Mental Health Awareness Week (9th-13th May) These next six weeks will see a renewed national focus on the subject of loneliness. The first will begin on 9th May as this years’ Mental Health Awareness Week has a specific focus on the issue of ‘loneliness’. Chief Executive, Mark...
We currently have a great opportunity for all donations (up to £250) to be matched pound for pound, thanks to National Emergencies Trust! This is for a limited time only and so we are doing what we can to ‘spread the word’! We are also raising funds specifically for our exciting work...
Research on a national level shows that 10% of over 65s would describe themselves as ‘always or often lonely’ – meaning there are around 19,000 older people in Devon for whom this is a daily reality. This is particularly the case in the many rural areas of the county where there are limited...
Background Loneliness and mental health have always been intertwined issues and this will continue to be the case in the future. Whilst loneliness is not a mental health condition in and of itself, it can (and does) often lead to mental health problems. These can include various types of social...
