© CILIP RPG (Retired Professionals) INSIGHT


Loneliness and social isolation kill more people than obesity: risk of premature death increased by up to 50 per cent.


2017 Data:


loneliness is a killer


UK report: nine million of the country’s 67 million people (over 13 per cent) feel lonely some or all of the time. Higher for 16 to 24-year-olds, the most deprived and those with a long-term illness or disability.


UK launches first national strategy for tackling loneliness.


2018 UK Strategy Talk and


Act: beat loneliness


2020


The Let’s talk Loneliness Campaign aims to raise awareness of loneliness so people understand the problem and stigma is reduced.


Second annual report on loneliness – https://tinyurl.com/Loneliness2021.


We could do much more


2022


Social prescribing – refer people experiencing loneliness.


Libraries can support public health campaigns to raise awareness.


Retired Professionals Group Only the lonely 48 INFORMATION PROFESSIONAL January-February 2022


Libraries promote social connection through reimagined community spaces.


Intergenerational Connections: reduce loneliness.


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