
Lottery cash sees Stoke-on-Trent charity prevent more people experiencing loneliness
Just over a year year after a Stoke-on-Trent community centre benefited from fund to help tackle loneliness, they say it has made a big difference. Chell Area Family Action Group, based at the Whitfield Valley Centre in Fegg Hayes, was awarded nearly £100,000 in December 2018, from the Building Connections Fund developed in response to the Jo Cox Commission on Loneliness to support projects that prevent or reduce isolation. That has allowed it to buy a disabled friendly mini