Churches could help curb loneliness in men - Premier

Churches could help curb loneliness in men - Premier: The executive director of ministry at Christian Vision for Men has told Premier that churches could help curb the loneliness millions of men in Britain are suffering from.

Churches could help curb loneliness in men

Wed 03 May 2017

By Eno Adeogun

The executive director of ministry at Christian Vision for Men has told Premier that churches could help curb the loneliness millions of men in Britain are suffering from.

A campaign spearheaded by the late MP Jo Cox warned today that more than one in three men feel lonely "at least once a week", while nearly three million battle feelings of lonesomeness on a daily basis.

The survey of 1,200 men found that around 10% bottle up feelings of isolation, preferring not to admit their loneliness and around 35% said being lonely made them feel depressed.

The figures were released as part of Spotlight on Men month, which was launched by the Jo Cox Commission on Loneliness.