5 things I learned from the Loneliness and Social Isolation in Mental Health Research Network Summer Showcase

5 things I learned from the Loneliness and Social Isolation in Mental Health Research Network Summer Showcase

The team behind the Loneliness and Social Isolation in Mental Health Research Network (LSIMHRN) recently held their Summer Showcase event during Loneliness Awareness Week.  The summer showcase celebrated everything the network achieved in the past four years and was a call for the next steps in tackling loneliness, social isolation and the impact they have...

Celebrating the MARCH network: an online showcase

Celebrating the MARCH network: an online showcase

The MARCH Network has been transforming our understanding of how social, cultural and community assets can support mental health since 2018. Join them at this special online event celebrating the MARCH Network’s impact and achievements as the project comes to an end. You can expect: Presentations from key-note speakers about the network’s achievements MARCH and...

How do I get funding for my research?: 5 questions to get you started

How do I get funding for my research?: 5 questions to get you started

After the first cross-network event on securing funding as an ECR in mental health Sam Parsons takes you through an exercise of 5 questions designed to get you thinking about approaching funding applications as an ECR, and importantly working out what you still need to know ahead of the second event in the series on networking.

Loneliness and Social Isolation Interventions plus funding Q&A webinar

The Loneliness and Social Isolation in Mental Health Network have recently launched their second plus funding call on Interventions exploring: What interventions/specific activities reduce loneliness and social isolation in the general population, and whether these interventions/specific activities also reduce the risk of the onset of mental health problems, and/or What interventions/specific activities reduce loneliness and...

Webinar: Research priorities in addressing loneliness & social isolation in people with mild-moderate mental health problems

Webinar hosted by the Loneliness and Social Isolation in Mental Health network on how to help individuals with mild to moderate mental health problems address loneliness and social isolation. Short talks on different approaches to reducing loneliness and social isolation in people with mild-moderate mental health problems will be followed by small-group discussions on gaps,...

Webinar: Understanding Violence, Abuse and Mental Health

This webinar will focus on the theme of understanding violence, abuse and mental health. There will be 10 minute presentations followed by Q&A from the following speakers: Nicole Jacobs, Domestic Abuse Commissioner for England and Wales Joanna Bourke, Professor of History at Birkbeck, University of London Akiko Hart, CEO of the National Survivor User Network...

Online workshop: How can digital technology and the built environment reduce loneliness, social isolation & mental health problems in the community?

The Loneliness and Social Isolation in Mental Health Research Network has organised a free webinar involving a series of short talks on the role of digital technology and the built environment in reducing loneliness, social isolation and mental health problems in the community which will be followed by a Q&A on knowledge gaps, promising areas...