Publication - Strategy/plan

Social isolation and loneliness: Recovering our Connections 2023 to 2026

Published: 8 March 2023
Directorate: Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
Topic: Equality and rights, Health and social care
ISBN: 9781805254690

A Plan to take forward the delivery of A Connected Scotland – our strategy for tackling social isolation and loneliness and building stronger social connections.

Supporting documents

Footnotes

1. A Connected Scotland: our strategy for tackling social isolation and loneliness and building stronger social connections - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

2. Social Isolation and Loneliness among Older People; advocacy brief (who.int)

3. Loneliness-beyond-Covid-19-July-2021.pdf (campaigntoendloneliness.org)

4. MHAW22_Loneliness_Scotland_Report.pdf (mentalhealth.org.uk)

5. Loneliness and Wellbeing in Young People - What Works Wellbeing

6. 3. Mental Health Outcomes - Coronavirus (COVID-19): mental health tracker study - wave 1 report - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

7. Coronavirus (COVID-19) - impact on wellbeing: survey summary - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

8. 3. Mental Health Outcomes - Coronavirus (COVID-19): mental health tracker study - wave 1 report - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

9. Detailed analysis (data.gov.scot)

10. Public attitudes to Coronavirus: January update - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

11. Figures from YouGov Plc on behalf of the British Red Cross. Total sample size was 1006 adults. Fieldwork was undertaken between 15th - 19th December 2022. The survey was carried out online. The figures have been weighted and are representative of all Scottish adults (aged 18+).

12. Coronavirus (COVID-19): impact on equality (research) - gov.scot (www.gov.scot).

13. The Impact of COVID-19 on Wellbeing in Scotland: Wave 4 Fieldwork 26 Jan –11 Feb 2022 (www.gov.scot)

14. 3. Mental Health Outcomes - Coronavirus (COVID-19): mental health tracker study - wave 1 report - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

15. One-Small-Step-research.pdf (coopfoundation.org.uk)(August 2021)

16. The Impact of COVID-19 on Wellbeing in Scotland: Wave 4 Fieldwork 26 Jan –11 Feb 2022 (www.gov.scot)

17. Life after lockdown tackling loneliness | British Red Cross (June 2020)

18. COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on social relationships and health | Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health (bmj.com) (January 2022)

19. Scottish Household Survey 2020 - telephone survey: key findings - gov.scot (www.gov.scot). The survey is not comparable with previous years' findings due to methodological changes. (January 2022)

20. The longest year life after lockdown (redcross.org.uk) (February 2021)

21. As above.

22. Lonely in a crowd: investigating the association between overcrowding and loneliness using smartphone technologies | Scientific Reports (nature.com) reported in People feel lonelier in crowded cities – but green spaces can help (theconversation.com) (December 2021)

23. COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on social relationships and health | Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health (bmj.com) (January 2022)