Guest blog: Why social action by young people with lived experience is so important (part 2 / 3)
In her second blog on collaborative creativity with young people, Eloïse Malone from our Lonely Not Alone partner, Effervescent, talks about the importance of lived experience in social action projects.
Guest blog: What is ‘lived experience’ and why does collaborative creativity make change happen? (part 1 / 3)
As part of Loneliness Awareness Week, Ellie Malone from our Lonely Not Alone partner, Effervescent, discusses the importance of lived experience in creating truthful and engaging youth campaigns.
Helping our partners react in real time to Covid
We share insights from NPC’s evaluation into our Building Connections Fund tackling youth loneliness
Putting our hearts and minds into Lonely Not Alone 2021
Young people are meeting this week to come up with creative ideas for our 2021 Lonely Not Alone campaign
We’re looking for young people to help build this year’s Lonely Not Alone campaign
We’re looking for young volunteers to apply to be part of Lonely Not Alone 2021. Can you help? Applications close on 16 March 2021.
Wear yellow socks to show you care about youth loneliness
Our In This Together research found only 23% of young people think society treats youth loneliness seriously.
Save the date: Lonely Not Alone to launch on 7 October
Get ready to show lonely young people you care by posting your yellow sock ‘Outfit of the Day’ on social media #OOTDYellowSocks
Youth Cymru guest blog: ‘It’s okay to change as your needs adapt’
We speak to Kirstie Edwards, from our Belong partner, Youth Cymru, about how her organisation and the young people they support have responded to COVID-19…
Young people beating loneliness in lockdown
We reflect on how lockdown has impacted on our Lonely Not Alone campaign to beat youth loneliness, and how young people are rising to the challenge to help their friends
Apply for #iwill Fund grants to help bereaved young people
Grants of up to £10,000 are now available for organisations across the UK for projects that help young people support each other through bereavement.
Apply for #iwill Fund grants to help young people support each other on the move up to secondary school
Projects that empower young people to support each other as they move up to secondary school can now apply for grants from our #iwill Fund.
The Big Co-op Payout: Half a million reasons to say ‘thank you’ to Co-op Members
Thank you to all the Co-op Members who raised £500,000 to help us beat youth loneliness through Belong.
#iwill Week 2019 – young people taking action to show their peers they’re not alone
Young people embraced the values of co-operation and youth social action to create Lonely Not Alone – the first co-designed campaign to tackle the stigma of youth loneliness
Will you wear yellow socks to show you care about youth loneliness?
Monday 23 September 2019 By Jim Cooke, Head of the Co-op Foundation Young people say they feel lonely more often than any other age group. Today, we launch a new campaign created by young people to help us all show we care about youth loneliness. ‘Lonely Not Alone’ is the…