Stories
- Article
Social isolation and the search for sanctuary
Threatened with deportation, Furaha Asani turned to her church for support. Met with silence and disinterest, she walked away, but argues that churches should do much more for migrants.
- In pictures
The friendly societies and healthcare
For a couple of centuries, friendly societies plugged the healthcare gap between expensive private care and charitable institutions for many thousands of people in the UK.
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“Everybody desires a degree of independence”
I’m 26, and building a network of friends and my career. Unlike most people my age, I’m entirely dependent on carers to achieve this.
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Belonging, babies and self-belief
As a first-time mother living abroad, it seemed too exhausting to truly connect with new acquaintances. Instead, Tanya Perdikou began to make a kind of peace with herself.
Catalogue
- Books
Social networks and social support / edited by Benjamin H. Gottlieb.
Date: [1981], ©1981- Books
Social networks and popular understanding of science and health : sharing disparities / Brian G. Southwell.
Southwell, Brian G. (Brian Glen), 1974-Date: 2013- Books
The social future of academic libraries : new perspectives on communities, networks and engagement / edited by Tim Schlak, Sheila Corrall and Paul J. Bracke.
Date: 2022- Books
For better or for worse? : collaborative couples in the sciences / Annette Lykknes, Donald L. Opitz, Brigitte van Tiggelen, editors.
Date: [2012], ©2012- Books
Social brain, distributed mind / edited by Robin Dunbar, Clive Gamble, John Gowlett.
Date: 2010