loneliness
HumanKind Advent Calendar 2018: "It’s about sharing, caring and love."
If you’ve got LGBT friends who are single and won’t be with family this Christmas, look out for them. Look beyond your full house and full life and show them they matter to you.
If you scratch under the surface, quite a lot has happened.
"Some older people are still being left out in the cold."
“Songs & Smiles” at Lakeview Care Home in Lightwater run sessions with parents, carers, babies and elderly people. For those that have dementia, the songs and rhythm can help to establish connection. For all the residents, the sessions reduce loneliness, especially at Christmas.
HumanKind Advent Calendar 2018: 103-year-old Dora loves holding baby Amelia, it's a real highlight ❤️
Around one in nine children aged 10 to 15 years old said they “often” feel lonely.
Almost one in every seven British children starts secondary school feeling lonely “often".
HumanKind Advent Calendar 2018: He was moved to tears by the act of kindness.
HumanKind Advent Calendar 2018: "It got some of our oldest and most isolated neighbours involved, too."