We were a partnership of older people and Camden organisations, working together to tackle social isolation and loneliness between 2015 -2022.

Being lonely or socially isolated is associated with a decline in physical health, mental health and wellbeing. In 2018, Age UK reported that a third of people are sometimes or often lonely. Older people are particularly likely to experience certain life events which create a risk for loneliness, such as retirement and bereavement. And because of the ageing population, the number of lonely older people - in Camden and nationally - is set to grow. We are immensely proud of the hard work of our partnership members and of the innovative, creative approaches we developed to address this issue.  

Our Ageing Better programme ended on 31 March 2022 but the wealth of information on this website will ensure our learning and legacy live on.

If you would like to learn more about anything we have shared here, please contact Jo Stapleton, Ageing Better in Camden Good Practice Mentor until March 2023. E: [email protected] or T: 0207 239 0474

Jo can also offer FREE OUTREACH GUIDANCE AND TRAINING for individuals and organisations to develop their own outreach approach/practice.