Blogs

In the last of three blogs on the work of Community Connectors we focus on some of the most innovative solutions they have developed to overcome local challenges

In our second of three blogs about Community Connectors, we look at the importance of local networks in tackling loneliness.

In the first of three blogs about Community Connectors, we look at their work to address the stigma around loneliness.

Health policy loves a good cliché. Prevention better than cure. Care closer to home. Of late, we can add another: that social prescribing - a means for GPs, nurses and others to refer people to a range of local, non-clinical services - is the future.

We've pulled together the learnings from the recent meeting of the Loneliness Action Group, a partnership convened and supported by the British Red Cross and the Co-op.

It’s probably a bit strange to see a minor illness as a sign of a successful event. However, as we come to the end of our event series with the British Red Cross and Co-op Partnership on tackling loneliness, I’ve completely lost my voice! And I’m taking that as a good sign, after a few weeks which have brought real focus to the power of conversation and the value of human connection.

How do you know if you're part of a family? Your parents, siblings – that's not too difficult. How about being part of a family of services? It's a question we've been exploring in our shared learning series with the British Red Cross and Co-op partnership tackling loneliness.

With apologies for the unsubtle metaphor (for which you can blame mother nature!) - we arrived in Bristol, for the first of our shared learning series with the British Red Cross and Co-op partnership on tackling loneliness, in deep fog. We left in glorious sunshine.