We invite all people struggling with loneliness of all ages/abilities/cultures etc to join in our loneliness empowerment programme from couch to cafe through mass media advertising and in person flyers, free empowering newsletter every month health referrals, in street opportunities, pharmacies, pet shops, funeral directors. You name it. We don't want anyone struggling with loneliness alone.

What we do at Chitter Chatter meet ups?

Our lovely volunteers create a warm welcoming space where new guests feel safe and welcome. We see, hear and value each guest for where they are at on the loneliness prevent/recovery/help others scale. We sometimes do a funny quiz, a name the tune, conversation starters, and sometimes we get a word in edgeways, after all chat groups are for chatting.

We encourage guests to meet in local safe cafes, have nice conversations/interactions/friendships with new friends, which rebuild confidence, improve mental health/reduce social isolation and build social skills/connections inside and outside of CCC’s. We promote and signpost guests to a large range of local health and wellbeing practitioners/agencies and empower/encourage guests to advocate for themselves and act independently as possible. As a result elderly guests feel a great sense of belonging in groups and in their home-made, new safer communities.

Guest speakers come too, we do health prevention workshops for maybe 10 minutes every few months on; cancer prevention/ warmth and heating/ cost of living/mental health/ nutrition, mindfulness, will-writing, whatever you want to learn we will invite guest speakers just for you.

HOW YOU CAN HELP OTHERS

We truly need financial support to keep this amazing project going. Can you help us fundraise to cover the costs of writing and posting our free newsletter, as well as advertising materials like flyers and posters. It's essential that people hear about us, or they simply won't come.

As volunteers, we rely on crucial funds to cover recruitement, training, supervising, admin, DBS', travel, parking, and mileage expenses, as well as guest refreshments for those who need extra support. There are also costs associated with our website subscriptions, business insurances, registration, admin, and data protection/collection.

The distribution of advertising materials, networking with health professionals, and supervising the CCC's also incur monthly fuel and mileage costs. Without this support, new individuals suffering from loneliness will not be daily invited to attend, reinforcing the heartbreaking belief that no one cares about them.

WE CARE SO MUCH!

Loneliness has unfortunately slipped down the government's priority list, with the focus now on food and fuel. However, loneliness has not disappeared over the past couple of years—in fact, it has increased. The statistics show that young people's loneliness is now higher than that of 70-year-olds.

We are committed to making a difference, and with your support, we can continue to provide hope and connection to those who need it most.

The only cure for loneliness is connection. We provide this in abundance.

This is a low cost project with an amazing impact on lives and communities.

100% of your donation will be used by Loneliness Together Chitter Chatter Clubs to empower others to live thriving lives.

There are still so many people out there locked in, who are 24/7, feeling overwhelming loneliness/isolation, and we want to reach out and invite them into our welcoming community. Our stats show how good we are at outreaching to the unreachable as 2,471 new people have come so far, and 14,327 wonderful individuals regularly return to chat and mix. Our July survey of 128 guests resulted in

92% of our beneficiaries feel more confident and socially included.

71% are better at attending GP appointments

78% managing physical and mental health better

82% feel more hopeful

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