Belong

Our UK-wide programme to help young people beat loneliness through co-operative action

Our aims

 

Connecting and empowering young people

Belong will connect and empower 7,500 young people to beat loneliness by 2021.

 

Strengthening the youth sector

We will strengthen local youth organisations that provide vital support and opportunities.

 

Tackling stigma

Lonely Not Alone is co-designed with young people to tackle stigma by sharing the one small step young people take to address loneliness.

Research

Locked Down, Looking Out

Our March 2021 research explores how young people embraced co-operative values to tackle the challenges of lockdown
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In This Together

Our September 2020 research explores young people’s experiences of loneliness during the spring 2020 lockdown, and beyond
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‘The gift that keeps on giving’ – how young people help each other move up to secondary school

Students from Co-op Academy Stoke are helping to beat loneliness by writing songs about belonging. Work is supported through the Co-op Foundation #iwill Fund.

 

Lonely Not Alone: A family outfit

Young people co-created our Lonely Not Alone campaign to address the stigma of loneliness and remind other young people they’re not alone.

 

Unboxing creativity during lockdown

Our flexibility at the start of lockdown helped Comics Youth create safe spaces for young people when they needed it most


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