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British Red Cross ambulance support staff member sits with service user Sheila in the back of an ambulance

Bridging the gap between a patient's recovery in hospital and at home

Our independent living services are there to help make sure the hospital discharge process runs smoothly

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“We must ensure no one is left adrift as we adjust to life after lockdown”

Forty-one per cent of adults feel lonelier since lockdown began

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Wayne O'Hanlon holding a photograph of himself and his wife on their wedding day.

Facing loneliness after the loss of a loved one

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Shruti

How a local choir helped Shruti overcome loneliness

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Daniel Ferry

How volunteering with birds helped save Daniel's life

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I was so lonely, I broke down in the middle of a university lecture

Student Rhianydd opens up about being young and lonely

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Tragic stories, clean clothes and biscuits

Life inside a shelter for the homeless in freezing weather

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Lonely and left behind: loneliness report 2020

Lonely and left behind: the pandemic's impact on loneliness

Our new report highlights the ways people have been affected

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4 minutes
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Make your wheelchair the reason you’re fit

Secrets to an active life

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2 minutes
JB Gill at the launch of 'A Million Hands'

Our Kindness Champions: one year on

Since our campaign launched, 12,000 Scouts have signed up as Kindness Champions. Here’s what they’ve been doing

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The students carrying out kind acts while in lockdown

Our resources have helped students practice kindness to others and themselves

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Naomi Phillips, director of policy and advocacy at the British Red Cross.

Social prescribing matters – and this is why we support it

Supporting people’s social connections is now part of NHS policy - this is why we welcome it

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