Isobel Roberts, Policy and Briefings Officer at The National Lottery Community Fund reports on learning from a recent key conveners’ session on loneliness. Attendees ranged from Northern Ireland’s Bogside and Brandywell Health Forum, to the Befrienders Network and the Campaign to End Loneliness. All have long been involved in tackling loneliness. Read more

Matthew Green, Director of Technology & Data at The National Lottery Community Fund, reflects on how we successfully ensured ongoing support for our grantholders through the COVID-19 crisis. Read more

Treating lived experience as narrative fuel for social change might well be effective in capturing the attention of the wider public, but it has the simultaneous effect of marginalising and pigeonholing the very voices that provide that fuel. Read more