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The charity's main focus is addressing loneliness for older people and its Chief Executive 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| dead-url=yes}}</ref>
A number of other long-term projects in farming, fishing and regional communities are also supported by the charity.
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Through [[City Bridge Trust]] funding, the Community Network have supported phone groups for the elderly in London since 2012. <ref>{{cite web
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