Blog Posts
Independent Living – Chatty Café Scheme joins Tackling Loneliness Network
This week we were delighted to be featured by Independent Living, who rightfully noticed we have joined the government’s Tackling Loneliness Network. Take a look at what they…
My first week…by Abi
It’s my first week working for The Chatty Café Scheme and it’s great to get started and to get stuck into my new role. My…
The Chatty Cafe Scheme feature with CNN
This week we were pleased to get a notice that The Chatty Cafe Scheme was mentioned on a CNN.com article in their Style editorial. You…
From reducing social isolation to ensuring social distancing
It feels like we should all be writing diaries and documenting this experience. Maybe this epidemic will be taught about in future history lessons and…
Runner up in the Government’s Tech to Connect Challenge!!
After months of work on the Government’s Nesta Tech to Connect competiton, we have today been advised that The Chatty Cafe Scheme is a runner…
Prime Minister’s Points of Light Award
The Prime Minister’s daily Points of Light award recognises outstanding individual volunteers – people who are making a change in their community. Alex Hoskyn the…
Social Isolation
As part of a competition we are involved in called “Tech to Connect” I have been looking into the differences between social isolation and loneliness.…
Strangers then friends
Blogs can be really hard to write, you don’t know whether to go deep and meaningful or light and breezy. You think of ideas when…
New addition to the Chatty Cafe Team
Hi everyone, I am Jenny, Alex’s sister, and I can now announce after months of helping out, that I’m officially on the team! I started…
Nesta Tech to Connect
We are thrilled to announce we have been selected as one of the top 10 finalists in the Nesta Tech to Connect Challenge! Nesta and…
Reflections
In my day job I’m a social worker, a profession that embeds reflective practice in everything we do. We are encouraged to reflect on our…