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Election 2020: Low numbers of youth voting linked to social isolation
A recent Stuff article links low levels of voter registration among young New Zealanders to social isolation.
New Digital Literacy Programme for Seniors
Digital Inclusion Alliance Aotearoa have introduced a digital literacy programme for seniors.
Grandfriends shares the joy of grandparenting
Read about how Grandfriends is connecting people across generations for friendship and support. This Daily Encourager article tells about the joy that contact with a surrogate grandparent is bringing to one young family.
‘I feel invisible’: As a single parent, weekends are the loneliest they’ve ever been
In this stuff article, single Mum Hayley Stent shares her experience of shared parenting and loneliness.
Loneliness and the digital divide
In an article for Stuff Holly Walker, deputy director of the Helen Clarke Foundation writes about how digital isolation has contributed to loneliness for many during Covid-19.
Student Volunteer Army shopping service now in Hamilton
In a national volunteer response SVA has joined forces with some brands to offer a grocery delivery system for those aged 65-plus, those working in essential services and the medically vulnerable. Find out more about the service, and how to access it.
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