"Loneliness and the feeling of being unloved is the most terrible poverty of all." Mother Teresa
How social isolation can affect us?
Many of us find it easy to communicate with others by using technologies such as mobile phones and the Internet. But what if your friends, family and neighbours have moved away or don't understand what you're coping with?
Social isolation can affect mental and physical health, leading to anxiety, eating disorders and addictions. When it comes to physical disease, social isolation has been found to have a similar negative affect to that of cigarette smoking.
But social inclusion is a life-saver: for example research by the American Heart Foundation found it raises survival rates from stroke by 53 per cent, regardless of health or other socio-economic factors
Community Network’s vision
Our vision is a world where telecommunications enables everyone to connect into their community, so as to relieve isolation, overcome challenges and provide the opportunity for full participation and inclusion in civil society Community Network's mission
Our mission is to:
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provide an easy to use telecommunications friendship service
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use this so as to connect lonely and isolated community members and support them to participate in society
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maintain this service by providing state of the art competitively priced audio conferencing services
- promote our services to organisations (public, private and charitable) to enable them to meet their corporate social responsibilities whilst supporting this effective and inclusive community service
