Tackling loneliness in local places
Promising Approaches Framework
This report is an update to the seminal report we published jointly with Age UK in 2015, ‘Promising Approaches to reducing loneliness in later life’.
Five years on, thanks to the work of many organisations, there are government loneliness strategies in England, Scotland and Wales. Northern Ireland has committed to developing one. The development of a framework approach to reducing loneliness helped local councils, commissioning bodies and service providers explore the best way forward to invest in, and run, loneliness interventions in local areas.Five years on, thanks to the work of many organisations, there are government loneliness strategies in England, Scotland and Wales. Northern Ireland has committed to developing one. The development of a framework approach to reducing loneliness helped local councils, commissioning bodies and service providers explore the best way forward to invest in, and run, loneliness interventions.
In 2020, the impact of Covid-19 has highlighted the importance of meaningful connections for us all. It was time to refresh this framework and look at what current promising approaches are.
Read our updated report Promising Approaches Revisited: Effective action on loneliness in older life. The report includes thirty-three case studies drawn from across the UK. An additional twenty case studies provide additional depth to the promising approaches springing up across the country.
Tackling loneliness in London
Reconceptualising loneliness in London was an analysis of loneliness in London which we co-produced with our partners Neighbourly Lab and What Works Centre for Wellbeing and identified the factors that make some Londoners more lonely than others. It provides a series of recommendations on how to tackle loneliness in London.
Tackling loneliness through the built environment
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Tackling Loneliness in older age – the role of the arts
Bringing people and organisations together who work on loneliness
Our Tackling Loneliness Hub which we provide on behalf of the Ddpartment of Culture, Media and Sport is a digital community hub which connect people with a professional interest in loneliness, whether they work in the private, public or third sector. The blogs and resources for the Hub are available to all – but joining as a member means accessing the newsfeed and being able to connect with people working on loneliness and social isolation directly.
