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Loneliness during lockdown

Loneliness beyond Covid-19 was the biggest ever review of the impact of Covid-19 on UK loneliness and what we can expect in the future. The review found that although restrictions on social contact during lockdown were universal, people had very different experiences of loneliness.

The report found that: 

• Covid-19 exacerbated existing inequalities, meaning that groups already at risk of loneliness – such as those who were poorer, in worse health or from ethnic minorities or LGBTQ+ communities – were at greater risk during the pandemic.
• If you were already lonely before the pandemic, you were likely to become even more lonely.

Conversations during Covid-19 (March 2021) brought together learning from more than 90 organisations which support people who feel isolated – in how to support people in making and develop meaninful conversations following the pandemic.

Loneliness beyond Covid-19

Loneliness beyond Covid-19 was the biggest ever review of the impact of Covid-19 on UK loneliness and what we can expect in future, found that although restrictions on social contact during lockdown were universal,  people had very different experiences of loneliness.

The report found that

• Covid-19 exacerbated existing inequalities, meaning that groups already at risk of loneliness – such as those who were poorer, in worse health or from ethnic minorities or LGBTQ+ communities – were at greater risk during the pandemic.
• If you were already lonely before the pandemic, you were likely to become even more lonely.

Tackling loneliness in practice