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Action for Happiness: Joyful June
Action for Happiness are encouraging us to look for what's good this month. Use their calendar to help guide a small act of connection, kindness and joy during each day of the month. Find out more here.
Funding for transport projects to help tackle loneliness
The UK government has announced that £5 million has been allocated for pilot projects to understand how transport can tackle loneliness.
Helping elderly communities combat loneliness and isolation during Covid
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...
Getting back together
A recent Age Concern New Zealand blog discusses the challenges of rebuilding social connections as government restrictions relax, and we learn to live with Covid.
Loneliness viewed as biggest risk, quest to reconnect community begins
Invercargill Park Run organiser Liz Henry believes loneliness is a risk to physical and mental health, and it is important for the community to reconnect. In amongst the global pandemic, Henry has tried her best to keep the Invercargill Park Run operating when restrictions have allowed.
Rent-a-stranger: A Japanese man is running a successful business by meeting people & doing nothing with them
Loneliness is a growing issue in Japan. In 2020 a Japanese minister for loneliness was appointed following a rise in suicide rates. ‘Do-nothing’ rent-a-man Shoji Morimoto is finding that offering passive companionship can be a kindness to those who are acutely self-conscious to go out alone.
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