loneliness
27 Mar 2023
Pub is The Hub helps pubs to diversify and provide essential local services
Pub is The Hub is a not-for-profit organisation, which offers independent specialist advice to publicans on rural services diversification or the options for the community ownership of pubs, so they...
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02 Feb 2023
Pub is The Hub continues work to help reposition the role of the pub to support publicans and people in rural areas
As the pub industry faces another challenging year, Pub is The Hub has been continuing its work to encourage publicans to reposition the role of their pubs by diversifying to...
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02 Feb 2023
Improved access to transport helps alleviate isolation and loneliness
Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprises (VCSEs) in Devon are benefitting from travel training workshops run by Devon Communities Together as part of the Connecting You project. The training is designed...
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05 Dec 2022
South Norfolk Council Motion in favour of Local Radio
South Norfolk Council are taking the below motion to their Council meeting on 12th December to highlight the importance of local radio to their communities, and particularly those in rural...
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26 Oct 2022
Lack of public appreciation contributes to loneliness in farming
A lack of public appreciation for farmers and understanding of the work they do and the pressures they’re under contributes to feelings of loneliness, according to a new study published...
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27 Jul 2022
No need for anyone to be lonely
Staffordshire-based non-profit housing provider Trent & Dove is tackling the problem of loneliness and social isolation with a new befriending service. The scheme grew out of the welfare calls and...
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13 Dec 2021
Tackling Loneliness with Transport Fund: open for Expressions of Interest
The Tackling Loneliness Team at the Department for Transport (DfT) have announced that the Tackling Loneliness with Transport fund is now open for Expressions of Interest DfT have received £5.8...
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28 Apr 2021
Pub is The Hub continues to engage publicans around societal loneliness
Pub is The Hub, the not-for-profit organisation that helps pubs to diversify and provide essential local services, continues to drive its ‘Join Inn – Last Orders for Loneliness’ campaign forward....
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12 Apr 2021
Britain’s loneliest places in lockdown
Loneliness during lockdown has been found to be more intense in ‘poorer, urban areas’ and places with a higher proportion of young people, according to an Office for National Statistics...
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18 May 2020
Loneliness Fund Launched
The Government last week launched a major effort to tackle loneliness during the coronavirus outbreak and period of social distancing When launching the plan, Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said: Coronavirus and social...
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