## Background - Programme Director, [[Campaign to End Loneliness]] - Adolescent loneliness - looking at it. Putting together some funding bids. Secondary school to starting work. - Tackling loneliness hub. Closed online community. No state secrets but closed community. - social isolation of elderly is very apparent. So that's why they are prioritised. ## Social Prescribing - Manchester social prescribing with a focus on loneliness. - Social prescribing can be good, but takes a lot of effort. Half of the job is link working and quality assurance - Sam Etherington GP was first to do it - Look at social determinants of health. ## Health impact assessments. - can be useful for planning applications etc. - Scope which social determinants are within scope. - Inform how work with social council. Active travel, etc etc. - Can be quite depressing - What is most motivating for decision makers. - Ways to wellbeing is a slightly easier model for stakeholders to understand. - connection - learning - physical activity - giving ## Actions - Ed send the strategy over. - Robin connect about training and hub - Send details of 7th December over.