Make new friends online
Online chatting can play help older people connect and reduce loneliness….but they need to stay safe. Online chat rooms are not just the province of the young, and there’s a massive role they can play ...
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Is online shopping killing our high streets?
The number of shops on the High Street declined dramatically in the first nine months of this year, a survey suggests. Town centres saw 964 net closures between January and September, two-and-a-half t ...
Are we losing our feeling of belonging?
Forget terrorism and a lack of savings, feeling lonely is keeping us awake at night according to neuroscientist and cognitive psychologist Dr Lynda Shaw who says isolation of the elderly and the vulne ...
New befriending service to help Minchinhampton’s isolated older residents
A VOLUNTARY befriending service to isolated older people living in and around Minchinhampton has been launched by Gloucestershire’s Police and Crime Commissioner Martin Surl in partnership with the Ru ...