experience experts to explore what policy and practice changes are needed to tackle these.
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What we are reading
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This Finnish study uses data from a life story collection ‘Life of Disabled Persons in Finland 2013-14’. Merja Tarvainen identified stories from the collection where the writers had mentioned experiences of loneliness and examines experiences of loneliness in relation to lifecourse stages and how they are shaped by social and cultural attitudes and contexts. Findings are presented in three categories: ‘Unbelonging in childhood’, ‘Disjointed youth’ and ‘Disaffiliation in adulthood’.
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'Against the Current' is a first-hand account of one teenagers' struggle to balance his needs for social connection and to protect his mental health in a world where social media use among young people is the norm.
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This study involves longitudinal analysis of data from Understanding Society, the UK’s household panel survey. It examines differences in prevalence of loneliness among four ‘disability status’ groups: those experiencing persistent disability, disability onset, disability offset and no disability. It tests how far differences in loneliness can be explained by life circumstances (for example, financial strain, being unemployed, living alone) which can potentially be modified. It also examines differences in the association of loneliness with physical and mental health according to disability status.
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Dates for your diary
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11 July - 10.00-11.30 - Online
Two Generations is a social enterprise bringing together award-winning technology with experienced teams to tackle loneliness nationally. Discover from the Homesharers and experts how Homeshare tackles loneliness. Learn how you can set up Homesharing in your communities.
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12-14 October - 18.00-22.00 BST - Online
Building Connected Communities is hosted by the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University, the Foundation for Social Connection, and Healthy Places by Design with generous support from Einhorn Collaborative. Attendees are invited to participate in plenary sessions, small group workshops, and a half-day field trip to neighborhoods in Boston for learning exchanges with community organizations about their challenges and solutions to foster social connectedness.
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Anytime - Online
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Drawing on our expertise in loneliness and connection, our Loneliness Explored e-learning module is designed to help individuals understand the risk factors for loneliness and how it can affect our mental and physical health, as well as promising approaches that can help.
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Get in touch
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Do you have news or thoughts that you would like to share with people working on loneliness and others who are interested? Email info@ctel.blazeoven.co.uk.uk
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