IoM Samaritans echo Cox Commission findings
A group founded in the wake of an MP's tragic death suggests we should all be getting 'five a day' - not fruit and vegetables, but conversations.
The Jo Cox Commission's report claims there's an 'epidemic of loneliness' spreading across the UK.
Certain groups of society, including the elderly and immigrants, are identified as being particularly isolated.
Samaritans IoM volunteer Lesley Moughtin thinks the 'five a day' is a simple but important idea to prevent loneliness:
For more information, go to www.jocoxloneliness.org
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