Tackling loneliness with EU Korale partners
Fingal County Council join consortium of six European Countries to participate in KORALE project.
KORALE, which is short for "Towards a Community of Practice and Knowledge on Preventing and Tackling Loneliness from Public Policies," is supported by Interreg Europe and co-funded by the European Union.
The project aims to improve public policies by exchanging good practices and integrating multifaceted approaches to address and prevent loneliness.
Loneliness and social isolation have a harmful impact on mental and physical health and have important consequences for social cohesion. Loneliness is associated with a lack of political engagement and higher-risk behaviours. It also has an economic cost, estimated at 4% of the EU GDP. Loneliness can impact people’s quality of life across the whole life course, being specifically relevant in the elderly; less studied, loneliness is increasing quickly among young people, who were especially affected by the pandemic.
Fingal County Council, will partner with organisations in the Basque Country/Spain, Austria, Portugal, Belgium, and Denmark to
- identify and share good practices that prevent or address loneliness at individual, family, and community levels, focusing on low-threshold approaches;
- learn about successful cases of intervention strategies that, deployed early in life, can lead to a reduction in the incidence of loneliness later in life, focusing on longer-term approaches;
- identify the key factors that enable these good practices to be transformed and achieve higher impact policies.
For further information see https://www.interregeurope.eu/korale
Korale European Meeting Fingal
Fingal became the next stop on the KORALE Community Rail; the fourth international study visit of the KORALE project. Read full press release here
We are pleased to invite you to participate in the webinar: “European Best Practices in Knowledge, Awareness and Prevention of Unwanted Loneliness. How volunteering can help?”
Date: January 13, 2026
Time: 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (Lisbon time) / 3h30 – 4h30 (CET time)
Location: Online, via Microsoft Teams
To register, click here
This is an initiative of the KORALE Community of Practice | Lisboa Com Vida, which aims to share knowledge about projects and initiatives taking place in Lisbon and Europe, within the scope of the KORALE Project, co-financed by the European Union's Interreg Europe program.
Three projects will be presented:
The Always Accompanied, a community program created by the La Caixa Foundation and developed by the Campo Grande Parish Social Center, which aims to prevent and reduce loneliness and social isolation among the elderly through regular and meaningful companionship. It promotes stable and long-term relationships between beneficiaries and trained volunteers, fostering trust, emotional support and a sense of belonging.
The Support 65+ Programme – Elderly in Safety is a special community policing program of the Public Security Police (PSP) that aims to ensure the safety and tranquility of the elderly, promote awareness of the work of the Security Forces and help prevent and avoid risky situations.
And Local Volunteer Matching, which explores how a local volunteer policy and a connecting platform can help with local engagement, well-being, and combating loneliness. Here, we explore how the Giveaday.eu project connects 200,000 Belgian citizens to help their neighbours and how 12,000 associations cooperate in 80 Belgian cities.
Speakers will include:
- Mário Rui André, Coordinator of the Lisbon a City for All Ages Program | Moderator
- Margarida Quinhones, Coordinator of the Always Accompanied
- Inês Lemos, Public Security Police Commissioner
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Bart Wolput, Director of Giveaday project
The webinar will be held in English.
After registration, an email with the access link will be sent.
Learn more about the KORALE | Lisboa Com Vida Community of Practice
We look forward to your participation as we work together to promote a more connected and supportive city!
Programa Lisboa Cidade Com Vida para Todas as Idades
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Tel. 213 235 436
Korale Community Rail 2024-28
