Case Study #1

We propose that the simple project might be embraced and hosted by the health service with benches found in GP surgeries and hospital grounds. These are generally safe environments with plenty of people around and CCTV surveillance. People visiting these establishments are often either those vulnerable or those with caring empathetic natures willing to help others. 

Our thoughts are that the idea could be rolled out under council provision as a community project in parks, seafronts and town centres. Additionally to organisations like the National Trust where people will likely share similar interests. Cinemas or Theatres? Perhaps it would be possible to extend the concept to tables in cafes and restaurants where people would then be able to dine in the company of others instead of dining alone. Single people often find themselves not stopping to enjoy a coffee or a snack as they don’t relish the idea of siting alone but neither do they wish to be involved in organised events specifically aimed at singles or elderly. They just want to stop in a nice cafe for a coffee and a chat like anyone else would do. 

Locations can be registered on this website. An interactive map allowing people to easily find the seating options most local to them. e hope, that over time, the Sunflower Sign™ could become a national signal for friendship, easily recognised and used by organisations within their existing facilities to invite conversation amongst strangers.