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P.ublished 14th June 2023
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TransPennine Express (TPE) Uses The Power Of Poetry To Tackle Loneliness
A TPE Class 397
The video, which was produced as part of TPE’s ongoing partnership with the Campaign to end Loneliness, aims to highlight the issue of social isolation, and encourages people to connect with one another during this Loneliness Awareness Week (12 - 16 June).
Chris Jackson, interim Managing Director at TPE, said:
“This week, and every other week, the rail industry plays a key role in connecting people and places through its services.
"We know that a small moment of connection during someone’s day can have a real impact in alleviating feelings of loneliness, and hope that this video will inspire customers travelling through our stations to say hello and have a quick chat with one another.
“Wordsworth wrote a beautiful poem that introduces a sense of togetherness between humanity and nature.
It’s tempting to think that loneliness is something you should keep to yourself, but we share the vision of the Campaign to End Loneliness that everyone can live a life free from chronic loneliness.”
“This week, and every other week, the rail industry plays a key role in connecting people and places through its services.
"We know that a small moment of connection during someone’s day can have a real impact in alleviating feelings of loneliness, and hope that this video will inspire customers travelling through our stations to say hello and have a quick chat with one another.
“Wordsworth wrote a beautiful poem that introduces a sense of togetherness between humanity and nature.
It’s tempting to think that loneliness is something you should keep to yourself, but we share the vision of the Campaign to End Loneliness that everyone can live a life free from chronic loneliness.”
In 2021, TPE launched its ‘chatty benches’, in a push to end loneliness and increase conversations amongst customers, following more than a year of reduced interactions amongst the public due to the pandemic.
Robin Hewings, Programme Director of the Campaign to End Loneliness, said:
“We’re thrilled with TPE’s ongoing support and dedication to tackling the loneliness epidemic, including the chatty benches at each of its managed stations.
“Simple initiatives such as chatty benches remind us that it's important to make the effort and see how someone's day is going. These small moments of connection can really make our day - and for some of us it can be sorely needed.”
“We’re thrilled with TPE’s ongoing support and dedication to tackling the loneliness epidemic, including the chatty benches at each of its managed stations.
“Simple initiatives such as chatty benches remind us that it's important to make the effort and see how someone's day is going. These small moments of connection can really make our day - and for some of us it can be sorely needed.”
Read more about TPE’s partnership with Campaign to End Loneliness here.