A place to belong: The role of youth organisations in addressing youth loneliness

16th March 2021

UK Youth, 2018

Download PDF report This report focuses on the role of local youth organisations in addressing youth loneliness from the perspective of youth workers. UK Youth looked at four themes:

awareness of youth loneliness
capability to address youth loneliness
barriers to addressing youth loneliness
support required to more effectively address youth loneliness

Evidence was collected on these four themes using three methodologies with youth workers from across the UK:

a quantitative online survey with 152 respondents
three focus groups
twelve in-depth interviews