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Accenture Interactive Launches Groundbreaking Artificial Intelligence Solution to Tackle Elderly Loneliness

Stuart Mitchell

Accenture has released a groundbreaking new project for one of Sweden’s largest energy suppliers, Stockholm Exergi. Dubbed Memory Lane, the solution works with Google Voice Assistant and uses a unique conversational artificial intelligence which allows people, particular the elderly, to capture memorable stories for future generations while also providing companionship. Memory Lane is being used by Accenture Interactive and Stockholm Exergi to address the challenges of elderly loneliness and provide an innovative social solution. Engaging with people through a smart speaker, Memory Lane enables a conversation by inviting someone who…

Tackling loneliness with social prescribing – a British Red Cross and Co-op success story

Stuart Mitchell

Ahead of the first ever Social Prescribing Day on March 14, the British Red Cross and Co-op partnership highlighted how social prescribing can transform the lives of the lonely and socially isolated. There is growing interest in social prescribing – services which refer people to non-clinical support within communities and the voluntary sector – as a means of improving health outcomes and reducing demand for health services. But the British Red Cross and Co-op believe it can also be used to address loneliness. The organisations published a Shared Learning Report…

Co-op Foundation invests more than £1.1 million into projects tackling youth loneliness through social action

Stuart Mitchell

Organisations helping young people with learning disabilities and mental health difficulties among those supported through the #iwill Fund Young people with learning disabilities will be matched with volunteers who’ll help them plan nights out and go to gigs, thanks to funding announced by Co-op Foundation to tackle youth loneliness. Mencap’s “Gig Buddies” project is one of 16 schemes recently awarded funding by the Foundation through the #iwill Fund. The #iwill Fund is a £40 million joint investment from the Big Lottery Fund, using National Lottery funding, and the Department for…

Almost £1.5 million invested to tackle youth loneliness and improve young people’s access to under-used community spaces

Stuart Mitchell

Funding delivered by Co-op Foundation through Building Connections Fund Youth strand Unused cafes and empty office units will be transformed into digital hubs and creative art studios thanks to almost £1.5 million of grants to improve young people’s access to under-used community spaces and tackle youth loneliness. Funding has been provided by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and delivered by Co-op Foundation as part of the Building Connections Fund Youth strand. A total of 144 organisations will receive up to £10,000 to work with young people to…

£11.5 million fund to tackle loneliness across England

Stuart Mitchell

Tens of thousands of people will be given greater access to befriending services, community arts groups and support schemes through a new £11.5 million fund to tackle loneliness in England, Minister for Loneliness Mims Davies announced. The 126 organisations to benefit from the new funding include new community transport links to support those most at risk of isolation, innovative digital solutions that enable elderly people and young care leavers to connect with their peers and one to one support for LGBT+ people suffering from loneliness. The Building Connections Fund is…