Arts: Loneliness

(asked on 20th June 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made, as part of their loneliness strategy, with Arts Council England to use the new loneliness measure across relevant projects and programmes.


Answered by
Lord Ashton of Hyde Portrait
Lord Ashton of Hyde
This question was answered on 2nd July 2019

Arts Council England (ACE) has been in close contact with DCMS through the development of the Loneliness Strategy, including the development of the new loneliness measure; and has incorporated the measure into current thinking for the evaluation of relevant future programmes that may emerge, as the organisation finalises its new ten-year strategy (due to be launched in 2020).

This is further informed by ACE’s participation in the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Conceptual Review of Loneliness, and also links to recent work, led by HOME Manchester, on how the creative and cultural sectors respond to the need to evidence the social impact of their activities.

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