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Tackling Loneliness Chantal Lommel HAFLS Why HAFLS? Works with c.5500 people a year The vast majority have multiple barriers to learning and employment: o low levels of literacy/numeracy, long-term unemployed, learning difficulties and


  1. Tackling Loneliness Chantal Lommel HAFLS

  2. Why HAFLS? • Works with c.5500 people a year • The vast majority have multiple barriers to learning and employment: o low levels of literacy/numeracy, long-term unemployed, learning difficulties and disabilities incl. Mental Health issues, single parents, addictions, etc. • Adult education / Community learning � Feeling more connected / less isolated � Increase aspirations � Improve health � Leads to possibilities then opportunities � HAFLS = a network of partners

  3. The Herts Tackling Loneliness steering group • 4 HCC Commissioning teams • CCGs • The voluntary sector: Age UK, CVS, Herts Connect • District councils • GP – social prescribing • University of Herts � Meets monthly since February � Links to all their networks &partnerships

  4. Challenges for Herts

  5. More challenges…

  6. Not a strategy… • How to get the message out? � Making every contact count • How in Hertfordshire? � Developing local approaches to local needs • Who – how to reach those who are least likely to reach out? � First steps to reaching out • What about long term? � Embedding the tackling loneliness agenda in wider strategies An action plan for Hertfordshire

  7. Next… Draft Strategic Action Plan to be presented • Stakeholder event late Sept/early October • To Health and Wellbeing Board in October.

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