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Wednesday 29 November 2023
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Reaching out worldwide: A word from our co-founder
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Paul Cann, Co-founder, Campaign to End Loneliness and CEO, Global Initiative on Loneliness and Connection (GILC) writes about the World Health Organisation (WHO) launching a three-year Commission on Social Connection, to address loneliness as a pressing health threat, to promote social connection, and to scale up solutions which will work across countries whatever their income levels. He discusses launching GILC and the Campaign, their role in supporting the WHO, and keeping the loneliness movement global.
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What we are thinking about
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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. A feeling of emptiness inside your chest, the realisation that you are alone, missing that special someone, or feeling lonely in a crowd of people. This is the question they asked in the Connect and Cope workshops to begin a conversation and learn more about how loneliness is perceived by older adults from certain minoritised groups.
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In the latest Tackling Loneliness blog post, Kim Creus from Vision Foundation / Fight For Sight shares their plans to support community-led projects designed with visionally impaired people which target the impact of loneliness and isolation on mental health and wellbeing.
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Residents of Luleå welcome new campaign encouraging them to say hello to each other during dark winter months. The Säg hej! (say hello!) campaign says it aims to create a friendlier city by nudging people towards small but significant social interactions. Adverts are running on buses, and workshops are being held in schools. Sweden's weather conditions differ from our own lessons but perhaps there is a lesson here for us as days are shortening and the increasing extreme weather conditions.
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Led by Professor Pravetha Patalay, the What Works Wellbeing Social isolation and loneliness across the lifecourse project uses secondary data analysis to explore associations between social isolation, loneliness and subjective wellbeing across our lives and between generations. It aims to establish better understanding of these constructs and their inter-relationships. The recently published second report looks looks specifically at experiences of loneliness and social isolation in later life before and during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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We invite you to submit a poster presentation for our Loneliness: The next five years conference so that we can showcase the very best research and practice happening globally to address loneliness.
The winning entries will be asked to present their work during a panel session at our conference on Thursday 8 February 2024 and will receive a copy of Know Your Own Power by Dr Rhada Modgil. To enter the poster competition and be in with a chance of winning Know Your Own Power, please complete the submission form by Monday 4 December at 9am.
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What we are reading
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This report presents a Canadian research project on the gendered experience of homelessness and of transition to housing among young women and gender-diverse people. The authors note that feelings of loneliness and disconnection stem from and contribute to feelings of unsafety, housing precarity, mental distress, and inequity. They say that efforts to address increasing social inclusion must take into account gendered contexts highlighted by the research.
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Pubs, and their publicans, are a key part of our community infrastructure alongside libraries, cafes, shops and community centres. Given their role we alongside Loughborough University wanted to build our understanding of how pubs can use their place in our social life to tackle loneliness. The recent viral video reminds us that pubs are more important now than ever.
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This paper presents: a correlational study to test the relationship between social media use and symptoms of social anxiety, loneliness, and wellbeing among university students; an intervention study to test whether use of a mindfulness-based mobile app results in significant improvements in their social anxiety, loneliness, and well-being; and interviews to explore students’ perspectives on the use of technology for mental health support. Findings are considered in relation to a number of different theoretical models which relate to both positive and negative aspects of digital media usage and highlight the complexities of using digital approaches to address loneliness, mental health and wellbeing.
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Dates for your diary
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Wednesday 6 December - 11:00-12:30 - Online
Come along to the next Tackling Loneliness Hub event to hear from community members about their research on loneliness. We're proud to run the Tackling Loneliness Hub on behalf of the DCMS - an online learning and exchange community that brings together people from a wide range of sectors. Would you like to connect with and learn from others working on loneliness? Join us!
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Monday 11 December - 14:00-16:00 - Online
Join the APPG for Tackling Loneliness & Connected Communities to celebrate the launch of the Call-to-Action and discuss with the sector and MPs the importance of tackling loneliness & community
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Tuesday 12 December - 12:00-13:00 - Online
Getting tricked into a scam can be a lonely and isolating experience, and for those already feeling lonely, the impact can be even more profound. That’s why we've teamed up with UK Finance’s Take Five to Stop Fraud campaign to host this free online event.
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Join us on Tuesday 12 December at 12pm to learn more about loneliness and scams and learn how to play Scam Bingo, a game designed to support people to protect themselves against fraud. We will show you how Scam Bingo works and how you can play it in your own organisation, and provide information on the common tactics criminals use to commit fraud. There will also be time for you to ask questions about how your audience could protect themselves from scams.
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Anytime - Online
Our introductory e-learning module is designed to help individuals understand the causes and effects of loneliness, and what to do if we or someone we know is feeling lonely.
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"It has helped me to think in new ways about loneliness and how it may be alleviated. The additional resources are also much appreciated and will be very useful." - learner feedback
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Donate to the Campaign
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We're a small team with big ambitions. We want to end chronic loneliness and we need your help to do it. Your money goes towards helping us to generate new evidence and bring communities together to share research and practice to make a difference to people’s lives.
People of all ages need connections that matter. Together, we can end loneliness.
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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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