Mentions:
1: Lisa Cameron (Con - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow) Gentleman’s point, I have also noticed that there is a campaign to end loneliness. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Emma Lewell-Buck (Lab - South Shields) What steps her Department is taking to tackle loneliness. - Speech Link
2: Stuart Andrew (Con - Pudsey) Since the tackling loneliness strategy launched in 2018, the Government and their partners have invested - Speech Link
3: Lilian Greenwood (Lab - Nottingham South) the Government released their national strategy in 2018, we had a far more limited understanding of loneliness - Speech Link
4: Stuart Andrew (Con - Pudsey) Chronic loneliness has remained at about the same level, but there is still more work to be done. - Speech Link
Asked by: Gulhane, Sandesh (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party - Glasgow)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the finding in the Scottish Health Survey that people aged 16 to 24 experience the highest levels of loneliness among all recorded age brackets.
Answered by Roddick, Emma - Minister for Equalities, Migration and Refugees
The Scottish Government recognises that Social Isolation and Loneliness is a public health issue, which has been exacerbated because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and will continue to be affected by the ongoing cost crisis.
The Social Isolation and Loneliness Strategy, and associated delivery plan, highlights a number of actions we are taking to tackle this public health issue, including funding support to 53 organisations across Scotland delivering community-led activity that responds to local needs. Priority groups targeted by the Fund are young people (aged 16-24), disabled people, people with a mental health condition, older people (aged 75+) and people living in areas of deprivation or on a low income.
Since 2021, we have invested £51m in our Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund for Adults, with 3,300 grants being made to local organisations across Scotland to tackle issues including social isolation. This complements action underway funding 53 community organisations who are delivering befriending services and providing opportunities for people to connect.
This Government continues to respond to these public health issues.
Mentions:
1: Mackay, Rona (SNP - Strathkelvin and Bearsden) of the condition can be devastating, resulting in profound levels of social isolation and resulting loneliness - Speech Link
2: Adam, Karen (SNP - Banffshire and Buchan Coast) hand.What I did not understand then but have a profound understanding of now is the social isolation and loneliness - Speech Link
3: Todd, Maree (SNP - Caithness, Sutherland and Ross) Our social isolation and loneliness fund supports the British Deaf Association, Seescape and Grampian - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Roddick, Emma (SNP - Highlands and Islands) Loneliness is not just an inconvenience, as research has shown that chronic loneliness—that is, feeling - Speech Link
2: Stewart, Alexander (Con - Mid Scotland and Fife) They are a great way of combating loneliness. - Speech Link
3: Maguire, Ruth (SNP - Cunninghame South) Social isolation can lead to loneliness, and loneliness can lead to social isolation. - Speech Link
4: Baker, Claire (Lab - Mid Scotland and Fife) on experiences of loneliness across the UK and found that the pandemic had exacerbated loneliness in - Speech Link
Asked by: Stephen Morgan (Labour - Portsmouth South)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to tackle loneliness and social isolation among armed forces (a) personnel and (b) veterans.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
For the serving community there are extensive welfare systems that offer support for those in need, including those experiencing loneliness and isolation, provided by the Chain of Command, welfare, pastoral, and medical staff. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) also works closely with the Office for Veterans' Affairs (OVA), National Health Service, and the Service charity sector. In 2021, the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust awarded 60 grants of £70,000 to various projects across the UK, under the Tackling Loneliness Programme. In total £4.2 million was provided to projects in traditionally harder to reach groups with the aim of helping beneficiaries to engage in their community, access services and build stronger networks with peers, support organizations and service providers.
For veterans, support is available via the MOD through Veterans UK, which provides free support for veterans and their families, including a helpline and the Veterans Welfare Service. It is important to recognise, however, that the welfare of veterans is a cross-Government responsibility, overseen by the OVA in the Cabinet Office, and statutory services for veterans are provided by the responsible Departments, Devolved Administrations, and Local Authorities as applicable, in common with the general population. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has primary responsibility for tackling loneliness and social isolation among the UK population.
Mentions:
1: Maguire, Ruth (SNP - Cunninghame South) They offer a range of services and often help to alleviate societal difficulties such as food poverty, loneliness - Speech Link
2: Harper, Emma (SNP - South Scotland) I volunteered with A Listening Ear during the Covid lockdown to help to address isolation and loneliness - Speech Link
3: Roddick, Emma (SNP - Highlands and Islands) being done in my portfolio to address depopulation, tackle inequalities and end social isolation and loneliness - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) All of us know of examples of loneliness in our constituencies and communities. - Speech Link
2: Peter Gibson (Con - Darlington) To this day, it supports the elderly and vulnerable by tackling loneliness. - Speech Link
3: Florence Eshalomi (LAB - Vauxhall) From the evidence of the “Tackling Loneliness” report, we know that loneliness is high at this time among - Speech Link
Mar. 07 2024
Source Page: Child And Parental Wellbeing: Measuring wellbeing outcomes and understanding their relation with povertyFound: indicators considered are drawn from the areas of mental wellbeing (WEMWBS) and social capital (feelings of loneliness
Mentions:
1: Derek Thomas (Con - St Ives) Many will remember that I secured a debate on loneliness, isolation, and digital and financial inclusion - Speech Link
2: Saqib Bhatti (Con - Meriden) They can have other benefits too, such as connecting communities, reducing loneliness and making public - Speech Link
3: Saqib Bhatti (Con - Meriden) Friend the Member for St Ives (Derek Thomas) mentioned the cross-Whitehall ministerial group for loneliness - Speech Link