What is Loneliness?
What is Loneliness?
Loneliness is defined as feeling alone, empty, or separate from others. This feeling may accompany actual social isolation – the experience of being isolated from others.
Costs of ignoring the problem
Costs of ignoring the problem
Benefits driving positive change
Benefits driving positive change
$6.7 billion annually due to social isolation and loneliness
More socially active young people
Problems such as depression, sleep disturbances
Mentally healthy youth
Increased rate of suicide
Increased self-confidence among young people
Greater incidence of chronic disease such as cardiovascular disease and stroke
Young people with increased collaborative and life skills
Marissa Korda
Marissa Korda
Graphic Designer
Graphic Designer
Marissa Korda, is a young designer who started the Loneliness Project, a personal passion project created to collect, showcase, and archive peoples’ stories of loneliness. Anyone can submit their story (she has received over 2000) and new stories are shared on the site every week.
Case Study
Case Study
The Campaign to End Loneliness believe that people of all ages need connections that matter.
Their vision is that everyone can live a life free from chronic loneliness. In 2017 they began to engage businesses and the public on this campaign. To kick start this work they launched The Loneliness Project, a film that has been seen over 85 million times worldwide and is one of the most watched and engaged with charity campaigns of 2017.
Ideas youngsters can implement
Ideas youngsters can implement
Starting a club informing about loneliness and isolation and having group sessions sharing experiences
Create wall of stories for teens who have experienced loneliness
“Socially busy” week, where everybody should connect to their peers for social activities
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