Loneliness Awareness Week Activities
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Making Space for Friendships using a Warm Welcome approach
13 June, 2023 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm BST
Free
This is an online course for staff and volunteers who are or want to support older people who may be socially isolated or lonely
Just getting someone to a group can be hard. (to find out more about that try other events in this series)
To start reducing their loneliness you need to encourage them to come again, and you also need to create a welcoming space where people can feel comfortable and safe. They might then be able to make bonds of friendship which will last outside the group setting and sustain people as individuals.
Time to Shine, Ageing Better in Camden and other Ageing Better projects tried a lot of ways of making this work. Join us to find out more and talk to colleagues about how you could do this in your settings.
We’ll be thinking about creating a warm welcome, reducing cliques where you can, and making sure people get to meet and chat.
There will be a chance for you to talk to colleagues and share ideas during this event.
