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ALONE report calls on the Oireachtas to take action to prevent a housing crisis for older people
ALONE, the charity that supports older people to age at home, is calling on the Oireachtas to provide €84.5m a year over the next 10 years in the form of home adaptation grants and to develop an additional 122,000 units of housing for older people.

Loneliness Taskforce calls for €3 million annual funding to combat loneliness
‘A Connected Ireland’ Report launched in the Royal College of Surgeons today

ALONE hosts BNI ‘Building Stronger Communities’ Seminar
The Befriending Network Ireland seminar, hosted by ALONE, the charity that supports older people to age at home, took place in Dublin on Thursday 24th May.




€3.5 million in state housing funding awarded to ALONE
Charity acquire 16 new homes in Dublin 8 to house older people




ALONE invites collaboration from other organisations to tackle loneliness
Charity sets up Loneliness Taskforce in partnership with Senator Keith Swanick


Take to the streets in support of ALONE at this year’s VHI Women’s Mini Marathon
The charity that supports older people to age at home is calling on women throughout the country to participate in aid of ALONE.


No one should be ALONE this Christmas
Vincent Browne asks public to reach out to thousands of older people spending Christmas alone


Baz launches ALONE & An Post’s ‘Do One Thing’ Christmas Campaign
Make Christmas less lonely by sending a card to an older person living alone


ALONE: The First 40 Years – Minister Jim Daly launches book celebrating ALONE’s significant anniversary
A new book on the history of ALONE was launched yesterday evening in the National Library of Ireland


42% increase in number of older people using befriending service
ALONE released its 2016 Annual Report today which showed a 42% increase in the number of people availing of ALONE’s Befriending Service.