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All the guidance and measure documents listed below are from national and local campaigns around loneliness
- Resources for Research on Loneliness
Informing Public Policy: A Guide for UCL Researchers and Staff, UCL Public Policy.
听from the听What Works Centre for Wellbeing.
听dashboard from听What Works Centre for Wellbeing听looking at emerging research on the impact of the pandemic on different populations and on different outcomes starting with subjective wellbeing and its six drivers, including loneliness and social isolation.
School for Public Health researchers from the public mental health programme have developed a听.听This Conceptual Framework for Public Mental Health is a web-based tool that brings together evidence from academic research, reports, and practitioner and public consultations to map out the factors affecting mental health across all stages of a person鈥檚 life, including links to key evidence and lived experiences. Further information听.
Social Isolation and Loneliness 听is useful for keeping up with the loneliness literature.听 F4SC has taken over the dissemination of the Social Isolation & Loneliness Working Group (SILWG) weekly report.
is a new international & interdisciplinary community platform, which aims to unite global thought leaders, researchers and projects on Social Health, Loneliness Interventions & the Future of Human Connection.
, Public Health England, May 2021.
, Mental Health Research Matters blog, Sam Parsons, following on from cross-network ECR event in November 2020.
The Arts Health Early Career Research Network has launched its .
Working paper that provides a to improve research transparency, reproducibility and quality.
Mental health research funding body MQ has launched an online research participant .
available on older men and loneliness including research findings, policy implications and practical guidance.
The Academy of Medical Sciences has launched a page on loneliness and social isolation in their section on Career Support, including a video of Network joint-lead Alexandra Pitman talking about .
includes up-to-date information to support research including co-production, public engagement, research integrity, ethics and open research, and support for engaging听 in international partnerships.
- Resources for Datasets & Measurement Tools
dashboard from What Works Centre for Wellbeing听looking at emerging research on the impact of the pandemic on different populations and on different outcomes starting with subjective wellbeing and its six drivers, including loneliness and social isolation.
Ending Loneliness Together, August 2021.
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measuring mental health during COVID-19 in different parts of the world.
: an interactive catalogue of mental health and wellbeing measures already collected in British cohort and longitudinal studies. This is a great resource for people considering applying for our plus project funds.
The provides local scores for factors that affect wellbeing, as well as sustainability and equality.
The Co-op Foundation .
- Resources & Toolkits for Tackling Loneliness
Let's Talk Loneliness.听As part of the government鈥檚 commitment to tackling loneliness, the Let鈥檚 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.
听to share from the Connection Coalition.
, developed in partnership with the What Works Centre for Wellbeing.
, an intervention developed by researchers including Cath Haslam that听aims to improve social connections.Let's Talk Loneliness.听As part of the government鈥檚 commitment to tackling loneliness, the Let鈥檚 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.
UK Mental Health Awareness week (10-16 May 2021) resources about, mental Health Foundation.
to share from the Connection Coalition.
collated by the International Loneliness and Isolation Research Network (I-LINk).
to share from the Connection Coalition.
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has created to support their commitment to working with charities.
Norwegian company have created various technologies to help people remain connected.
from Eden Project Communities.
for ending homelessness, of which the fourth priority area is relationships.
, evidence and guidance on understanding and tackling loneliness available from What Works Wellbeing.
from the Joseph Roundtree Foundation.
for the farming community, including for mental health.
A for rural churches on loneliness and social isolation from network members The Arthur Rank Centre.
from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government on their vision for stronger communities
- Resources for Tackling Loneliness in Young People
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The Emerging Minds network Co-RAY project is enabling young people to (particularly 11 鈥� 16 year olds). You can find the 'feeling lonely, disconnected and isolated' briefing.
Hampshire Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services have launched with resources to start conversations with young people and sources of information and support.
from the Coop Foundation on working with youth loneliness.
aka TLC, including standing up to youth loneliness, tackling loneliness in the workplace and combatting loneliness through volunteering. TLC ran from January 2020 until March 2021 and was a collaborative project led by Community First Yorkshire with funding from the National Lottery Community Fund, North Yorkshire County Council and ACRE.
- Resources for Tackling Loneliness in Older People
, a group-based intervention to address loneliness in older people developed in Finland.
, Extra Care.
available on older men and loneliness including research findings, policy implications and practical guidance.
- Resources for Loneliness & Workplace Wellbeing
, Department for Digital, Media, Culture and Sport, May 2021.
on workplace wellbeing.
- Resources for Evaluating & Measuring Impact
听dashboard from听What Works Centre for Wellbeing听looking at emerging research on the impact of the pandemic on different populations and on different outcomes starting with subjective wellbeing and its six drivers, including loneliness and social isolation.
听from Public Health England includes data on mental health and wellbeing and related risk factors including loneliness.
Ending Loneliness Together, August 2021.
What Works Wellbeing blog, Ingrid Abreu Scherer and Margherita Musella, February 2021.
Resources from the government on
form the Lottery Community Fund to help community organisations plan, understand, measure and improve impact.
- Other Resources
, an intervention developed by researchers including听Cath Haslam听that听aims to improve social connections.
Here is some听, provided by the Mental Health Research Incubator.
听from the Closing the Gap network.
The National Institute of Health Research (NIHR)听incubator for mental health research has developed a new听听It provides advice, support and networking opportunities.听
听from the MHR Incubator.听Use the map to find out about the mental health research that is happening in organisations and research departments near you.听
听Guidance from Local Government Association, December 2021.
from the Office of National Statistics, April 2021.
The Public Health England mental health profiling tools have undergone some .
from the WHO on the role of arts in wellbeing.
听 on tackling loneliness and a of resources and publications.
鈥� read what our network members The Loneliness Lab have learnt so far.
from the British Geriatrics Society on loneliness.
Governments campaign, launched to tie in with 2019.
