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Hosted by Marmalade Trust, Loneliness Awareness Week is the world's largest campaign to inspire conversations about loneliness, and promote connection activities happening across the world.

What is Loneliness Awareness Week?

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Bring people together to connect and reduce loneliness from 15-21 June 2026

Loneliness Awareness Week will return from 15-21 June 2026 with thousands of people raising awareness on social media and holding connection activities across the world. How will you get involved?

Campaign Partners

Since 2017, businesses, organisations and charities have joined in to make help raise awareness of the impact of loneliness, and create opportunities for people to connect. We're so grateful for your support.

Memories and Milestones: Using Life Story Books to Tackle Loneliness and Build Wellbeing

In this guest blog for Loneliness Awareness Week, Life Story Writer Rachel Lewis shares how her “Memories and Milestones” project uses creative storytelling to build connection, confidence, and community, helping people feel less alone and more understood. Loneliness can touch anyone, at any stage of life. It affects our confidence, health, and sense of belonging. As a Life Story Writer, I’ve seen how powerful it can be when people take time to reflect, reconnect, and share t

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Re-engage: loneliness in discussion

Georgina from loneliness charity Re-engage discusses new conversations and learning in the field of loneliness.

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New research reveals stigma is stopping people opening up about loneliness

New research conducted by Marmalade Trust, in partnership with Ipsos, reveals stigma is stopping people opening up about loneliness.

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Learn about loneliness

Loneliness is a natural human emotion. By building our understanding, we can help ourselves and others manage the feeling.

Guide to loneliness

Our comprehensive guide covers everything from the definition of loneliness to who experiences it and its long-term effects.

Common questions about loneliness

You are not alone - we all experience loneliness. Here are some FAQs to learn more about this misunderstood emotion.

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Discover expert guides on everything from how to feel more connected to how to have open conversations about loneliness.

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Support our work

In the past few years, Marmalade Trust have gained international recognition. BUT we're a tiny team and we need your help to continue our important work. By supporting us, you'll help us reach even more people, raise more awareness and create a happier, less lonely society.

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“I held a shared lunch for my neighbours in the park at the end of our road during the week. I have had so much praise from my neighbours who came, and said they absolutely loved it and that we need to do stuff like this all the time! Hopefully more people will do things like this. So thank you for getting me into it.”

Andy