In this episode, I visited Lauren & Jess from The Cares Family to find out about the wonderful work they are doing bringing young professionals and older neighbours together to help overcome loneliness.

Cares all started through a random interaction when its founder Alex met an isolated neighbour Fred in London and took him for his first haircut in 3 months. This started a change reaction which has lead to over 15,000 older and younger people being paired up over the past 8 years.

It’s the real-life stories that are really heartwarming and there’s plenty of inspiring ones shared in this episode for you to enjoy. And when you delve a little deeper and understand the effects loneliness has on our overall health and welling you get it even more how important this charity is to the communities it supports.

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Show notes

The Cares Family
https://www.thecaresfamily.org.uk/

The Story So Far
https://northlondoncares.org.uk/the-story-so-far

Liverpool Cares
https://liverpoolcares.org.uk/home

Manchester Cares
https://manchestercares.org.uk/home

Love Your Neighbour
https://northlondoncares.org.uk/love-your-neighbour

Lilac Co-housing Community
https://www.lilac.coop/

Lancaster Co-housing
https://lancastercohousing.org.uk/

How Cohousing Can Make Us Happier And Live Longer
https://www.ted.com/talks/grace_kim_how_cohousing_can_make_us_happier_and_live_longer?language=en

Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/old-peoples-home-for-4-year-olds