More than 50 projects to share £3.2m, tackling loneliness and social isolation
A WORSHIPPING community in Fife, the Abbey Church of Dunfermline, is among more than 50 recipients of a Scottish Government fund aimed at tackling loneliness…
Category: Loneliness
Fund launched to tackle social isolation and loneliness
SUPPORTERS of community and co-operative housing might be interested in applying for a new funding pot launched by the Scottish Government. Says the government, here,…
Examined: how community-led housing might help combat loneliness
WE might intuitively feel that ‘community-based’ housing has to help combat loneliness. And research carried out in England – commissioned by the UK Government –…
Research reveals high levels of loneliness among under-35s
THE number of people under the age of 35 who say they have just the one ‘close friend’, or even none, has tripled in the…
Living alone: loneliness, mental health and freedom to choose
ALMOST one in four (24 per cent) British adults living on their own say they feel lonely, with a further quarter (23 per cent) saying…