Taken from [[Source - How to Tackle Student Loneliness by Loades et al|Loades et al]] - Fostering climates of trust and connection ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gpzc36y9fy0z8tcvjqxb27ay)) - At university and at home, we can foster a climate of trust and connection. ==We need to set up spaces in which they can come together and reconnect socially to enable this==. - Help people to feel included- doing campaigns on this issue. - Talk openly about loneliness ourselves. Address the stigma and don't minimise it. - Understand the forms that loneliness can take. Wanting in-depth conversations, wanting a group of friends, wanting to play with others. - We need to make it ok for young people to say they are lonely, and to be careful not to dismiss or minimise that experience. One way to do that is to ==talk openly about loneliness ourselves==. We can explore what loneliness means and the forms it can take; for example, feeling lonely because we can’t play with others, feeling lonely simply because we are not with other people, feeling lonely because we can’t have those in-depth discussions with friends any more. - Events where there are opportunities for students to engage with each other - SU, prof services and academics. Latter can also talk about it from an academic viewpoint. - An intervention that might prove useful is to write a diary ## Publication See a [guide for young people](https://www.bath.ac.uk/publications/loneliness-and-reconnection-guide/attachments/loneliness-reconnection-guide.pdf) and parents that was developed in the pandemic by the academics