Left Out and Locked Down: impacts of covid-19 lockdown for marginalised groups in Scotland. (December 2020)
This research project is focussing on four groups that may already have been isolated, excluded or marginalised prior to Covid-19. The research is organised into work streams for each of these populations. The groups include: Disabilities and long-term health conditions… Read more
Meaningful connections: How peer support in Scotland adapted to a digital world during Covid-19 (December 2020)
This research explores how peer support in Scotland has adapted to a digital world with creativity and flexibility during Covid-19 restrictions. The Meaningful connections research report is based on engagement with 170 different peer support services and 110 participants from… Read more
Beyond the Covid Crisis – Lessons from Lockdown. (September 2020)
Glasgow TSI Network have been carrying out research into the third sector’s response to lockdown in Glasgow. Back in March when the country was placed under lockdown the third sector were quick to act in providing essential services to their communities. The response was incredib… Read more
COVID-19: Learning Report (August 2020)
This report is based on learning gathered by the Life Changes Trust during the lockdown caused by COVID-19. It covers both the young people with care experience programme and the dementia programme. The report includes some of the challenges arising from covid-19 and the oppor… Read more
Real People, Real Stories: how lockdown measures have affected men (August 2020)
Samaritans surveyed almost 2,000 men aged 18 to 59 to find out how the pandemic restrictions have affected their mental health and support networks. 42% of the men questioned felt that the restrictions have had a negative impact on their mental health, with loneliness and/or isol… Read more
Coronavirus and mental health research (August 2020)
The Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH) are running a survey to gauge the impact of coronavirus on people's' mental health and support. The survey is aimed at people living in Scotland, over the age of 16, who receive mental health support, or have been referred for sup… Read more
2020 vision: Hear Me, See Me, Support Me and Don’t Forget Me. The impact of Coronavirus on young and young adult carers in Scotland, and what they want you to do next. (July 2020)
The results of a Carers Trust Scotland survey into the impact of Coronavirus on young carers aged 12 to 17 and young adult carers aged 18 to 25 was published in July 2020. They point to a steep decline in the mental health and wellbeing of thousands of young people across Scotlan… Read more
The mental health emergency: How has the coronavirus pandemic impacted our mental health? (June 2020)
A survey of more than 16,000 people during lockdown by the charity Mind has revealed the scale of the impact of the pandemic on people with mental health problems. Two out of three (65 per cent) adults over 25 and three-quarters (75 per cent) of young people aged 13-24 with an… Read more
Life after lockdown: Tackling loneliness among those left behind (June 2020).
This report from the British Red Cross finds that the Covid-19 crisis has made loneliness worse, with some people more affected than others. Life after lockdown draws on findings from a collection of national-level polling, interviews and evaluations from British Red Cross se… Read more
The mental health effects of the first two months of lockdown and social distancing during the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK (June 2020)
Report from IFS which suggests: "mental health in the UK worsened substantially as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic – by 8.1% on average and by much more for young adults and for women which are groups that already had lower levels of mental health before Covid-19. Hence ine… Read more