The following provides information on initiatives carried out by communities in County Durham.
Lanchester Loneliness Project
Welcoming Lanchester’ Guide – A Guide to Lanchester addressing Issues around Loneliness
The Lanchester Loneliness Project and the ‘Welcoming Lanchester’ Guide is a community initiative and the guide addresses issues around loneliness. It provides information and aims to engage everybody in the community. We hope to encourage everyone to make a difference by starting conversations and to attempt to tackle Lanchester’s loneliness
The aims of the Project is to increase awareness and understanding about loneliness and provide information for residents.
Several different sections of the community were identifying residents who were lonely and the topic was raised at the Patient Participation Group. This group arranged a community event which identified there were many examples of Loneliness within our community. The PPG set up a Working Group to research this. As a result of its findings, including reviewing national research, the Guide was developed as a tool by which to tackle specific areas of concern within Lanchester’s community.
The documents we publish on this page are either legally required to be made available for inspection, for information and analysis purposes or may have been supplied by the public and so in some cases may not be fully accessible. If, for any reason, you cannot access the documents and need an alternative format, please email ina@durham.gov.uk.
Guides:
Welcoming Lanchester Guide Full Document (PDF; 6Mb)
Welcome to Lanchester Questions and Answers Summary (PDF; 2Mb)
Useful Links
Loneliness and Social Isolation in County Durham
Web map of simple social isolation index at the Output Area geography