A forum for sharing and discussing research, practice, and policy topics with the wider SILC community.

This landmark report from the WHO Commission on Social Connection highlights that social isolation and loneliness are widespread, with serious but under-recognized impacts on health, well-being, and society. Drawing on the latest evidence, the report makes a compelling case for urgent action. It outlines practical, scalable solutions to strengthen social connection – and calls on policy-makers, researchers and all sectors to treat social health with the same urgency as physical and mental health.

The Foundation for Social Connection has collected a wide variety of resources that they have made available on their website.

Lonely EU brings together leading experts from science, policy, and communication to address social isolation and loneliness across Europe. It conducts research across multiple disciplines — psychology, sociology, public health, and policy science — to understand loneliness in context.

Loneliness Awareness Week is a week dedicated to raising awareness of loneliness. It's all about creating supportive communities by having open, honest conversations. Loneliness is a natural human emotion - we are hardwired to need social connections. By talking about it, we can support ourselves and others. 

Bowling Together is a research project that explored leisure practices and urban change through the site of a London bowling alley.

A toolkit providing guidance for creating phone-based reassurance programs and community engagement strategies.

A structured group program helping college students build belonging through facilitated sessions.

A community initiative offering tools and resources to strengthen local social connection.

A set of tools and strategies for designing socially connected communities.

A participatory arts project creating exhibitions and experiences to foster empathy and human connection.

Volunteer initiative offering trishaw rides to older adults to encourage intergenerational interaction. Cycling Without Age is a worldwide movement that aims to provide joy and vitality to older adults through the magic of the bicycle. Through the simple act of sharing a bike ride, it weaves a sense of community and gathers unique and invaluable stories, unlocked only by the wind and wheels. We are on an important mission: to give the elderly the right to wind in their hair.

A community-owned space providing activities, workshops, and shared experiences to build social cohesion.

"These free connection prompts help you explore your connection needs. They offer supportive tools to deepen your relationships with yourself, those most important to you, and your communities."

"Get curious with Phil McAuliffe - the global loneliness expert and founder of HUMANS:CONNECTING - as he explores how you and he can get the connection you both need and deserve in life."