Together in Tackling Loneliness Campaign to End Loneliness Blackpool Roadshow
The Camapign to End Loneliness would personally like to invite you to join us at our roadshow event ‘Together in Tackling Loneliness’ in Blackpool on 18th June 2026. By participating you will be able to join the UK wide conversation which is designed to shape action on loneliness and social connection. There is a panel discussion in the afternoon specifically on loneliness in the context of sport, culture and creativity, and the findings will feed into an All Party Parliamentary Group in Parliament in July.
Date and time: 18thJune 2026, 09.30- 16.00
This is an in-person workshop event at The Salvation Army – Blackpool Citadel, 199 Raikes Parade Blackpool FY1 4EL
Overview
This is one of a series of roadshow events, traveling around the UK, which are designed to bring policy makers, practitioners, researchers and people with lived experience together to tackle loneliness. Participants will be able to join the UK wide conversation which is designed to shape action on loneliness and social connection. The event offers a mixture of informative talks, interactive workshops, and panel discussions to help us understand loneliness, how it can be tackled, and how we can create more connected communities. The discussion and findings will help shape the Campaign to End Loneliness strategy going forward and will feed into the UK and devolved parliaments.
Event Highlights
· An audio montage of lived experience
· An address for Paul Davies MP, Co-Chair of APPG on Tackling Loneliness and Connected Communities
· The research evidence on loneliness
· Understanding the everyday experience of loneliness
· Interactive workshops using food and music to make connections
· Meet a social robot
· View our art exhibition ‘Threads of Connection’
· Influencing policy – the role of sport, culture and creativity
Take home messages
· Share good practice: projects, interventions, research
· Explore the societal responsibility to act
· Inspire, connect, and create memorable moments
· Raise awareness through lived experience
· Feed into UK parliamentary discussions
How to Register?
Campaign to End Loneliness Roadshow – Blackpool Tickets, Thursday 18 June • 9:30 – 16 | Eventbrite
Participation in this event is free. However, due to very limited places, we highly recommend registering as soon as possible to secure your place.