Tag Archives: Loneliness

10 Top tips to fight loneliness

3 May 2022 · by · in health and wellbeing, Health Protection, mental health, Public Health

In support of Mental Health Awareness Week, 9 – 15 May, Somerset County Council has put together ten top tips to fight loneliness. Mental Health Awareness Week, run by the Mental Health Foundation, focuses on improving good mental health throughout the country. This year’s theme is exploring the impact of loneliness and how we can […]

‘Lift someone out of loneliness’ this Mental Health Awareness Week

3 May 2022 · by · in health and wellbeing, Health Protection, mental health, Press releases, Public Health

In support of Mental Health Awareness Week, 9 – 15 May, Somerset County Council is encouraging residents to ‘lift someone out of loneliness’. Mental Health Awareness Week, run by the Mental Health Foundation, focuses on improving good mental health throughout the country. This year’s theme is exploring the impact of loneliness and how we can […]

Neighbours, we wish you a merry Christmas

20 December 2021 · by · in Clare Paul, Coronavirus, covid-19, health and wellbeing, Health Protection, mental health, Press releases, Public Health, Social Care, Uncategorized

Somerset County Council is encouraging everyone to look out for their neighbours and help support them this Christmas.    The ongoing Coronavirus pandemic will mean that many elderly and those living alone could again feel isolated this year. So, it is more important than ever to embrace the Christmas spirit by checking in with your […]

Lonely This Christmas

17 December 2015 · by · in Press releases

This Christmas thousands of older people in Somerset could be facing the festive season alone. New research from the ‘Campaign to End Loneliness’ estimates that around 1 million older people nationally, and 12,500 older people in Somerset, could be spending Christmas alone. Being lonely seriously increases people’s risk of suffering mental and physical illness and […]