Everything the consortium has built that you can look something up in. The two explorers run inside this page; the rest are pages on this site. They are the same applications published on lonelinessineurope.eu, running here so you do not have to leave the site to use them.
LONELY-EU Item Explorer
The measurement landscape, item by item. Useful if you are choosing an instrument, writing a methods section or deciding what goes into a protocol.
LONELY-EU Evidence Explorer
Dynamic evidence on loneliness and its socioeconomic correlates across Europe.
EU Loneliness Explorer: prevalence across Europe, published on the public site. Open it
Add an approach
Ten to twenty minutes, up to three approaches, in any language you like. A two-minute voice note is fine if you would rather talk than type. You do not need to be a researcher and the approach does not need to have been evaluated: if you run a programme, fund one, commission one, or simply know one that works, that is what is being asked for.
What you submit, and give permission to publish, appears in the registry below with a title, a short description and a citation. Use the same email address as your Ties account and the entry attaches to your profile by itself. Your name, organisation and email address are never published.
The registry
What has been tried, by whom, and how well it was evaluated. Every entry sits next to its evidence status.
69 approaches, from 24 countries.
parkrun
parkrun organises free, weekly 5k walking and running events across 22 countries and more than 2,800 locations worldwide, including 10 countries within the EU. Everyone is welcome to take part, regardless of age, ability,…
Older adults (65+) · Children and young people · People with disabilities · Migrants and refugees · Carers · LGBTQ+ communities · Rural and remote communities · People experiencing poverty
Peer reviewed
Positive Ageing Hub
In the Positive Ageing Hubs established in Šiauliai (Lithuania) and Ludza (Latvia), adults aged 55+ engage in structured, case-managed support activities delivered by trained specialists, volunteers, and hub coordinators. Each participant begins with an…
Older adults (65+)
Präventionsnetz gegen Einsamkeit
Prevention network against loneliness
Formal services and informal initiatives are networked through moderated meetings. The services and initiatives are surveyed and networked and digitalised via a platform. In the in-person meetings, participants think together about how people who…
Older adults (65+) · People with disabilities · Carers
Programa Lisboa Com Vida para Todas as Idades
Lisbon Alive for All Ages Programme
The Lisbon, City ALIVE for All Ages Programme seeks to guarantee spaces for citizenship, autonomy and self-determination, investing in responses and projects suited to the different needs and expectations of the 65+ population living…
Older adults (65+)
Programul „Niciodată Singur” de vizite la domiciliu
The "Never Alone" home-visit programme
a programme for seniors who live alone and face a high degree of loneliness, reduced mobility, or even social isolation, and who have an acute need for socialising. These seniors are paired with a…
Older adults (65+)
Repair Café
Repair Café is a freely accessible repair event where handy people help less handy neighbours repair broken items. That's useful, because it means we throw less away and need to buy fewer new things.…
General population
RITIRI SOCIALI – SOSTEGNO AI GENITORI
SOCIAL WITHDRAWAL – SUPPORT FOR PARENTS
The Association supports parents through individual or couple sessions, refers them to its self-help groups specifically for parents of boys and girls in social withdrawal, and collaborates on building personalised plans for the young…
Children and young people
Savanoriškos veiklos skatinimas vyresnio amžiaus žmonių tarpe
Promoting volunteering among older people
The team at „Senjorų pasaulis“ encourages volunteering among seniors. We act as volunteer coordinators: we look for organisations where seniors can volunteer according to their interests, and for host organisations. We volunteer ourselves too:…
Older adults (65+)
SenioriKamu
SenioriKamu (Senior Buddy)
In SenioriKamu, older people living alone at home and volunteers are sought out and matched into buddy pairs. The buddy pairs meet on a schedule that suits both of them and do meaningful things…
Older adults (65+)
Serverul de Discord Mental Health for Romania
The Mental Health for Romania Discord Server
The Discord server dedicated to mental health is a safe space for anyone who wants to share their own experiences, support others, or connect with people who share similar interests. The server currently has…
General population
SIDABRINĖ LINIJA – draugystės pokalbiai ir emocinė pagalba teelfonu vyresnio amžiaus žmonėms
SILVER LINE – friendship calls and emotional support by phone for older people
For all older people who(1) feel lonely, feel unneeded by anyone, live in remote and harder-to-reach areas, are experiencing loss, are seriously ill, and have no one to talk to sincerely and openly with…
Older adults (65+)
Silbernetz – dreistufiges telefonisches Gesprächsangebot zum einfach mal Reden
Silbernetz (Silver Network) – a three-tier telephone service for just having a chat
Silbernetz (Silver Network) – ‘just having a chat’ for everyone aged 60 and overSilbernetz offers an open ear nationwide for older people (60+) with feelings of loneliness. With a three-tier offer, it opens doors…
Older adults (65+) · People with disabilities · Carers
Strengthening belonging through volunteering and civil society
The National Forum for Voluntary Organizations (Ideella Sverige) runs Volontärbyrån, a platform that matches people with volunteer roles in non-profit organisations across Sweden. The platform helps individuals take part in meaningful activities and become…
Older adults (65+) · Children and young people · People with disabilities · Migrants and refugees · Carers · Men · LGBTQ+ communities · Rural and remote communities · People experiencing poverty
Suomen Punaisen Ristin Ystävätoiminta (Volunteer Friend Service)
Finnish Red Cross Friend Activity (Volunteer Friend Service)
The Finnish Red Cross trains volunteers who meet people experiencing loneliness through one-to-one friend-pair activity, in various groups, or at low-threshold meeting places. Friend pairs meet at the home of the person requesting a…
Older adults (65+) · Children and young people · People with disabilities · Migrants and refugees · Carers · Men · LGBTQ+ communities · Rural and remote communities · People experiencing poverty
Talk to that one
Ideally 20 people join, fill out a questionnaire, this gets run through a scanner and a script, calculating optimal matches, thus rather giving 10 people 10 meetings with 6 minutes, we can give everyone…
Children and young people · General population
TelefonSeelsorge Deutschland e.V.
TelefonSeelsorge Deutschland e.V. (Telephone Pastoral Care Germany)
We, TelefonSeelsorge® Deutschland (Telephone Pastoral Care Germany), offer support to anyone who is lonely or grieving, stuck in a life crisis, or tormented by suicidal thoughts. We can be reached as simply as possible,…
Older adults (65+) · Children and young people · Rural and remote communities · General population
Telefonul Vârstnicului
Telefonul Vârstnicului este singura linie telefonică națională, gratuită și confidențială, apelabilă din orice rețea, destinată vârstnicilor din România. La numărul de telefon 0800 460 001 sună vârstnici care au nevoie de informare și consiliere…
Older adults (65+)
Tillsammans för god gemenskap i hela befolkningen – nationell strategi mot ensamhet
Together for good community across the whole population – a national strategy against loneliness
The Public Health Agency of Sweden (Folkhälsomyndigheten) is implementing the national strategy and working to raise and spread knowledge about loneliness as a societal and public-health problem, and we are developing knowledge about how…
General population
Tréningy pamäte pre seniorov z komunity
Memory training for older people from the community
A residential social services facility organises memory training for older people from the community (mainly from the immediate surroundings). These older people are not clients of the social services facility; they live at home.…
Older adults (65+) · People with disabilities
Valtakunnallinen järjestöjen yksinäisyysverkosto
National Loneliness Network of Organisations
The network currently includes 22 national organisations or foundations. The work of the organisations' loneliness network focuses on loneliness as a social phenomenon and, from there, on seeking solutions. The network carries out advocacy…
General population
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Policy briefs and publications
Consortium outputs, read live from the project’s Zenodo community. Put your ORCID on your profile and your own entries appear on your Publications tab automatically.
Tool 2026
Dynamic Evidence Explorer on Loneliness and Socioeconomic Correlates (LONELY-EU WP4 Technical Report)
Policy brief 2026
Poverty and Loneliness: Evidence and Policy Implications. LONELY-EU Policy Brief No. 6.
Policy brief 2026
Bridging the Gap between Research and Policy: The Next Big Questions in Loneliness Research. LONELY-EU Policy Brief No. 5
White paper 2026
The Next Big Questions in Loneliness Research: A White Paper
Policy brief 2026
Kick-starting the Dialogue: The Evidence-to-Action Board in LONELY-EU. LONELY-EU Policy Brief No. 1
Policy brief 2026
Europe's Loneliness Measurement Challenge: Building Evidence-Based Infrastructure. LONELY-EU Policy Brief No. 3
Policy brief 2026
Guidelines for formulating evidence-based policy recommendations on social isolation and loneliness. LONELY-EU Policy Brief No. 2
Policy brief 2026
The LONELY-EU Evidence Quality Rating System: A Framework for Reliable Loneliness Measurement in EU Policy. LONELY-EU Policy Brief No. 4
Read live from the LONELY-EU community on Zenodo and from work deposited under grant 101177225. Deposit it there and it appears here, and on the author's profile, without anyone re-entering it.
Network map
Where the network is, country by country, and where the ties across Europe are still thin. A member appears only if they asked to; map consent is opt-in and theirs to change at any time.
Events
Conferences, webinars, call deadlines and launches that bear on loneliness and social connection. Most of it is read from the calendars organisations publish themselves; the rest is put here by members. Everything is checked by a moderator before it appears, so the list is short on purpose.
September 2026
Restoring Social Connection in America: The Promise and Peril of Technology, Media, and Digital Life
Deficits of trust, empathy, and a sense of common purpose are defining characteristics of the current moment in America. Our social fabric is threadbare as deepening polarization spills into many aspects of community life. The systems and technologies that shape…
Listed by Foundation for Social Connection
October 2026
Webinar: Bridging the gap between EU and national policy for poverty eradication
EUROPEAN SEMESTER Webinar: Bridging the gap between EU and National Policy for Poverty Eradication This webinar aims to strengthen mutual learning among member organisations, of Caritas Europa, Eurodiaconia, and Social Platform by increasing understanding of the European Semester process and its relevance for social…
Listed by Eurodiaconia
EMN Spain national conference: Youth, Integration and Civic Participation - Challenges and Opportunities
This conference will explore challenges and highlight good practices that support inclusion, active citizenship and social cohesion.
Listed by European Commission
Anti-Poverty Day 2026
On Tuesday 13 October 2026, the second edition of EU Anti-Poverty Day will take place in the European Parliament, Brussels. The agenda will explore what is needed to make the 2050 goal a reality, including the protection of social rights,…
Listed by EAPN
Connected Cities Summit
Join us for historic gathering of leaders shaping the future of our cities and communities to prioritize human connection. For the last 60 years, we have optimized our cities and culture for individualism and commerce. The result is a country…
Listed by Foundation for Social Connection
November 2026
ESF+ Social Services Hub Meeting, 5-6 November 2026, Athens
ESF+ Social Services Hub Meeting 5-6 November 2026, Athens The meeting brings together social services planners, providers, Managing Authorities, and the European Commission to explore how to improve access to ESF+ funding. Through presentations, practical examples, and interactive discussions, participants…
Listed by Eurodiaconia
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