Contents

pp iii-iii

Notes on the Authors

pp iv-iv

Acknowledgements

pp v-vi

Preface

pp vii-viii

1 - Animate, Attune, Amplify

pp 1-10

2 - Finding Oneself a Loneliness Agenda

pp 11-22

3 - I’M New Here: Creating a New Research Project and A Young Person Led Research Agenda

pp 23-36

Part I - The Social Conditions of Loneliness

pp 37-38

4 - Loneliness and Poverty

pp 39-50

5 - Being an Outsider

pp 51-60

6 - The Education System, Aspiration and Loneliness

pp 61-70

Part II - The Experience of Loneliness

pp 71-72

7 - Transitions

pp 73-84

8 - Loss, Grief and Loneliness

pp 85-94

9 - Being Left Out

pp 95-104

10 - Online Spaces and Connection

pp 105-118

Part III - Building Friendship and Connection

pp 119-120

11 - Asking For Help and Offering Connection

pp 121-130

12 - Youth Work as Method

pp 131-146

13 - Creativity and Solidarity as Method: the Example of Missing and Other Stories

pp 147-160

14 - New Ways For Thinking and Feeling Loneliness

pp 161-178

References

pp 179-192

Index

pp 193-200