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'''Community Network''' is a registered charity in the [[United Kingdom]],<ref>{{EW charity|1000011|Community Network}}</ref> formed initially in [[Northern Ireland]] in August 1990 as a six-month project to bring people together across the sectarian divide using telecommunications. It went on to become a UK-wide charity using telecommunications for social benefit.

The charity's main focus is addressing loneliness for older people, and its Chiefchief Executiveexecutive, Angela Harris, has spoken out about this increasing issue in society.<ref name="Express">{{cite news |title=The dangers of loneliness for our elderly |newspaper=Sunday Express |publisher=Northern and Shell Media Publications |date=1 December 2013 |last=Johnston |first=Lucy |url=http://www.express.co.uk/news/retirement/446112/The-dangers-of-loneliness-for-our-elderly |accessdate=13 June 2014}}</ref> Community Network is also included as a resource to support loneliness in older people on the [[National_Health_Service]] website NHS Choices.<ref>{{cite web|title=NHS Choices|url=http://www.nhs.uk/livewell/women60-plus/pages/loneliness-in-older-people.aspx}}</ref>

Community Network has been working since October 2013 with [[The Silver Line]], a help line for older people established by [[Esther Rantzen]] CBE, by providing group calls called "Silver Circles".<ref>{{cite web| title=Community Network Oct2013| url=http://communitynetworkprojects.org/2013/10/silver-circles-a-partnership-with-the-silver-line| access-date=2014-06-13| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715061939/http://communitynetworkprojects.org/2013/10/silver-circles-a-partnership-with-the-silver-line/| archive-date=2014-07-15| url-status=dead}}</ref>