Social isolation among older people in Hackney

Connect Hackney is a programme aimed at improving the wellbeing of people aged over 50 by preventing loneliness and isolation. It is one of 14 schemes funded through the Big Lottery Fund’s Ageing Better programme and will receive £5.8m over six years.

The findings of this report, Social isolation among older people in Hackney, are based on desk research, local statistics data including the 2011 census, insights from a variety of stakeholders working with older people and the views of over 300 local older people who took part in a series of community conversations which we commissioned local providers to deliver.