by Louise Rees | May 25, 2022 | Loneliness, News Media
Funding has today (23 May 2022) been awarded to 12 organisations across England with the aim of understanding how transport can play a role in helping people who are feeling lonely. Pilot projects receiving a share of the £5 million funding include support for...
by Louise Rees | May 16, 2022 | Loneliness, News Media
Living alone can be isolating and lonesome for even the most independent of people, but it can be especially so for the elderly when what used to be simple daily tasks start to become a struggle. Sadly, this is a problem that has become increasingly familiar to many...
by Louise Rees | Apr 26, 2022 | Loneliness
With the relaxation of government rules on scanning, vaccine passes, gathering limits, and vaccine mandates, New Zealanders can theoretically get back to more normal patterns of social interaction. Unfortunately, it’s not that simple. Getting back together will...
by Louise Rees | Apr 11, 2022 | Loneliness, News Media
During the past two years, whenever there’s been a gap in Covid-19 gathering restrictions, Liz Henry’s been quick to act. In amongst the global pandemic, Henry has tried her best to keep the Invercargill Park Run operating when restrictions have allowed....
by Louise Rees | Apr 6, 2022 | Loneliness, News Media
If you have ever heard your parents and friends complain about your complacency or the listlessness with which you navigate your days without any particular goal or perspective, you aren’t the only one. A 38-year-old Japanese man, Shoji Morimoto, had also heard the...
by Louise Rees | Apr 4, 2022 | Loneliness, News Media, Uncategorised
Frances Sheehy, 76, is not someone you can easily triumph in a game of Bridge. She has been playing the game for 55 years, represented New Zealand at tournaments four times and been an Otago representative 20 times. But these days Sheehy is no longer showing off her...
