Reports

Initial Evidence Review: Strategies for encouraging psychological and emotional resilience in response to loneliness (2019), UKRI Loneliness and Social Isolation in Mental Health Research Network for The Campaign to End Loneliness. Authors: Anna Coughtrey, Mary Birken, Thomas Steare, Sophie Bennett, Sonia Johnson, Alexandra Pitman, Tayla McCloud, Jasmine Harju-Seppanen, Michelle H Lim, Hannah Scott, Alice Welch, Alice Zacharia and Roz Shafran. Now available from UCL Discovery.

Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Tackling Loneliness Evidence Review (2022) DCMS Tackling Loneliness Evidence Group: Pamela Qualter (University of Manchester), Louise Arseneault (King’s College London), Manuela Barreto (University of Exeter), Anne-Kathrin Fett (City, University of London), Nancy Hey (What Works Centre for Wellbeing), Sonia Johnson (University College London), Kalpa Kharicha (Campaign to End Loneliness), Timothy Matthews (King’s College London), David McDaid (London School of Economics), Eiluned Pearce (University College London), Alexandra Pitman (University College London), and Christina Victor (Brunel University London).

Loneliness, Social Isolation & Covid-19

Updates from the COVID Social Study.

Building stronger communities in post-pandemic Britain report, APPG on Social Integration, October 2021.

Loneliness beond covid-19: Learning the lessons of the pandemic for a less lonely future, Campaign to End Loneliness report, July 2021.

The adverse effects of social isolation and loneliness on psychological and physical health outcomes in care home residents during COVID-19 - 25th June 2020, Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies, UK Government, August 2021.

Implications of COVID-19 for social determinants of health report, Kendal Orgera, Rachel Garfield & Robin Rudowitz, from the Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation, June 2021.

Crisis and mental life: Implications for Covid-19, Edward Lees-Manning, Hanna Kienzler, Nick Manning, Nikolas Rose, Camilla Royle, River Újhadbor, Centre for Society and Mental Health, June 2021.

COVID-19: Mental health and wellbeing surveillance report, Public Health England, July 2021.

Updates from the COVID Social Study including what has been learned one year on.

Turning to the Light: The Relationship Observatory after one year of covid. Looking back, and looking forward, The Relationships Project.

Still Alone Together: How loneliness changed in Aotearoa New Zealand in 2020 and what it means for public policy, Holly Walker, The Helen Clark Foundation.

The longest year: life under local restrictions, The British Red Cross, 2021.

Updates from the COVID Social Study including what has been learned one year on.Quality of life at home Exploring people’s perceptions of where they live before and during lockdown, Quality of Life Foundation, August 2020.

The COVID Generation: A mental health pandemic in the making report, All-Party Parliamentary Group on a Fit and Healthy Childhood, April 2021.

Mapping loneliness during the Coronavirus pandemic, Office of National Statistics, April 2021. Areas with a higher concentration of younger people and areas with higher rates of unemployment tended to have higher rates of loneliness during the study period.

A Connected Recovery: Findings of the APPG on Loneliness Inquiry, APPG on Loneliness, March 2021, which includes evidence from LSIMHRN members The Campaign to End Loneliness and the Loneliness Lab.

Coronavirus and the social impacts on Great Britain: 30 October 2020. Office of National Statistics (ONS) report. October 20

How has Covid-19 affected loneliness? report from What Works Wellbeing, August 2020.

Coronavirus and the social impacts on Great Britain: 23 October 2020 report, ONS, October 2020.

Community, Connection and Cohesion during Covid-19: Beyond Us and Them report, Belong Network, 2021.

The longest year: life under local restrictions, The British Red Cross, 2021.

COVID-19, Christianity and Wellbeing: A report for the Arthur Rank centre, Caroline Nye and Matt Lobley, 2021. You can read more the ARC 'Together Apart' campaign here, which includes resources for rural churches.

COVID-19: mental health and wellbeing surveillance report, Public Health England, December 2020.

Lonely and Left Behind: Tackling Loneliness at a Time of Crisis report, British Red Cross, October 2020.

Coronavirus and the social impacts on Great Britain: 06 November 2020. Office of National Statistics (ONS) report. November 2020. Levelling up our communities: proposals for a new social covenant, Danny Kruger MP, September 2020.

COVID-19: mental health and wellbeing surveillance report Public Health England, September 2020.

Alone Together: The risks of loneliness in Aotearoa New Zealand following Covid-19 and how public policy can help report, The Helen Clark Foundation, by Holly Walker, June 2020.

How has COVID-19 affected loneliness? What Works Wellbeing, 2020.

Coronavirus and the social impacts on Great Britain: 18 September 2020. Office of National Statistics, 2020.

Coronavirus and loneliness, Great Britain: 3 April 2020 to 3 May 2020 report from the Office of National Statistics.

Coronavirus and the social impacts on Great Britain: 14 May 2020. Office of National Statistics.

Loneliness, Social Isolation & Young People

The Emerging Minds network Co-RAY project is enabling young people to develop resources to support young people’s mental health during COVID-19 (particularly 11 – 16 year olds). You can find the 'feeling lonely, disconnected and isolated' briefing, which LSIMHRN members contributed to, here.

CoRAY (2022) Evidence Brief: Evidence-informed recommendations for supporting young people with feeling lonely, isolated and disconnected. Brief written by Dr Rebecca Watson (University of Oxford), Elise Sellars (University of Oxford), Professor Pamela Qualter (University of Manchester), Dr Maria Loades (University of Bath), Professor Roz Shafran (UCL), Dr Ellie Pearce (UCL), Dr Alexandra Pitman (UCL), Dr Galit Geulayov (University of Oxford), Dr Ola Demkowicz (University of Manchester), Dr Lindsay Dewa (Imperial College London), Professor Cathy Creswell (University of Oxford).

What science has shown can help young people with anxiety and/or depression, The Wellcome Trust, October 2021. This report provides a summary of the findings of reviews conducted by 30 teams worldwide, including members of LSIMHRN focusing on loneliness.

One Small Step report, Co-op Foundation, September 2021.

The COVID Generation: A mental health pandemic in the making report, All-Party Parliamentary Group on a Fit and Healthy Childhood, April 2021.

The Co-op Foundation Lonely Not Alone campaign launched in October 2020 and they released a new report In this together: Young people's experiences of loneliness in the spring/summer 2020 lockdown, and beyond.

Loneliness in Young People, The Mental Health Foundation (MHF) Young Leaders and Leaders Unlocked, February 2021.

LGBT+ inclusion in youth volunteering and social action. The Proud Trust, 2020.

Exploring loneliness in children, Great Britain: 2018. Office of National Statistics, April 2019

'All our emotions are important', Breaking the silence about youth loneliness. Co-op Foundation (PDF)

Loneliness, Social Isolation & Older Adults

Positives of Digital Connection, Ageing Better.

Veazie S, Gilbert J, Winchell K, Paynter R, Guise J-M. Addressing Social Isolation To Improve the Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Review. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; February 2019.

Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults: Opportunities for the Health Care System. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, USA, February 2020.

Productive healthy ageing: interventions for quality of life. Public Health England, March 2019

Government must end use of pain-inducing restraint techniques and solitary confinement of detained children. UK Parliament’s Human Rights Committee, April 2019

Meeting the needs of socially isolated older people in RBKC. Healthwatch Central West London, June 2017 (PDF)

Mental Health & Wellbeing

How can employers help tackle loneliness at work? Jenny Manchester from the Campaign to End Loneliness, What Works Wellbeing blog, May 2021.

What works for workplace mental health? Rhea Newman, What Works Wellbeing blog, June 2021.

Participatory research and wellbeing, Louise Warwick-Booth, What Works Wellbeing blog, June 2021.

How can 'nature connectedness' improve wellbeing for people and nature? Miles Richardson, What Works Wellbeing blog, June 2021.

COVID-19: mental health and wellbeing surveillance report, Public Health England, last updated May 2021.

My Story, Our Future: a storytelling project about living with psychosis, McPin Foundation. Chapter 9 focuses on loneliness and social isolation.

COVID-19: mental health and wellbeing surveillance report, Public Health England, December 2020.

Wellbeing evidence at the heart of policy + three new data analysis projects. What Works Wellbeing, 12 Feb 2020.

UK Mental Health Research Funding 2014–2017. MQ mental health charity (PDF)

'Happiness, and the relationships we have with people and politics', World Happiness Report. What Works Wellbeing, March 2019

Personal and economic well-being in the UK: April 2019. Office of National Statistics, April 2019

Personal and economic well-being: what matters most to our life satisfaction? Office of National Statistics, April 2019

Wayfinder report on wellbeing evidence and policy from What Works Wellbeing.

Personal and economic well-being in the UK: August 2019. Office of National Statistics, August 2019

Loneliness & Technology

Lessons in Loneliness: A report from roundtables on the future of loneliness, social connection, and technology, Aspen Digital, by Kristine Gloria, 2020.

Vodafone launches new report into technology and loneliness. Vodafone Report , March 2019

Everyday technology fighting loneliness report. Wavelength charity

Architecture, Urban Design & Built Environment

Places, spaces, people and wellbeing: Community hubs and green spaces, What Works Wellbeing report, April 2021.

Kinship in the City Report: Urban Loneliness and the Built Environment, Future Spaces Foundation, 2019.

Using Design to Connect Us report from The Loneliness Lab.

Tackling Loneliness & Social Isolation

Let's Talk Loneliness campaign toolkit. As part of the government’s commitment to tackling loneliness, the Let’s Talk Loneliness campaign has been created to bring partners, communities and individuals together to build a national conversation. This tootlkit provides resources to help you join the conversation and help promote the campaign.

Transport schemes announced to tackle loneliness, BBC South West, May 2022.

Initial Evidence Review: Strategies for encouraging psychological and emotional resilience in response to loneliness. Coughtrey A, Birken M, Steare T, Bennett S, Johnson S, Pitman A, McCloud T, Harju-Seppanen J, Lim M, Scott H, Welch A, Zacharia A, Shafran R (2019) Report for the Campaign to End Loneliness authored by the UKRI Loneliness and Social Isolation in Mental Health Research Network. This formed the basis for the Campaign to End Loneliness report 'The Psychology of Loneliness'.

Brief: Evidence-informed recommendations for supporting young people with feeling lonely, isolated and disconnected, Dr Rebecca Watson (University of Oxford), Elise Sellars (University of Oxford), Professor Pamela Qualter (University of Manchester), Dr Maria Loades (University of Bath), Professor Roz Shafran (UCL), Dr Ellie Pearce (UCL), Dr Alexandra Pitman (UCL), Dr Galit Geulayov (University of Oxford), Dr Ola Demkowicz (University of Manchester), Dr Lindsay Dewa (Imperial College London), Professor Cathy Creswell (University of Oxford), 2021.

New drama short film series It's not that deep explores experiences of loneliness in young people. It's based on an evidence-based brief produced by The Emerging Minds network Co-RAY project which is enabling young people to develop resources to support young people’s mental health during COVID-19 (particularly 11 – 16 year olds). You can find the 'feeling lonely, disconnected and isolated' briefing, which LSIMHRN members contributed to, here. Co-RAY has also produced some great infographics, including one of dealing with loneliness.

Report: Reconceptualising Loneliness in London, Neighbourly Lab, Campaign to End Loneliness and What Works Centre for Wellbeing, commissioned by Greater London Assembly, March 2022. You can read a blog highlighting the key findings of the report written by some of the authors, Harry Hobson and Kalpa Kharicha.

Building our social infrastructure: Why levelling up means creating a more socially connected Britain, The Cares Family & Power to Change, October 2021.

Left Out of Life research report from Sense, as part of their campaign of the same name - you can see the campaign film here.

Reflections from the Building Connections Fund development evaluation, NPC, June 2021.

Be Social, Be Well: A Strategic Framework for Tackling Loneliness in North Yorkshire, The Loneliness Campaign North Yorkshire aka TLC. You can read a summary here.

What psychological interventions have an impact on mental wellbeing? Joep Van Agteren, What Works Wellbeing, May 2021.

Volunteering in culture, sports, and arts: what matters to reduce loneliness? What Works Wellbeing blog by Patricia Curmi, December 2020, to launch their new report Participatory arts, sport, physical activity and loneliness: the role of volunteering.

The Psychology of Loneliness report from the Campaign to End Loneliness, July 2020, which includes a review of the literature by members of the Network.

Tackling loneliness Commons Research briefing CBP-8514. Beliis, A et al, 2020.

Evaluation report of the social prescribing demonstrator site in Shropshire. University of Westminster, Jul 2019.

University of Westminster Social Prescribing Unit report evaluating a demonstrator site in Shropshire.

A connected society? Assessing progress in tackling loneliness. A shadow report for the Loneliness Action Group, September 2019 (PDF)

Loneliness and social isolation. The Advocacy Project, January 2019

Government Reports

Must Know: Loneliness - Is your council actively tackling loneliness? Guidance from Local Government Association, December 2021.

DCMS Tackling Loneliness Strategy and the DCMS Tackling Loneliness website and team.

Mental health and loneliness: the relationship across life stages, NatCen qualitative study commissioned by DCMS, June 2022.Factors associated with loneliness in adults in England, NatCen report commissioned by DCMS, June 2022.

Loneliness and mental health report - UK, Mental Health Foundation, May 2022. Released as part of mental health Awareness Week.

Emerging Together: the Tackling Loneliness Network Action Plan, DCMS, May 2021.

Tackling loneliness evidence review, DCMS, January 2022.

Loneliness Monetisation Report, DCMS, August 2020.

Loneliness Annual Report: The first year. Government UK, 20 Jan 2020.

Social capital in the UK: 2020. Office for National Statistics, 20 Feb 2020.

Loneliness Annual Report from the UK government.

Office of National Statistics report on social capital in the UK 2020.

Families and households in the UK: 2018. Office of National Statistics, August 2019.

Personal and economic well-being in the UK: April 2019. Office of National Statistics, April 2019

Personal and economic well-being in the UK: August 2019. Office of National Statistics, August 2019

The cost of living alone. Office of National Statistics, April 2019

Loneliness, Social Isolation & Disability

Four reports from Shaping Our Lives on the impact of COVID-19 in d/Deaf and Disabled People:

Behind Closed Doors: The longer-term impacts of COVID-19 on independent living for d/Deaf and Disabled people, Becki Meakin, Shaping Our Lives, December 2020.
Locked In or Locked Out: d/Deaf and Disabled People's Experiences of using Remote Technologies during COVID-19, Becki Meakin, Shaping Our Lives, December 2020.
Engaged or Ignored? Reflections from Patient Participation Groups about the Impact of COVID-19, Joanna Matthews, Shaping Our Lives, December 2020.
Crisis, Challenge and Change: Reflections from Deaf abd Disabled people's user-led organisations about the impact of COVID-19 on their work in 2020, Joanna Matthews, Shaping Our Lives, December 2020.

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