Lonely Nation - How to tackle loneliness through the built environment - The Centre for Social Justice

Reaching People contributed the research into loneliness carried by the Centre for Social Justice, drawing on its experience from the Leicester Aging Together project and it’s research in partnership with the National Academy for Social Prescribing. 

 

The CSJ polling found that nearly six in ten adults feel lonely at least some of the time. This equates to 32 million people. Over one in five adults (22 per cent) said they feel existentially lonely, a fundamental separateness from other people and the wider world. CSJ concludes that loneliness is a public health emergency and the effects of loneliness and social isolation have been shown comparable to smoking, obesity and physical inactivity.