Research
Research | Friends For Good
Launch date: 13 Dec 2021
Addressing Loneliness
Exploring Australian loneliness initiatives.
In this brief review we present a range of innovative and original interventions that have been implemented across Australia to assist those experiencing loneliness.
Launch date: 12 Apr 2021
More than Medicine
Breakthrough research exploring social prescribing in Australia.
This report explores the perspectives and attitudes of people from across Australia about social prescribing and how they think it would impact their lives.
Key findings of this report include:
- 14% of people had experienced social prescribing previously. Of those, 84% followed through on what was prescribed and 91% found it helpful
- Majority of people (83%) would be comfortable or very comfortable with a GP or health professional prescribing social activities
- When asked about how social prescribing might impact peoples lives, most (84.9%) felt it would either positively or very positively impact them
Launch date: 25 Sep 2019
Loneliness in Australia
Australia’s first representative survey using a loneliness scale.
This report found that an estimated 3 million Australian’s are currently experiencing high levels of loneliness.
Other key findings include:
- Loneliness does not discriminate. It affects both men and women, people of all ages, those in cities, regional and rural areas
- Higher income earners are less likely to experience loneliness
- Money is a barrier to making social connections
Launch date: 11 Jun 2019
TimeWeTalked
A national campaign to help learn more about loneliness.
TimeWeTalked was a campaign set up to help learn more about loneliness by answering a completely anonymous survey and to provide a space for people to talk about their experiences.
With the help of the community, we were able to gather vital information about loneliness from over 1,700 responses which helped us launch new initiatives to fight loneliness.
