Plans to launch a loneliness strategy, which is being led by youth minister Tracey Crouch who is the ministerial lead for loneliness, were first announced in January amid concerns that increasing numbers of people are experiencing loneliness.
The government has now launched a four-week consultation, asking for organisations with expertise and experience in tackling loneliness to help us by providing views on how the strategy should be developed.
It said it is interested in approaches that reduce the risk of loneliness, prevent loneliness, or intervene early before loneliness becomes entrenched.
"We believe that the strategy should include both some policies that reduce the risk of loneliness across all groups in society, and some that focus on reducing the risk at specific trigger points for key groups highlighted by existing analysis: young people (aged 16 to 24); people in poor health; carers; unemployed people; and bereaved people," the consultation states.
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