Tackling Loneliness Hub
A community for professionals working on loneliness
The Tackling Loneliness Hub enables members to:
- connect with others working to reduce loneliness
- share the latest research and insight on what works
- attend exclusive events and workshops
- ask questions in a safe and supportive space
- collaborate on new initiatives
Membership of the Tackling Loneliness Hub is open to all professionals in England who are working on loneliness.
Latest Resource
2025-11-14
Report: Research into using heritage to tackle loneliness experienced by older men
The research followed a mixed-methods design, undertaking a broad and fairly rapid literature review covering loneliness and heritage and wellbeing. It incorporates and synthesises current approaches and evidence in tackling loneliness and scopes available evidence from heritage projects.
Latest Blog
2025-11-17
Reflections on Befriending Week: Keeping hearing loss in mind.
By Dr Helen MacIntyre - After Befriending Week 2025, I want to highlight some ways in which befrienders and others working to address loneliness need to be keenly aware of hearing loss as a barrier to social connection. As Helen Keller famously pointed out ‘deafness separates people from people’ and there is good evidence of a link between hearing loss and loneliness which, in turn, has such negative impacts on physical and mental health.
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