{"id":16757,"date":"2021-07-01T09:45:35","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T08:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.efltrust.com\/?page_id=16757"},"modified":"2021-07-02T10:59:15","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T09:59:15","slug":"loneliness","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.efltrust.com\/loneliness\/","title":{"rendered":"Tackling Loneliness Together"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section main_color avia-section-large avia-no-border-styling  avia-full-stretch av-section-color-overlay-active avia-bg-style-scroll  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_three_fourth  avia-builder-el-first   av-minimum-height av-minimum-height-50  container_wrap sidebar_right lazyload' style='background-repeat: no-repeat; background-image:inherit;background-attachment: scroll; background-position: top left;  '  data-section-bg-repeat='stretch' data-av_minimum_height_pc='50' data-bg-image='url(https:\/\/www.efltrust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/EFLT-web-banners-20202.jpg)'><div class='av-section-color-overlay-wrap'><div class='av-section-color-overlay' style='opacity: 0.5; background-color: #66a4e8; '><\/div><a href='#next-section' title='' class='scroll-down-link '  aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue877' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/a><div class='container' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-16757'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  av_inherit_color  av-medium-font-size-overwrite av-medium-font-size-40 av-mini-font-size-overwrite av-mini-font-size-37'  style='font-size:40px; color:#f7f7f7; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><div  style='height:280px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-2  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: efl-bold; font-size: 40pt;\">Tackling <\/span><span style=\"font-family: efl-bold; font-size: 40pt;\">Loneliness\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: efl-bold; font-size: 40pt;\">Together<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right' style=' '  ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-16757'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_three_fourth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_one_fourth  avia-builder-el-first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  av_inherit_color '  style='color:#0a0a0a; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Football starts conversations. It helps to connect people.<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Many parts of EFL Trust\u2019s charity network responded to the\u00a0COVID-19\u00a0pandemic by re-purposing and refocusing towards supporting elderly vulnerable people. Many clubs and their charities co-ordinated and\/or delivered emergency aid and became part of the new \u2018front line\u2019 of social welfare.<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">With financial support from\u00a0the\u00a0Department for Digital,\u00a0Culture,\u00a0Media and\u00a0Sport\u00a0and local partners, EFL Trust\u2019s Tackling Loneliness Together programme\u00a0offered a\u00a0range of locally delivered support services in four broad categories;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Socially distanced face-to-face visits\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Welfare and befriending telephone calls<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Information, support and befriending by post<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Virtual sessions via web platforms.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We\u00a0have\u00a0reached and offered support to over 33,000 clients. Over 75% of the beneficiaries were age 65 and over, 73% were male.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We have numerous examples of people living alone, without friends or family nearby, for whom our support has been the only human contact they have experienced.\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JCtK9-6JrWY&amp;feature=emb_title\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Roger\u2019s story<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0is indicative of many;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We have seen a huge variety of innovative local approaches; Zoom cooking lessons for widowed men in Derby, afternoon tea packs in Stevenage, doorstep visits in Plymouth, online walking tours in Blackpool, an online book club in Middleborough, hamper deliveries in Preston, birthday calls in West Bromwich, online quizzes in the Wirral, telephone befriending in Hammersmith, weekly football chat in Luton, tablets pre-loaded with the software to watch EFL matches in Northampton, activity packs in Burton, cake making kits in Exeter, online seated exercise sessions in Crawley, IT support in Sunderland, Christmas day telephone calls in Wigan and Christmas dinner deliveries in Stoke.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fourth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_three_fourth  el_before_av_one_full  \" style='border-radius:0px; 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