Wednesday January 20th 2016
– Doors open at 10:00am
City Hall Cardiff
The 2nd Annual Learning Network Conference:
The Campaign to End
Loneliness is delighted to announce The 2nd Annual Learning Network Conference, held in partnership with Ageing Well in Wales.
Join 150+ other people across
the UK who are working to address loneliness in older age to
discuss brand new research and good practice, and learn how to better identify
and measure loneliness. The conference is a nationwide meeting that is designed to
celebrate the work of our Learning Network, as well as be an opportunity for
members to rejuvenate and reconnect
with what else is going on across the UK.
Registration opens at 10.00am and the conference sessions start at 11.00am to allow delegates travel time to Cardiff. The final session ends at 5.00pm.
Agenda highlights include:
A Keynote Presentation from Professor Vanessa Burholt, Professor of Gerontology in the College of Human and Health Sciences, Swansea University.
An Interactive table-discussion session on “Promising Approaches to reducing loneliness and isolation in Wales” with presentations from Let’s End Going Home Alone, Community Transport Association Wales, Men’s Sheds Cymru, Spice Innovations and Gwanwyn Festival.Afternoon Workshops on:
- “Promising approaches to addressing loneliness in Europe”
- “Measuring the impact of services on loneliness”
- “Identifying older people experiencing, or at risk of, loneliness”
- “Addressing loneliness in rural areas”
- “Using technology to reduce loneliness”
- “Social Finance and Social Impact Bonds”
For more information on Campaign to End Loneliness, please visit http://www.campaigntoendloneliness.org
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