ENDING LONELINESS: Simon Hart MP is pictured at the Pembrokeshire launch of the Campaign to End Loneliness at Letterston Memorial Hall.
The campaign was set up by a group of local and national charities who are working to tackle loneliness and isolation in older age.
Speaking after the event Mr Hart said: “The Campaign has revealed that 9 in 10 people in Pembrokeshire & Carmarthenshire believe loneliness in older age is more likely than ever and almost two-thirds of us saying that admitting to loneliness is difficult.
“It is more important than ever that action is taken to help overcome it.”
Laura Alcock-Ferguson, Executive Director of the Campaign to End Loneliness, said: “The health impacts of loneliness are devastating; it is worse for you than obesity and as bad for you as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. Most worrying, however, is the popular view that loneliness in older age is more likely than ever – that loneliness is inevitable.”
*If you would like to learn more about helping to end loneliness in Pembrokeshire then check out campaigntoendloneliness.org.
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