Tackling Loneliness and Connected Communities APPG
First Registered: 29/12/2021 • Last updated on: 01/11/2023
To drive forward cross-party work among parliamentarians to influence legislation and policy making in order to reduce loneliness and build on the work of the Jo Cox Commission on Loneliness.
Note: All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal, cross-party groups formed by MPs and Members of the House of Lords who share a common interest in a particular policy area, region or country. APPGs have no official status within Parliament.
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10 Current APPG Officers
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Tracey Crouch
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Chatham and Aylesford
Joined: 29th December 2021
11 APPG Memberships
American Football , Arts, Health and Wellbeing , Basketball , Breast Cancer , Dark Skies , Football Supporters , Mindfulness , Motorsport , National Trust , Nutrition: Science and Health , Women's Football
American Football , Arts, Health and Wellbeing , Basketball , Breast Cancer , Dark Skies , Football Supporters , Mindfulness , Motorsport , National Trust , Nutrition: Science and Health , Women's Football
18 APPG Memberships
British Muslims , Fit and Healthy Childhood , Furniture Industry , Health in all Policies , Muslim Women , PANS and PANDAS , Parkrun , Parks and Green Spaces , Political Literacy , Rugby League , Running , Social Integration , Sport , Tennis , Tidy Britain , Town Centres , UK Shared Prosperity Fund , Women's Football
British Muslims , Fit and Healthy Childhood , Furniture Industry , Health in all Policies , Muslim Women , PANS and PANDAS , Parkrun , Parks and Green Spaces , Political Literacy , Rugby League , Running , Social Integration , Sport , Tennis , Tidy Britain , Town Centres , UK Shared Prosperity Fund , Women's Football
50 APPG Memberships
Afghanistan , Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax , Birth Trauma , British Hindus , British Sikhs , Broadband and Digital Communication , Channel 4 , Conception to Age Two - First 1001 Days , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Drug Policy Reform , Fair Business Banking , Fairgrounds and Circuses , Financial Markets and Services , Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency , Hazaras , HIV and AIDS , Hospitality and Tourism , Immigration Detention , Indo-British , Industrial Heritage , Infant Feeding and Inequalities , International Students , Jazz , Kabaddi , Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , Lithuania , Liver Disease and Liver Cancer , Malawi , Maternity , Mortgage Prisoners , Ovarian Cancer , Refugees , Slovakia , Somaliland , Sport , Stem Cell Transplantation and Advanced Cellular Therapies , Students , Theatre , Ticket Abuse , United Nations Women , Universal Credit , University , Water Safety , Whistleblowing , White Ribbon UK , Women in Parliament , Women's Health , Working at Height , Yemen
Afghanistan , Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax , Birth Trauma , British Hindus , British Sikhs , Broadband and Digital Communication , Channel 4 , Conception to Age Two - First 1001 Days , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Drug Policy Reform , Fair Business Banking , Fairgrounds and Circuses , Financial Markets and Services , Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency , Hazaras , HIV and AIDS , Hospitality and Tourism , Immigration Detention , Indo-British , Industrial Heritage , Infant Feeding and Inequalities , International Students , Jazz , Kabaddi , Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , Lithuania , Liver Disease and Liver Cancer , Malawi , Maternity , Mortgage Prisoners , Ovarian Cancer , Refugees , Slovakia , Somaliland , Sport , Stem Cell Transplantation and Advanced Cellular Therapies , Students , Theatre , Ticket Abuse , United Nations Women , Universal Credit , University , Water Safety , Whistleblowing , White Ribbon UK , Women in Parliament , Women's Health , Working at Height , Yemen
21 APPG Memberships
Action on Conflict and Global Britain , Adult Social Care , Africa , Baby Loss , BBC , Birth Trauma , British Museum , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Fruit, Vegetables and Horticulture , International Conservation , Media Freedom , Midlands Engine , Motherhood , National Trust , Ocean , Theatre , Trade out of Poverty , United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development , United Nations Women , Wilton Park , Women and Enterprise
Action on Conflict and Global Britain , Adult Social Care , Africa , Baby Loss , BBC , Birth Trauma , British Museum , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Fruit, Vegetables and Horticulture , International Conservation , Media Freedom , Midlands Engine , Motherhood , National Trust , Ocean , Theatre , Trade out of Poverty , United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development , United Nations Women , Wilton Park , Women and Enterprise
27 APPG Memberships
Adoption and Permanence , Ageing and Older People , Archaeology , Care-Experienced Children and Young People , Child of the North , Childhood Trauma , Climate Change , Closing the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility , Cycling and Walking , Drug Policy Reform , Drugs, Alcohol and Justice , Dying Well , Eggs, Pigs and Poultry , Flood Prevention , Hazaras , Human-Relevant Science , Intensive Care , Learning Disability , Mental Health , Parkinson's , Prepayment Meters , Respiratory Health , Stroke , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention , Vulnerable Groups to Pandemics , Women and Work , Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire
Adoption and Permanence , Ageing and Older People , Archaeology , Care-Experienced Children and Young People , Child of the North , Childhood Trauma , Climate Change , Closing the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility , Cycling and Walking , Drug Policy Reform , Drugs, Alcohol and Justice , Dying Well , Eggs, Pigs and Poultry , Flood Prevention , Hazaras , Human-Relevant Science , Intensive Care , Learning Disability , Mental Health , Parkinson's , Prepayment Meters , Respiratory Health , Stroke , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention , Vulnerable Groups to Pandemics , Women and Work , Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire
13 APPG Memberships
Autism , Conception to Age Two - First 1001 Days , Disability , Down Syndrome , Dying Well , Global Health , Health , Holy See , Learning Disability , Mental Health , Prescribed Drug Dependence , Psychology , Safeguarding in Faith Communities
Autism , Conception to Age Two - First 1001 Days , Disability , Down Syndrome , Dying Well , Global Health , Health , Holy See , Learning Disability , Mental Health , Prescribed Drug Dependence , Psychology , Safeguarding in Faith Communities
13 APPG Memberships
Alevis , Breast Cancer , Business Responses to Social Crises , Cyprus , Ethnicity Transplantation and Transfusion , Future Generations , Investment Fraud , Kurdistan in Turkey and Syria , Modernising Employment , Nutrition for Development , Online Safety on Social Media , Single Parent Families , Thalassaemia
Alevis , Breast Cancer , Business Responses to Social Crises , Cyprus , Ethnicity Transplantation and Transfusion , Future Generations , Investment Fraud , Kurdistan in Turkey and Syria , Modernising Employment , Nutrition for Development , Online Safety on Social Media , Single Parent Families , Thalassaemia
Contact Details
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Tracey Crouch MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 7203.
Email: tracey.crouch.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
William Wall, British Red Cross
Email: williamwall@redcross.org.uk
Secretariat:
British Red Cross and Campaign to End Loneliness jointly act as the group's secretariat. http://www.redcross.org.uk/ and https://www.campaigntoendloneliness.org/
Benefits in Kind
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Date
10 Feb 2023
10 Feb 2023
Source
British Red Cross
British Red Cross
Description
British Red Cross is paid by the Astra Foundation to act as the group's (joint) secretariat From : 10/02/2023 To : 09/02/2024
British Red Cross is paid by the Astra Foundation to act as the group's (joint) secretariat From : 10/02/2023 To : 09/02/2024
Value
£15,001
£15,001
Date
10 Feb 2023
10 Feb 2023
Source
Campaign to End Loneliness
Campaign to End Loneliness
Description
Campaign to End Loneliness is paid by the Astra Foundation to act as the group's (joint) secretariat From : 10/02/2023 To : 09/02/2024
Campaign to End Loneliness is paid by the Astra Foundation to act as the group's (joint) secretariat From : 10/02/2023 To : 09/02/2024
Value
£4,501
£4,501
Date
10 Feb 2022
10 Feb 2022
Source
British Red Cross
British Red Cross
Description
British Red Cross is paid by the Astra Foundation to act as the group's (joint) secretariat From : 10/02/2022 To : 09/02/2023
British Red Cross is paid by the Astra Foundation to act as the group's (joint) secretariat From : 10/02/2022 To : 09/02/2023
Value
£15,001
£15,001
Date
10 Feb 2022
10 Feb 2022
Source
Campaign to End Loneliness
Campaign to End Loneliness
Description
Campaign to End Loneliness is paid by the Astra Foundation to act as the group's (joint) secretariat From : 10/02/2022 To : 09/02/2023
Campaign to End Loneliness is paid by the Astra Foundation to act as the group's (joint) secretariat From : 10/02/2022 To : 09/02/2023
Value
£4,501
£4,501
Date
10 Feb 2021
10 Feb 2021
Source
British Red Cross
British Red Cross
Description
British Red Cross is paid by the Astra Foundation to act as the group's (joint) secretariat From : 10/02/2021 To : 09/02/2022
British Red Cross is paid by the Astra Foundation to act as the group's (joint) secretariat From : 10/02/2021 To : 09/02/2022
Value
£15,001
£15,001
Date
10 Feb 2021
10 Feb 2021
Source
Campaign to End Loneliness
Campaign to End Loneliness
Description
Campaign to End Loneliness is paid by the Astra Foundation to act as the group's (joint) secretariat From : 10/02/2021 To : 09/02/2022
Campaign to End Loneliness is paid by the Astra Foundation to act as the group's (joint) secretariat From : 10/02/2021 To : 09/02/2022
Value
£4,501
£4,501
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Tackling Loneliness and Connected Communities APPG
Former APPG Officers
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25 APPG Memberships
Acquired Brain Injury , Adult Social Care , Business Responses to Social Crises , Carbon Monoxide , Child of the North , Customer Service , Deafness , Fairtrade , Future of Retail , Genetic Haemochromatosis , Grid Networks , Housing and Social Mobility , Leamside Line , Mental Health , Microplastics , Muscular Dystrophy , Parks and Green Spaces , Rail in the North , Rare, Genetic and Undiagnosed Conditions , Respiratory Health , Sleep , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention , Usher Syndrome , Valproate and other Anti-Epileptic Drugs in Pregnancy , Water
Acquired Brain Injury , Adult Social Care , Business Responses to Social Crises , Carbon Monoxide , Child of the North , Customer Service , Deafness , Fairtrade , Future of Retail , Genetic Haemochromatosis , Grid Networks , Housing and Social Mobility , Leamside Line , Mental Health , Microplastics , Muscular Dystrophy , Parks and Green Spaces , Rail in the North , Rare, Genetic and Undiagnosed Conditions , Respiratory Health , Sleep , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention , Usher Syndrome , Valproate and other Anti-Epileptic Drugs in Pregnancy , Water
Rupa Huq
Officer
Labour - Ealing Central and Acton
Joined: 29th December 2021Departed: 17th May 2023
15 APPG Memberships
Afghanistan , Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Art, Craft and Design in Education , Bangladesh , Birth Trauma , Child Criminal Exploitation and Knife Crime , Children in Police Custody , Environmental, Social, and Governance , Eye Health and Visual Impairment , Get Refusal , Industrial Hemp and CBD (Cannabidiol) Product , London as a Global City , Music , Poland , Single Parent Families
Afghanistan , Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Art, Craft and Design in Education , Bangladesh , Birth Trauma , Child Criminal Exploitation and Knife Crime , Children in Police Custody , Environmental, Social, and Governance , Eye Health and Visual Impairment , Get Refusal , Industrial Hemp and CBD (Cannabidiol) Product , London as a Global City , Music , Poland , Single Parent Families
22 APPG Memberships
Adult Social Care , Antisemitism , Birth Trauma , Child Maintenance Services , Coastal Communities , Commercial Sexual Exploitation , County , Dog Advisory Welfare , Fair Value in the Food Supply Chain , Fisheries , Fruit, Vegetables and Horticulture , Holocaust Memorial , Hungary , Listed Properties , Net Zero , Parks and Green Spaces , Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse , Rural Services , Safeguarding in Faith Communities , Valproate and other Anti-Epileptic Drugs in Pregnancy , Women in Parliament , Women's Health
Adult Social Care , Antisemitism , Birth Trauma , Child Maintenance Services , Coastal Communities , Commercial Sexual Exploitation , County , Dog Advisory Welfare , Fair Value in the Food Supply Chain , Fisheries , Fruit, Vegetables and Horticulture , Holocaust Memorial , Hungary , Listed Properties , Net Zero , Parks and Green Spaces , Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse , Rural Services , Safeguarding in Faith Communities , Valproate and other Anti-Epileptic Drugs in Pregnancy , Women in Parliament , Women's Health
Anne McLaughlin
Officer
Scottish National Party - Glasgow North East
Joined: 29th December 2021Departed: 17th May 2023
20 APPG Memberships
Afrikan Reparations , Aid Match , Caribbean , Drug Policy Reform , Faroe Islands , Governance and Inclusive Leadership , Green Deal Mis-selling , Immigration Detention , Industrial Heritage , Jamaica , Malawi , Mindfulness , No Recourse to Public Funds , Pension Credit , Prepayment Meters , Race and Community , Refugees , Rohingya , Showing Racism the Red Card , Universal Credit
Afrikan Reparations , Aid Match , Caribbean , Drug Policy Reform , Faroe Islands , Governance and Inclusive Leadership , Green Deal Mis-selling , Immigration Detention , Industrial Heritage , Jamaica , Malawi , Mindfulness , No Recourse to Public Funds , Pension Credit , Prepayment Meters , Race and Community , Refugees , Rohingya , Showing Racism the Red Card , Universal Credit
1 APPG Membership
War Crimes
War Crimes
Anum Qaisar
Officer
Scottish National Party - Airdrie and Shotts
Joined: 29th December 2021Departed: 23rd March 2022
Bob Blackman
Officer
Conservative - Harrow East
Joined: 29th December 2021Departed: 23rd March 2022
40 APPG Memberships
Alevis , Antisemitism , Azerbaijan , Bangladesh , Beer , British Gujaratis , British Hindus , Commonwealth , Council of Sri Lankan Muslim Organisations UK , Cricket , Dark Skies , Equitable Life Policyholders , Fire Safety and Rescue , Foreign Affairs , Holocaust Memorial , Homelessness , Households in Temporary Accommodation , Housing and Social Mobility , Indo-British , India (Trade and Investment) , Indian Traditional Sciences , Indo-Pacific , Internet, Communications and Technology , Israel , Jainism , Land Value Capture , London , Nepal , Night Time Economy , Parks and Green Spaces , Personal Banking and Fairer Financial Services , Pro-Life , Romania , Slovakia , Smoking and Health , Sri Lanka , Tamils , Thalassaemia , Thrombosis , Vulnerable Groups to Pandemics
Alevis , Antisemitism , Azerbaijan , Bangladesh , Beer , British Gujaratis , British Hindus , Commonwealth , Council of Sri Lankan Muslim Organisations UK , Cricket , Dark Skies , Equitable Life Policyholders , Fire Safety and Rescue , Foreign Affairs , Holocaust Memorial , Homelessness , Households in Temporary Accommodation , Housing and Social Mobility , Indo-British , India (Trade and Investment) , Indian Traditional Sciences , Indo-Pacific , Internet, Communications and Technology , Israel , Jainism , Land Value Capture , London , Nepal , Night Time Economy , Parks and Green Spaces , Personal Banking and Fairer Financial Services , Pro-Life , Romania , Slovakia , Smoking and Health , Sri Lanka , Tamils , Thalassaemia , Thrombosis , Vulnerable Groups to Pandemics
Ian Byrne
Officer
Labour - Liverpool, West Derby
Joined: 29th December 2021Departed: 23rd March 2022
21 APPG Memberships
Adult Social Care , Air Pollution , Boxing , CAFOD , Carbon Monoxide , Charities and Volunteering , Eye Health and Visual Impairment , Food and Health , Food Banks , Football , Homelessness , Housing and Social Mobility , Kinship Care , Liverpool City Region , Medical Cannabis under Prescription , Mexico , Motor Neurone Disease , Parks and Green Spaces , Public Accountability , School Food , Teaching Profession
Adult Social Care , Air Pollution , Boxing , CAFOD , Carbon Monoxide , Charities and Volunteering , Eye Health and Visual Impairment , Food and Health , Food Banks , Football , Homelessness , Housing and Social Mobility , Kinship Care , Liverpool City Region , Medical Cannabis under Prescription , Mexico , Motor Neurone Disease , Parks and Green Spaces , Public Accountability , School Food , Teaching Profession