Speaker Presentations: Confronting Adult Loneliness: Building Multi-Agency Partnerships, 2nd February 2021

Thank you for attending the Confronting Adult Loneliness: Building Multi-Agency Partnerships conference.

We hope you found the day informative and interesting. You can download the speaker presentations below. Please bookmark or otherwise save this page so that you are able to return.

Alison Ingram, Head of Wellbeing, Age UK 

Robin Hewings, Programme Director, Campaign to End Loneliness

Olivia Field, Head of Health and Resilience Policy, British Red Cross

Kim Leadbeater, Director, More in Common Batley and Spen and Ambassador and Jo Cox’s Sister, The Jo Cox Foundation 

Holly Piller, Buddy Club Co‑ordinator, Abri

Ramona Herdman, Head of Tackling Loneliness, Office for Civil Society

Angela Baker, Deputy Director, Health and Wellbeing, Public Health England

Fiona Evans, Director of School Programmes, National Literacy Trust

Nick Caplin CB, Chief Executive, Blind Veterans UK 

Additional Resources

Get in touch with Ramona Herdman’s team via email – loneliness@dcms.gov.uk

If your organisation would like to be part of the My Dear New Friend project, get in touch with Fiona Evans via email – Fiona.Evans@literacytrust.org.uk

More information for parents and children who wish to take part in My Dear New Friend individually can be found here: https://wordsforlife.org.uk/activities/make-friends-my-dear-new-friend/