Delivers outreach work in Rainworth and Blidworth to enhance young people’s work skills and confidence, and encourage them to get involved in volunteering in their community. Supported through our #iwill fund.

Epidermolysis Bullosa (a rare skin condition) connection groups, supported by young panel members, connect young people to mentoring and peer support. This creates safe places to develop ambitions and discuss difficult topics.

Empowers young people in Manchester, Hartlepool and Plymouth to make a difference in their communties. Inspired by co-operative values, they work together, running their own social action projects to address loneliness. Supported through our #iwill fund.

Clean Break’s Artist Development Programme helps young women at risk of, or with experience of, the criminal justice system explore youth loneliness through theatre and performance.

Works with Turtle Arts to bring young people with HIV together to build friendships, create music and record podcasts that will be showcased online.

“Common Ground” is twinning special schools with mainstream schools in Wolverhampton to connect and empower young people and start a conversation around youth loneliness.

“Action4Gasgoigne” supports young people to plan and deliver youth social action events for their peers to overcome problems they’ve identified on their local estate, including loneliness.

Provides opportunities in Cornwall for care-experienced young people to work together to help one another understand and combat loneliness.

“Mind the Gap” supports disadvantaged young people, including refugees and asylum seekers, to learn new skills and deliver campaigns that help tackle loneliness during the move to secondary school.

Social connection programme to support 40 young women from disadvantaged communities to use Boxercise as a tool to explore emotions, tackle loneliness and develop peer mentoring skills.

“Friends Old and New” is an #iwill funded book club project in Thanet for young people with learning disabilities to make new friends and learn about social action.

Offers a coaching programme for young care leavers in London and the south east to help them to navigate into independence post-care.

The “Care Leavers Unite Bristol” (CLUB) project is growing a programme of social activities for isolated care leavers to engage with peers and develop skills and confidence.

Runs a co-designed programme of support for young people at risk of, or with experience of, homelessness to help them maintain their tenancies and access activities to reduce loneliness.

Delivers a youth-led network of mentors who provide face-to-face mentoring, training events and youth groups for young people who have experience of substance misuse. Supported through our #iwill fund.