Category Archives: Groups

If you need help, do you know ‘where to turn’?

HARCVSNews from Harrogate and Ripon Centre for Volunteer Services 

Recent reports have shown that social connections are as important as money and health. If you know someone who would like a bit of support or company, to get out and about or meet new friends, we can help find Where to Turn with HARCVS Where to Turn directory of voluntary organisations

Exciting News for 2016 
We are currently working to develop and refresh our Where To Turn Directory to provide a more comprehensive and fully searchable online database of community organisations, activities and services for people in Harrogate District.

More than two thirds of adults in the UK experience loneliness

big-lunch-logo-2013Research commissioned by the Big Lunch project found that more than two thirds of adults in the UK experience some degree of loneliness. The research aimed to assess ‘the changing face of social interaction in the UK’.  For more details of their findings, please follow this link.  Are you a ‘social animal’? Try the quiz!

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