Birmingham… Make Someone’s Day…in Erdington 2 Sep 20191 Sep 2019 New campaign focusing on having conversations launched to help tackle loneliness and isolation across Erdington. The Make Someone’s Day campaign launched in Erdington, Birmingham on Friday 30th August, to spread…
Birmingham… Latest NNS Community Asset Directory is here 10 Jul 201910 Jul 2019 The latest directory from the city's Birmingham's Neighbourhood Network Schemes his now available. The purpose of the directory is primarily to connect citizens and social workers to the rich diversity…
Commissioning… Teaparties, discos, nightclubs and raves… 3 Sep 20191 Sep 2019 Across the UK and the world older people are taking to discos, raves, night clubs to relive 50s, 60s and 70s music and filling their days with fun and dance. …
Commissioning… Connecting communities and healthcare-making social prescribing work for everyone (NLCF) 23 Aug 201915 Aug 2019 (From https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/insights/social-prescribing) Social prescribing – where a person is referred to a link worker who then works with them to identify and link them to activities to improve health and…
Commissioning… Bringing People Together: how community action can tackle loneliness and social isolation (NLCF) 22 Aug 201915 Aug 2019 (From https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/insights/loneliness-and-social-isolation) Lessons from the community and voluntary sector on how community action can tackle loneliness and social isolation We believe that preventing loneliness has the potential to strengthen communities…
Birmingham… Explaining the Three Conversations approach in Birmingham 21 Aug 201915 Aug 2019 A film explaining the 3 conversations approach being used by Adult Social care in Birmingham City Council
Health and Social Care Exploring how to develop effective services to reduce loneliness (for housing and care providers) 21 Aug 201915 Aug 2019 Loneliness was in the news in 2018 with both the results of the BBC’s Loneliness Experiment and the launch of the Government’s first loneliness strategy. Research by the British Red…
Communities Move Mates: Brand new ‘Walking Buddy’ scheme launches in York enabling everyone to get moving and out of their house 20 Aug 201915 Aug 2019 York charity Move the Masses are running a city wide ‘Walking Buddy’ scheme called Move Mates with the aim of giving all people the opportunity, and the confidence, to get…
Commissioning… TLAP launches Community Innovations Directory 20 Aug 201915 Aug 2019 About the Innovations directory This directory showcases types of support that are innovative in their approach to improving people’s health and wellbeing. They come in all shapes and sizes and…
News and updates ‘Let’s Talk Loneliness’ campaign launched to tackle stigma of feeling alone 19 Aug 201915 Aug 2019 In June the government launched its new campaign "Let's Talk Loneliness" which is about saying its OK to talk about loneliness. You can view the campaign website via this link…
Health and Social Care Addressing older men’s experiences of loneliness and social isolation in later life 19 Aug 201915 Aug 2019 (University of Bristol) Loneliness can impact on people’s lives at any time, however, later life is consistently associated with loneliness (Age UK, 2018). While higher percentages of older women report…
