Impact Alliance Backs Local Action to Make Loneliness a Stranger
Six pilot communities announced across the West of England to increase social connection.
Six months after its launch, the Impact Alliance – a growing movement of more than 50 purpose-led organisations – is excited to announce six pilot communities across the West of England where it will take action to understand and address loneliness and build lasting social connection.
Selected through a mix of local insight, data analysis and diversity of experience, these communities span both rural and urban areas across the four local authorities of Bristol, Bath & North East Somerset, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire. The pilots also include two communities often underrepresented in existing data: global majority elders and disabled young people (aged 13-25).
The six pilot communities are:
- Stockwood, Bristol
- Somer Valley, Bath & North East Somerset
- Mendip Villages (Banwell, Winscombe & Sandford, and Churchill & Langford), North Somerset
- Charfield, South Gloucestershire
- Global majority elders
- Disabled young people (aged 13–25)
This announcement marks a bold shift from centralised planning to local, community-led innovation. Over the next six months, the Impact Alliance will work closely with local 'Enabler' organisations including Black South West Network, Bristol Charities, CVS South Gloucestershire, 3SG, the Mendip Parish Councils, and WECIL to better understand loneliness in different places and lives, and to co-design sustainable community-driven responses. Read more here.....
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