South London Cares tackles loneliness and isolation across Southwark and Lambeth by bringing older and younger neighbours together.
The Charity believes London is amazing. And in their patch of Southwark and Lambeth, you’ll find world-famous music venues, flourishing markets, some pretty great sports grounds and people from all over the world. But as our modern world moves at breakneck speed, living here can also leave people feeling anonymous, isolated and lonely.
This is particularly the case for older people whose social networks may have frayed and whose communities are transforming faster than ever before due to globalisation, gentrification, digitisation, transience and housing bubbles; and for younger people facing work and social media pressures and often living far from friends and family.
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