You are warmly invited to our AGM and Communities Tackling Loneliness celebration event
The Paul Woodhouse Suite, Winchester Cathedral, Friday 1 March, 10:30 – 12:30.
Join us for Action Hampshire’s Annual General Meeting to find out more about the work of the charity, and our challenges and achievements, in the 2022/23 year.
This is an opportunity for our members to vote on key issues affecting Action Hampshire.
Following the AGM we’ll be joined by Dr Debra Gray from the University of Winchester, who will present our extensive learning on delivering interventions aimed at tackling loneliness, gathered through an in-depth evaluation led by Debra.
Follow this link to register your place for free
Communities Tackling Loneliness with Transport: Reflections and Learning
We will celebrate the positive impact that the pilot schemes have had in the lives of those it supported, and present some of the challenges of delivering sustainable community transport interventions. We will think about legacy of this work, the implications it will have on future loneliness services, and how you can apply our findings to your local services and activities.
Communities Tackling Loneliness with Transport (TLwT) is a Department of Transport funded collaborative project between Action Hampshire, Good Neighbours Network, MHA Hampshire, Age Concern Hampshire, and the University of Winchester.
Between September 2022 and August 2023, we piloted three community transport initiatives aimed at reducing loneliness amongst older adults. All projects were delivered entirely through electric vehicles, to understand more about how this could be taken forward sustainably.
The pilot projects produced some encouraging results. Of the 258 people who were supported:
- 81.6% reported that it made them feel less lonely after 3 months.
- There were reported benefits to wellbeing, belonging and self-reported health.
Follow this link to register your place for our celebration event here
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Interested in finding out more about our Communities Tackling Loneliness with Transport project?
Follow this link to our loneliness webpages and blogs
