22.02.2024 | 2 min read
Tracey Crouch MP on her role as the world’s first Minister for Loneliness
The world's first Minister for Loneliness, Tracey Crouch, discusses her trailblazing work in wellbeing policy in the UK on the latest Working on Wellbeing podcast episode.Our Working on Wellbeing podcast guest this week is Tracey Crouch, a Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom. She is the current Conservative MP for Chatham and Aylesford.
In today’s episode, host Sarah Cunningham hits the road to meet Tracey in her constituency office. They discuss Tracey’s career highlights, how she works on her own wellbeing, and her hopes for a government that truly prioritises wellbeing.
Tracey was appointed as the world’s first Minister for Loneliness in January 2018, an expansion to her position as Minister for Sport and Civil Society. As Minister for Loneliness, Tracey researched and created a strategy to tackle loneliness. The findings contributed to a shift in perceptions of loneliness both within government and amongst the UK general public.
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