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Reconnecting after coronavirus – 4 key ways cities can counter anxiety and loneliness
From The Conversation Enforced distancing measures are probably changing not just our work, travel and family routines, but how we...
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May 8, 20201 min read


COVID-19 crisis: we're all in this together, yet lonelier than ever
UQ graduate and audiologist Dr Bec Bennett discusses how loneliness can impact our health, and outlines what we can learn from people...
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May 8, 20201 min read


Why You Need a Network of Low-Stakes, Casual Friendships
From the New York Times When I was laid off in 2015, I told people about it the way any good millennial would: By tweeting it. My hope...
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May 8, 20201 min read


So many lonely people
We are, a lot of us, a great deal sadder, more anxious, more incomplete and more restless than we really need to be because of something...
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Feb 17, 20203 min read


How To Cope With Redundancy: From Mental Health To Managing Money
From the Huffington Post Redundancy always deals a heavy blow. Coping with the financial difficulties of losing your job is often the...
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Jan 29, 20201 min read


GPs must prescribe more than medication
By Caroline Riches in Community Care Review (December 2019) Australia’s health professionals are falling behind when it comes to...
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Jan 23, 20201 min read


Social prescribing: Has the time come for this idea?
From the RACGP Should GPs be prescribing social groups to their more isolated patients? It was August 2016 when Dr Charlotte Hespe...
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Jan 23, 20201 min read


Social prescribing tackling loneliness and isolation
From the RACGP Innovative trials and a high-level discussion forum have put social referrals high on the primary care agenda. When Tom*...
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Jan 23, 20201 min read


How Men's Sheds stave off loneliness
From The Conversation. When people hear the word shed, they may think about a rickety wooden building at the bottom of a garden crawling...
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Jan 22, 20201 min read


Brisbane City Council community coworkers pop up
If you run a small or micro business, you’re invited to a pop up co-working space at Kenmore Library on 28 November. Late last year we...
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Nov 22, 20191 min read


myCivitas Advent Calendar
An activity each day Christmas can be a difficult time for the millions of us (one in three adult Australians) who feel lonely. The...
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Nov 22, 20191 min read


Loneliness is a social cancer
The most striking finding from the Australia Talks national survey is simply how pervasive loneliness is in Australia today. Indeed, only...
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Nov 22, 20191 min read


I spent five years speaking with people in nursing homes. This is what I learnt about loneliness
Loneliness is about lacking companionship, about not belonging. The problem is not quantity of social relationships, but their quality in...
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Nov 22, 20191 min read


We pitched!
Last month we had the opportunity to pitch our vision for myCivitas at the UQ Start-up Academy pitch event. The experience helped us to...
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Nov 8, 20193 min read


The young Australian loneliness survey
From Vic Health While young people are often well-connected to strong social structures, critical transitions that characterise youth can...
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Oct 21, 20191 min read


Loneliness taking hold as people struggle to find sufficient work and affordable housing
From the ABC A quarter of Australians are experiencing loneliness, with young adults more affected than other age groups, according to a...
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Aug 27, 20191 min read


The secret to living longer may be your social life
TED talk The Italian island of Sardinia has more than six times as many centenarians as the mainland and ten times as many as North...
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Aug 27, 20191 min read


Our forgotten craving for community
From the 'School of life' We are, a lot of us, a great deal sadder, more anxious, more incomplete and more restless than we really need...
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Aug 27, 20191 min read


Loneliness: a new public health challenge emerges
From Vic Health Loneliness is proving to be more than just part of the human condition. New research shows it’s a serious public health...
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Aug 27, 20191 min read


Loneliness study finds one in five Australians rarely or never have someone to talk to
From the Guardian More than one-fifth of Australians rarely or never feel they have someone to talk to or turn to for help, and more than...
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Aug 27, 20191 min read
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