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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Monthly Archives: September 2023
Open Door Warminster: The journey from an idea to reality
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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Our stakeholder research on tackling loneliness interventions and their evaluation
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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