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 can read the full article here Titled: “Chat bots are becoming uncannily human. Can they be our friends?” The article explores the role of technology in combating loneliness, something we …
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 students will look to our accounts for their assignments. I know everyone is thinking it but what an unbelievable time we are living in; who would have ever envisaged schools …
From reducing social isolation to ensuring social distancing Read More »
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 up! The challenge was created to find innovative ideas which tackle social isolation through technology. We were selected as a top ten finalist in September 2019 and have since been …
Runner up in the Government’s Tech to Connect Challenge!! Read More »
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 scheme’s founder, was chosen on Blue Monday for the positive changes to loneliness that the scheme has brought to the UK. In a personal letter to Alex, Prime Minister Boris …
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. The competition is focused on reducing social isolation in England and its interesting to know that it is quite a different issue to loneliness – even though the two often …
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 driving, at work; all times you forget or can’t write the idea down then when you try and remember.. poof its gone. I think for today I am going to …
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 out in January assisting Alex (who is a full time social worker) with the scheme. I recall it only taking me a few hours a day to get through everything …
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 the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport have launched the challenge to support charities, social enterprises, and social tech ventures across England to tackle social isolation using technology. Wish …
Hello my name is Alex Hoskyn and in April 2017 I started The Chatty Café Scheme which encourages cafes and other venues to designate a Chatter & Natter table. This is where customers can sit if they are happy to talk to other customers. It’s a simple concept and our aims are to reduce loneliness …
A recent talk from the Inside Government conference on loneliness. July 2019. Read More »
