No Isolation

A parent of a child with Tourette syndrome began using AV1 after a period away from school.

With the support of AV1, the student is now attending lessons for four GCSE subjects and has reconnected with their school community.

🎉 Exciting News! AV1 has its very own space on Facebook 🚀

Dear No Isolation community,

We're thrilled to announce that AV1 now has its own dedicated page to keep you up-to-date on AV1 news, updates and community stories.

From now on, this page will focus solely on Komp, while the new page will be the go-to destination for everything AV1.

👉 Follow AV1's new page at: https://eu1.hubs.ly/H06jDSl0

If you follow us here for AV1, we encourage you to hop over to the new page. Your support means the world to us, and we want to make sure you stay connected.

Thank you for being part of the No Isolation community, and we can't wait to continue this journey with you in a space just for AV1. 🌐💙

Okinawa is bringing people together through small groups of lifelong friends! On the Japanese island of Okinawa, there is an extraordinarily high number of centenarians. One of the reasons is "moai" - groups of lifelong friends. Traditionally, groups of five children are brought together, who promise to support each other for life. The "Moai" meet several times a week throughout a lifetime.

Moai—This Tradition is Why Okinawan People Live Longer, Better - Blue Zones Elders in Okinawa, Japan, one of the original “Blue Zones” longevity hotspots, live extraordinarily better and longer lives than almost anyone else in the world.

Gaming has become an important social arena for many, where people can meet to compete and cooperate on equal terms. SpecialEffect is a charity that makes this arena accessible to everyone, through customising gaming equipment for people with severe physical disabilities. This week, through an online donation battle, they were given $1M to continue their work making gaming available for all! 🥳

Fall Guys Auction raises $1M 31 Aug 2020 Fall Guys Auction raises $1M A Battle of the Brands auction for a character costume design in the hit video game Fall Guys has raised $1M for SpecialEffect. The online auction, organised by the game’s creators Mediatonic and Devolver, saw a bidding war that included some of the video ...

Many of our grandparents and relatives over the age of 70 are being hit hard by the lockdown - unable to leave their homes they are vulnerable and feel isolated. As a result, younger family members are stepping up to help them - and building stronger connections in the process. ‘A simple photo sent to a family chat can make someone’s day and a video call between grandparent and grandchild can help both parties to feel less alone. Memories don’t have to be built in person – simply being connected is what matters.’ says Karen, No Isolation CEO to Metro.

Lockdown is helping us forge deeper connections with our grandparents Elderly people say they have felt 'more loved' since self-isolation began.

Seren is using her AV1, "David", to keep in touch with friends and family now that school's closed. She is in long-term medical isolation due to cancer treatment, and will most likely not be able to return to school until May 2021. Thanks to SpecialEffect's BubbleBuster project, she gets to stay connected. Read her story:

Seren's busting out of school 27 Mar 2020 Busting out of school and keeping in touch Until very recently six year-old Seren, who's having cancer treatment and as a result is already in long-term medical isolation because of her immune deficiency, was ‘back at school’ in a brilliantly virtual way thanks to her home-controlled...

Feeling stressed and anxious? We do. Isolation does that. Some advice: Call each other at meal time. Eating with someone increases your appetite. Have a chat through the window or from your balcony. Help those who cannot leave their house, buy them medicine and groceries, help with gardening or walk their dog. Community, neighbours and compassion is more important now than ever. We are all 💕

Most of us are now self-isolating and we get our daily contact through social media and technology. It's important to remember those among us who are not on any digital channel, and pick up the phone.

More relevant than ever, check out co-founder Karen Dolva's blog entry in HuffPost UK from last year on how we need to remember this group when developing tech.

Better Tech Can Be The Solution To Loneliness In Older People I'm sure you fire off emails, WhatsApp messages, Instagram comments and expect instant responses – our parents’ generation isn’t used to this.