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Long-standing Love Your Neighbour friends, Charlie (27) and Teresa (77), enjoyed the last of the British summer by having a trip to Margate! 🍦 The Clapton friends are going strong and will be celebrating two years of friendship in December. 🫶🏽

“It made my blue eyes pop!” Liz (68) has been raving about her new eyeshadow technique since the make-up social club that took place this week! Thank you Humayra for sharing your knowledge with the neighbours, looking forward to another one.

Introducing new Hackney friends, Maqbool (69) & Sarah (30). The Love Your Neighbour friends had a great introduction visit chatting about acting, records & languages. Older neighbour Maqbool has even persuaded Sarah to try some karaoke together during their next visit!

Throwback to Love Your Neighbour friends, Connor (24) and Hazel (76), at our 3rd birthday party last year. 💛 We’re looking forward to celebrating our 4th birthday later this month with our older and younger neighbours! 🎉

Last week we joined up with North London Cares at the Volunteering Service fair! One student told us how she lived with her grandparents in Italy but moved here to study so was missing them a lot. She was keen to meet other older people in London and share their wisdom with each other.

Always a fun time with @irokotheatre - this was on a rainy evening but it didn’t stop the dancing and enjoyment!

Love Your Neighbour friends, Liz (36) & Archie (81), first met at a Social Club last year, and have been great friends since! “I always leave Archie's feeling more cheerful & upbeat. I can often work stressful days & I look forward to relaxing & have a chat with Archie. " (Liz)

Anne-Lise (27), & Bertie (91), are celebrating 1 year of friendship! “Annie comes through that door & it’s always a positive conversation…we always share something in common.” (Berite) Head to our website to see how you can be part of our community of older&younger neighbours.

@northlondoncares @eastlondoncares and @southlondoncares were down at @dcmsgovuk volunteering fair last week! ✨ Staff get volunteering days so they can get involved in their community. Why not ask your work if they do the same and come and make some wonderful local friends!

Longstanding LYN friends, Sinead (34) & Rose (76), are celebrating 3 years of friendship! “Sinead is such a lovely & caring person. I've told her so much about my life, she knows an awful lot. I don’t think she realises how important she is to me.” (Older neighbour, Rose)

Ask East London Cares about the folklore of the trees and plants of Mile End cemetery park, and we could tell you all about the mugwort and ash tree, and more. Thank you Claire from @fothcp for a super interesting and informative afternoon.

We celebrated 4 years of East London Cares this weekend. Thank you to everyone that has made our community such a special place for connection, togetherness, and fun.

We are devastated to share that The Cares Family charities have closed due to financial difficulties. We’re fiercely proud of our staff, our communities, and all we’ve built together over the past 12 years. More here: eastlondoncares.org.uk/blog/announcin…

🖼️ A photo on a desk 📕 A chat about a book 💻 Online networks Whether we work in an office, at home, or some other place, this article contains some useful tips on how to tackle loneliness and build social connections at work: msn.com/en-us/money/ot…

In 2023, Service Designer Savannah Fishel studied how to foster more intergenerational connection in east London. Now, Savannah’s work is available on East London Cares’ website, to help others build connection where they are: eastlondoncares.org.uk/blog/designing…

Loneliness is a personal crisis, a public health crisis, and a political crisis. But there is strong evidence on how it can be tackled, and how a thousand flowers of connection can bloom. Learn about the impact of our work via Shorenstein Center: shorensteincenter.org/commentary/lon…

"How are you today?" is a simple question that can be a route to empathy, connection and belonging. This year, it's a question at the heart of #LonelinessAwarenessWeek. Find out more and be part of it: lonelinessawarenessweek.org

Thanks to Marmalade Trust, #LonelinessAwarenessWeek has grown into a global movement. 5,000 activities are scheduled in the UK, the US, Estonia and Malaysia to help people talk about this ‘normal human emotion that signals a need for social connection.' www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc.co…