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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

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Tackling Loneliness

Chantal Lommel HAFLS

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Why HAFLS?

Works with c.5500 people a year
The vast majority have multiple barriers to

learning and employment:

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

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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

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Challenges for Herts

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More challenges…

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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

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Next…

Draft Strategic Action Plan to be presented

Stakeholder event late Sept/early October
To Health and Wellbeing Board in October.