A forum thread is a conversation. A registry entry is a record: searchable, citable, and updated as evidence accumulates. Every entry names the people behind it, so a record is also a way to reach them.
Unevaluated interventions belong here too. The evaluation-status field records where something sits on the evidence journey; it is not a gate.
69 approaches, from 24 countries.
parkrun organises free, weekly 5k walking and running events across 22 countries and more than 2,800 locations worldwide, including 10 countries within the EU. Everyone is welcome to take part, regardless of age, ability,…
Older adults (65+) · Children and young people · People with disabilities · Migrants and refugees · Carers · LGBTQ+ communities · Rural and remote communities · People experiencing poverty
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In the Positive Ageing Hubs established in Šiauliai (Lithuania) and Ludza (Latvia), adults aged 55+ engage in structured, case-managed support activities delivered by trained specialists, volunteers, and hub coordinators. Each participant begins with an…
Older adults (65+)
Prevention network against loneliness
Formal services and informal initiatives are networked through moderated meetings. The services and initiatives are surveyed and networked and digitalised via a platform. In the in-person meetings, participants think together about how people who…
Older adults (65+) · People with disabilities · Carers
Lisbon Alive for All Ages Programme
The Lisbon, City ALIVE for All Ages Programme seeks to guarantee spaces for citizenship, autonomy and self-determination, investing in responses and projects suited to the different needs and expectations of the 65+ population living…
Older adults (65+)
The "Never Alone" home-visit programme
a programme for seniors who live alone and face a high degree of loneliness, reduced mobility, or even social isolation, and who have an acute need for socialising. These seniors are paired with a…
Older adults (65+)
Repair Café is a freely accessible repair event where handy people help less handy neighbours repair broken items. That's useful, because it means we throw less away and need to buy fewer new things.…
General population
SOCIAL WITHDRAWAL – SUPPORT FOR PARENTS
The Association supports parents through individual or couple sessions, refers them to its self-help groups specifically for parents of boys and girls in social withdrawal, and collaborates on building personalised plans for the young…
Children and young people
Promoting volunteering among older people
The team at „Senjorų pasaulis“ encourages volunteering among seniors. We act as volunteer coordinators: we look for organisations where seniors can volunteer according to their interests, and for host organisations. We volunteer ourselves too:…
Older adults (65+)
SenioriKamu (Senior Buddy)
In SenioriKamu, older people living alone at home and volunteers are sought out and matched into buddy pairs. The buddy pairs meet on a schedule that suits both of them and do meaningful things…
Older adults (65+)
The Mental Health for Romania Discord Server
The Discord server dedicated to mental health is a safe space for anyone who wants to share their own experiences, support others, or connect with people who share similar interests. The server currently has…
General population
SILVER LINE – friendship calls and emotional support by phone for older people
For all older people who(1) feel lonely, feel unneeded by anyone, live in remote and harder-to-reach areas, are experiencing loss, are seriously ill, and have no one to talk to sincerely and openly with…
Older adults (65+)
Silbernetz (Silver Network) – a three-tier telephone service for just having a chat
Silbernetz (Silver Network) – ‘just having a chat’ for everyone aged 60 and overSilbernetz offers an open ear nationwide for older people (60+) with feelings of loneliness. With a three-tier offer, it opens doors…
Older adults (65+) · People with disabilities · Carers
The National Forum for Voluntary Organizations (Ideella Sverige) runs Volontärbyrån, a platform that matches people with volunteer roles in non-profit organisations across Sweden. The platform helps individuals take part in meaningful activities and become…
Older adults (65+) · Children and young people · People with disabilities · Migrants and refugees · Carers · Men · LGBTQ+ communities · Rural and remote communities · People experiencing poverty
Finnish Red Cross Friend Activity (Volunteer Friend Service)
The Finnish Red Cross trains volunteers who meet people experiencing loneliness through one-to-one friend-pair activity, in various groups, or at low-threshold meeting places. Friend pairs meet at the home of the person requesting a…
Older adults (65+) · Children and young people · People with disabilities · Migrants and refugees · Carers · Men · LGBTQ+ communities · Rural and remote communities · People experiencing poverty
Ideally 20 people join, fill out a questionnaire, this gets run through a scanner and a script, calculating optimal matches, thus rather giving 10 people 10 meetings with 6 minutes, we can give everyone…
Children and young people · General population
TelefonSeelsorge Deutschland e.V. (Telephone Pastoral Care Germany)
We, TelefonSeelsorge® Deutschland (Telephone Pastoral Care Germany), offer support to anyone who is lonely or grieving, stuck in a life crisis, or tormented by suicidal thoughts. We can be reached as simply as possible,…
Older adults (65+) · Children and young people · Rural and remote communities · General population
Telefonul Vârstnicului este singura linie telefonică națională, gratuită și confidențială, apelabilă din orice rețea, destinată vârstnicilor din România. La numărul de telefon 0800 460 001 sună vârstnici care au nevoie de informare și consiliere…
Older adults (65+)
Together for good community across the whole population – a national strategy against loneliness
The Public Health Agency of Sweden (Folkhälsomyndigheten) is implementing the national strategy and working to raise and spread knowledge about loneliness as a societal and public-health problem, and we are developing knowledge about how…
General population
Memory training for older people from the community
A residential social services facility organises memory training for older people from the community (mainly from the immediate surroundings). These older people are not clients of the social services facility; they live at home.…
Older adults (65+) · People with disabilities
National Loneliness Network of Organisations
The network currently includes 22 national organisations or foundations. The work of the organisations' loneliness network focuses on loneliness as a social phenomenon and, from there, on seeking solutions. The network carries out advocacy…
General population
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