Reflecting on World Suicide Prevention Day which took place over the weekend, Heather McClelland from the School of Health and Wellbeing at Glasgow University explains more about the link between suicide and loneliness and why tackling loneliness is so important. Heather McClelland is a full-time doctoral research assistant at the School of Health and Wellbeing…
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Join Us is a non-profit organization in the Netherlands that has measurably reduced loneliness among younger people aged 12 to 25. Since 2016, this program has helped thousands of young people from more than 63 municipalities across the country.  Kyra Haerkens, Quality Coach at Join Us explains more. Join Us wants to help youngsters build…
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Yung-Chia Hsueh, UCL Division of Psychiatry and Dr Alexandra Pitman, UCL Division of Psychiatry; Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust summarise findings from their systematic review which aimed to bring together the research literature describing the effectiveness, acceptability and potential harms of community interventions that target place-based factors to address loneliness and mental health.  Humans…
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Joanne Smithson, Head of Implementation & Learning, What Works Centre for Wellbeing explains more about the connection between loneliness and wellbeing and being diagnosed with a terminal illness.  How can we support people with life-limiting illnesses to work while they are able to and want to? Our relationships and positive social connections are essential for…
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Why are LGBTQ people more likely to be lonelier than heterosexuals peers?  This blog by Eddy Elmer, MA; PhD Student, Dept. of Sociology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam outlines the findings of a new large-scale study which he co-authored with Theo Van Tilburg and Tineke Fokkema. Read the full paper:  Minority Stress and Loneliness in a Global…
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Neil Williams tells us about his major photography project on people living alone and loneliness.  Living alone and loneliness For some time, I have been undertaking a major photography project on people living alone and loneliness. Although the project is for completion of an MA in Photography, which I commenced as part of my move…
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Our co-Founder and Chair of our Programme Advisory Group Paul Cann reviews our recent Loneliness: The Big Picture event, and previews our international loneliness Conference on Thursday 18 November 2021.  Loneliness is often shaped by wider societal forces Last week the Campaign to End Loneliness launched its ‘Big Picture’ conference, Loneliness Beyond Covid-19,  taking place…
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Craig Harrison, Policy Manager for Marie Curie Northern Ireland, reflects on what we can do tackle loneliness and social isolation for people at the end of life.  Loneliness can become deeply entrenched  While loneliness has taken root in a lot of new places during the Coronavirus pandemic in the UK, for many people impacted by…
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Annabel Collins, Programme Manager at Ageing Better in Camden and Rob Francis, Associate Director at Traverse have kindly shared an evaluation of the Ageing Better in Camden programme which is focused on tackling loneliness and isolation amongst the borough’s older population. Staying connected during Covid-19 At the beginning of 2020, 64-year-old Shama was a regular…
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Helping people make better connections Helping people to make better connections is a key theme for TransPennine. Public transport helps to keep people socially connected, either with existing connections, or by fostering new connections in stations or on the train as they go about their journey. We were really pleased to be partners with the…
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