Anne Anderson

Why Anne entered

I started this loneliness recovery chitter chatter chat club, outreach programme 4.5 years ago and nearly 15,000 new people have come to our 58 Chitter Chatter Clubs, seeking company, community and connection. Miracles happen everyday as people regain their voice, their metal health becomes more stable and they step up to manage their new community , allowing management to softly exit and start to build another new community. Our 20 volunteers and I have designation loneliness and today our business is supporting young adults 18 to 29 to 'stop scrolling and start smiling' in a similar structure but with board games/ creative clubs to find their inner creative, and grow into their new selves. Loneliness/social isolation is at the forefront of our minds and haunting young suicide statistics are driving us strongly forth to get young adults out and into connection. We are seeing a standard for council to see this gap in health services and once the 18/29 Unpixel Clubs are running like CCCs we will go into schools with a loneliness awareness, friendship making, social skills, body language exercises around a pantomime for ages 5 to 18. This will really empower and cover all age groups battling loneliness. Our surveys show 100% of guests would recommended CCCs, 73% visit their GP less, 84% have mental health and social mobility improvement. 74% state that they make plans and now succeed. Our LTCCCs is a CIC funded by donations. We are 100% volunteer led and no salaries are paid.

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