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  • Breaking Isolation Network - First Meeting In Agen

    First TNM of the Breaking Isolation network in Agen

    The city of Agen, represented by Claire Rives, municipal councillor delegated to the CCAS (Central Fund for Social Activities), had the pleasure of hosting the delegations from the nine European cities of the Breaking Isolation network on September 13 and 14, 2023. These two days were an opportunity for our partners to meet and participate in cohesion workshops organized by Christophe Gouache, the Expert of the Breaking Isolation network. A meeting that also allowed for raising awareness and involving participants in the entire process.

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    Barbara Gautherie

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  • Breaking Isolation - european Urbact program

    Social isolation: a silent and nearly invisible epidemic that needs to be broken

    Humans are, by nature, social creatures. We, humans, need social interactions. We need to talk, to laugh, to cry, to play, to share. Of course, we also enjoy, sometimes, to withdraw and take a break from social interactions. This is the need for solitude. And it’s just fine and a rather healthy practice. Because it’s temporary, it’s about taking time just for yourself.

    But what happens when one does not get any social interaction, at all? And when it’s not by choice? When a person has, completely, and for a long period, no meeting, no sharing, no exchanging with his/her fellow human? What happens when one gets truly isolated, left alone? What happens to our society when more and more people get isolated, feel left out, abandoned, unfit for society?

    Christophe Gouache

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