Help us tell the real stories of loneliness and help force change THE VOICES of people who are lonely and living in isolation are being used by The Yorkshire Post to force change in tackling the issue. Our campaign, Loneliness: the Hidden Epidemic has achieved great strides in highlighting the issue of loneliness and the way it blights the region’s communities since its launch in February. But we want to take the issue to the next level and create a campaign that is impossible to ignore, and we’d like your help. The Yorkshire Post is building an audio archive of real people telling their experiences of loneliness. We know it affects more than 90,000 older people in Yorkshire, but we want to hear your story, whatever age you are. Loneliness and isolation can affect anyone in all sorts of circumstances. Since the campaign’s launch, four local authorities that have previously come under fire have pledged action in tackling loneliness, and many of our readers have volunteered for support services. Nicola Furbisher, managing editor of The Yorkshire Post, said: “We want to build an archive of audio stories made with the voices of people who are lonely and living in isolation, an archive that will make the authorities stand up, listen, and act. [...] leedsinnews/help-us-tell-the-real-stories-of-loneliness-and-help-force-change/
Posted on: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 05:00:18 +0000
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