This year’s Loneliness Awareness Week takes place between the 13th – 17th June 2022. Read up on ways to make a difference for yourself or for someone else.
What is Loneliness Awareness Week?
Hosted by Marmalade Trust, Loneliness Awareness Week is an annual campaign which raises awareness of loneliness and gets people talking about it. Young people have already told us in the Youth Voice Census last year how much loneliness can affect them.
Loneliness affects more and more people each year, and the pandemic had a significant toll on all of us. Communities and our connection to other people is necessary for protecting our mental health, and we all need to find ways of tackling the epidemic that is loneliness and it’s impact on our mental health.
Marmalade Trust is the UK’s leading loneliness charity for all ages and the only charity in the world specifically dedicated to raising awareness of loneliness. It can help people to see loneliness as a blank canvas on which they can fill their lives with new friends and experiences. This awareness week is designed to reduce the stigma of loneliness and encourage people to talk more openly about it.
How to get involved in Loneliness Awareness Week
To get involved in this year’s Loneliness Awareness Week campaign, head to http://www.marmaladetrust.org/
Feeling lonely at work?
Marmalade Trust have a practical guide to help with work loneliness. You might feel lonely if you’re working from home, but actually you can also still feel lonely when you’re working with other people. This guide offers some useful ways to reflect positively on your situation and act in ways that will help you feel better, including:
- Tell someone how you’re feeling
- Don’t just use technology to connect with others
- Don’t blame yourself
- Get proactive to make connections
- Recognise the effect loneliness has on you
Connect with friends, family, and your community
Get in touch with someone you have spoken to for a while, or even someone you regularly see – anyone can be lonely and you may not realise. Check in with your friends, family and community and help some feel a little less lonely.
Read the Student Guide to Loneliness
The guide explores loneliness, its links to mental health and provides tips for raising awareness.
Student GuideUse Mental Health Foundation resources
You can use Mental Health Foundation Resources with your family, school, workplace, and community to join with thousands of people who will be getting involved with their community.
Use the resources in our Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub
How you feel matters on every day of the year, not only during Loneliness Awareness Week. Check out our Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub to find insights, personal stories and support resources for students and young people.
Mental Health and Wellbeing HubTeachers – Get students involved with the Loneliness School Pack
Get students exploring the theme of loneliness – it’s important to support young people in recognising when they are feeling lonely, understanding their thoughts and feelings, and identifying the supportive connections they have.
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