Covid-19 Loneliness Fund evaluation
Presenting the findings of the evaluation of the Covid-19 Loneliness Fund
Applies to England
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The £5m Loneliness Covid-19 Fund was launched in May 2020 to support 9 national organisations working to tackle loneliness and build social connections to help them to continue and adapt their critical work during the pandemic.
The National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) was appointed as evaluator for this fund. This report presents the results of a process evaluation of the fund, to see how it supported the delivery and adaption of services aimed at addressing loneliness during COVID-19 restrictions.
In December 2020, the value of the Covid-19 Fund was increased to £7m as part of wider work on tackling winter loneliness. However, the evaluation scope was not increased and only covers the original funding, for activities until end-December 2020.