For more information, please contact Tracey Bignall

The Neighbourhood Approaches to Loneliness Advisory Group was established as part of a three-year action research programme led by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.  The programme investigates the potential role of community activities to the well-being of people at risk of or experiencing loneliness; considering how involvement in these activities can in turn enhance community well-being.

The programme is focussing on the role of community activity in four districts in Bradford (Bradford Moor and Denholme) and York (Carr Estate, Acomb and New Earswick) to:

• explore the perceptions of people who are experiencing or at risk of loneliness towards overcoming this risk
• help local communities and providers to adopt approaches and innovations which engage at risk individuals
• encourage engagement from other neighbourhood/community members
• collate and share good practice a way that is replicable and sustainable.

For more information on this project, please visit the Joseph Rowntree Foundation 'Neighbourhood approaches to loneliness' webpage (external website).

More details can also be found in the report Neighbourhood Approaches to Loneliness