The Campaign to End Loneliness roadshow event ‘Together in Tackling Loneliness’ in Hastings on 13th April 2026. By participating you will be able to join the UK wide conversation which is designed to shape action on loneliness and social connection. There is a panel discussion in the afternoon specifically on loneliness in the context of health and social care, and the findings will feed into an All Party Parliamentary Group in Parliament later in the month.
Date and time: 13th April 2026, 10am- 16.00
This is an in-person workshop event at Central Hall, 6 Station Road, Hastings, East Sussex, TN34 1NG.
Overview
This is one of a series of roadshow events, traveling around the UK, which are designed to bring policy makers, practitioners, researchers and people with lived experience together to tackle loneliness. Participants will be able to join the UK wide conversation which is designed to shape action on loneliness and social connection. The event offers a mixture of informative talks, interactive workshops, and panel discussions to help us understand loneliness, how it can be tackled, and how we can create more connected communities. The discussion and findings will help shape the Campaign to End Loneliness strategy going forward and will feed into the UK and devolved parliaments.
Event Highlights
· An audio montage of lived experience
· An address for Paul Davies MP, Co-Chair of APPG on Tackling Loneliness and Connected Communities
· The research evidence on loneliness
· Understanding the everyday experience of loneliness
· Interactive workshops using food and music to make connections
· Meet a social robot
· View our art exhibition ‘Threads of Connection’
· Influencing policy – the role of housing and place
Take home messages
· Share good practice: projects, interventions, research
· Explore the societal responsibility to act
· Inspire, connect, and create memorable moments
· Raise awareness through lived experience
· Feed into UK parliamentary discussions
6 Bank Buildings
Station Road
Hastings, TN34-1NG
United Kingdom
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