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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Holly Patrick

How one man’s heartbreak after losing his best friend sparked a nationwide pub-based campaign to tackle loneliness

Rob Clancy lit up every room he entered. The 29-year-old’s big and bubbly personality left a mark on all his friends.

“He was the funniest guy,” Rob’s best friend Dean Perryman says fondly. “He was the life and soul of every get together.”

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