Aim of the proposed project is to increase the social inclusion and decrease of loneliness among the most vulnerable group of elderly: those with low (digital) literacy levels. This will be done by the development of an innovative story-telling based e-training, facilitating volunteers and caregivers in valuable conversations. Development takes place in close collaboration with the target groups. The three-year project will be executed by a transnational consortium of five partners, from four different countries (NL, LU, UK, AU). The partner organisations are representatives of (lonely) elderly people, a design partner with expertise in co-design and a technical partner with experience in technical solutions for the older population. Loneliness is a serious problem among the elderly in Europe. In the Netherlands, there are over 4.1 billion people aged 55+. Out of these, 200,000 feel extremely lonely: they have social contact only once a month. In the United Kingdom, 1.2 million older people indicate chronic feelings of loneliness. Chronic feelings of loneliness can bring people down into a spiral of social exclusion. Older people with a lower literacy level are especially at risk of social exclusion as participation in current knowledge based societies are very much based on the ability to read and write. Storytelling can help them to make sense of their lives and connect them with their social environment. We use stories constantly; to inform, to connect with others or to share our feelings. Stories are used to organize our thoughts, find meaning and purpose and establish a sense of identity in this world. This is also why some people keep a journal organising their thoughts by writing them down on a regular basis. The proposed project aims to use these principles of storytelling in the development of a training against loneliness. Digital developments provide new opportunities in sharing personal narratives. However, many elderly people feel hesitant using them. They are for instance anxious to retain their privacy and distinguish between what they want to share with family, close friends or acquaintances. This is particularly true for those with a low literacy level. This is a pity as these digital tools may help to arrange, capture and use stories. Taking into account the needs of older people with low (digital) literacy levels and those working with them, our project aims to develop an e-training especially focusing on this target group. Following a structure of six work packages, the project will deliver five intellectual Outputs: - Intellectual Output 1 includes an offline training, integrating known principles in the field of storytelling which are relevant to use to combat loneliness among our target groups; -Intellectual Output 2 contains an e-training in which the offline tool is translated into a digital instrument. This translation will take care in close collaboration with the aimed target groups; - Intellectual Output 3 includes a supportive training for volunteers and professionals working with lonely older adults for whom the initial training is developed. This training will be launched at a transnational train-the-trainer event before the pilot starts in which the outputs are tested; - Intellectual Output 4 is a handbook, based on the pilot. The handbook includes the results and a manual for the different steps in execution of the trainings modules; - Intellectual Output 5 includes a toolkit for implementation, integrating all the delivered outputs. The toolkit provides practical tips and tricks to implement the outputs in other settings. The toolkit will be officially launched at a finalizing multiplier event at the end of the project;