Is it making any money?
There are some people in my life who when talking to me about the scheme will ask the question, 'is it making money?'. This question has...
The Peripheral Person
I've just returned from a fantastic holiday in Tenerife. The sun was shining, I ate my own bodyweight in food, drank mojitos and came...
Mental Health & Loneliness
This week is Mental Health Awareness week and it has got me thinking about the connection between mental health and loneliness. For me, I...
Guest Blog: Cycling Without Age
Cycling Without Age - Trafford Three women in Trafford, Greater Manchester have set up a voluntary community group called Cycling Without...
GUEST BLOG: 'Loneliness and Bereavement' by Sabrina Collier
Everyone’s felt lonely, but losing someone you love brings a different kind of loneliness. One where you feel so low and empty that you...
Guest Blog: 'The Chatty Café Scheme and what it means to me'. By Pippa Unwin
A week in the life of our new fast paced world... driving to work, utilising technology and gadgets to do more and more in less and less...
Guest Blog: The Loneliness of Spies and Our Own Personal Seclusion. By Yvette De Sylva
In 1944 Eileen Nearne worked for the British Secret Service. She was a spy during WW2 and was captured by the SS and Gestapo. She escaped...
Guest Blog 'The Truth About Elderly Loneliness' by Chris White-Smith from Promedica 24 West
The truth about elderly loneliness Shockingly, there are 1.2 million chronically lonely older people in the UK, and half a million older...
Where do we go from here...
It's been nearly a year since we started The Chatty Café Scheme and it is fair to say a lot has happened. The Government have appointed a...
Just
A lot has happened since the last blog; a wedding for which the sun shone, the end of life for a little ray of sunshine and so much more...