Pub is The Hub calls on publicans to act during this Loneliness Awareness Week

Not-for-profit organisation Pub is The Hub has released a new poem and advice guide for Loneliness Awareness Week, which runs until Friday 18th June, to encourage more publicans to think about how they can help tackle loneliness in their local areas.

Available to download, the new ‘Creating Connections’ guide offers tips for publicans on how to reach out and promote connection within their communities.

The poem, which is titled ‘Call Last Orders for Loneliness’, has been written by poet David Attree and produced in partnership with INN CROWD, the national arts project supported by Arts Council England.

Attree said: “Following the Covid-19 lockdowns it has never been more important to help reconnect people feeling lonely, isolated and disconnected. I hope my poem inspires more publicans to encourage people to ‘Join Inn’ through their pub.”

The poem is inspired by Pub is The Hub’s ‘Join Inn – Last Orders for Loneliness’ campaign, which is supported by Heineken and aims to encourage publicans to help people living in their local area become better connected, helping them to feel less isolated and therefore less at risk of experiencing feelings of loneliness.

Deborah Kemp, Pub is The Hub’s ambassador for loneliness, said: “We appreciate publicans have lots on their plates at present as they rebuild their businesses after the Covid-19 lockdowns. But this Loneliness Awareness Week we ask them to just start thinking about the invisible pandemic still out there of local people suffering isolation and feelings of loneliness. With a little help and support many would welcome and benefit from regular social interaction and activities on offer at their local pub.”

To download the new Creating Connections guide, click here.

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