Join-in lunch | Week Against Loneliness
September 25 to October 1 2025 is the Week Against Loneliness. Did you know that in the Netherlands 1 in 7 people feel very lonely? Loneliness and social isolation are also common among employees and students with (workplace) disabilities or (psychological) vulnerabilities. The impact of this is extensive, especially if it persists for a long time. Loneliness causes people to participate less in society and it creates the feeling that well-being or happiness is lacking. This is why Network USP Inclusive participates in the Week Against Loneliness*.
We are organising a Join-In-Lunch on Tuesday, September 30 to bring employees (and students) in the Utrecht Science Park closer together. Will you join us? And are you bringing someone else? Meeting each other and making new connections is our main focus. Everyone is welcome, regardless of if you are experiencing loneliness or a (workplace)disability/ (psychological) vulnerability yourself. Tackling loneliness starts with making contact and connecting.
Practical information
Date: 30 September 2025, walk-in event between 12:00 – 13:30.
Location: HU University of Applied Sciences, Educatieplein, Padualaan 97.
For whom: everyone!
Admission: free.
Accessibility: the lunch is vegetarian and the venue is wheelchair accessible. Is there anything else we can take into account for you? Please let us know via the registration form, and we will look at the possibilities with you.
Registration: Due to catering ordering, registration is required. You can register until Tuesday, September 23, 2025.
*The Week Against Loneliness is organized by the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport as part of the One Against Loneliness action program. More than three-quarters of the Netherlands’ municipalities and some 200 national civil society organisations, institutions and companies have joined the programme. For more information, visit www.eentegeneenzaamheid.nl (in Dutch).