- Half a million older people go at least five or six days a week without seeing or speaking to anyone at all
- While higher percentages of older women [50+] report loneliness compared to men, a greater number of older men (50+) report moderate to high levels of social isolation
- 14% of older men experienced moderate to high social isolation compared to 11% of women
- In total, 45% of adults [all ages] feel occasionally, sometimes or often lonely in England. This equates to twenty-five million people.
- A survey by Action for Children found that 43% of 17 – 25 year olds who used their service had experienced problems with loneliness, and that of this same group less than half said they felt loved.
- Action for Children have also reported 24% of parents surveyed said they were always or often lonely.
- Research by Sense has shown that up to 50% of disabled people will be lonely on any given day.