Connecting Scotland: phase 1 evaluation

Footnotes

1. Learning-in-a-Pandemic - 2020 (nesta.org.uk)

2. Pilot users not included in the evaluation

3. In phase 3 we will be collecting postcodes which will allow for a more fine grained comparative analysis and support more robust evidence of change.

4. E.g. Loneliness and social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic - International Psychogeriatrics May 2020

5. Office for National Statistics, 2018 - Exploring the UK's digital divide

6. Essential digital skills framework - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

7. Scottish Household Survey 2017

8. Citizens Advice Scotland, 2018 - Disconnected - Understanding digital inclusion and improving access

9. Age UK, 2018: age uk digital inclusion evidence review

10. Age UK 2018: All the Lonely People: Loneliness in Later Life

11. Office for National Statistics, 2018 - Exploring the UK's digital divide

12. World Bank, 2021: Disability Inclusion Overview

13. Good Things Foundation (2016): Disability Handbook

14. Worldbank, 2016. Bridging the Disability divide through digital technologies

15. Internet users, UK - Office for National Statistics, 2020

16. Age UK - Internet and older people in the UK - Key Stats (2016)

17. For example - Risk to health | Campaign to End Loneliness (accessed 5/8/2021)

18. Office for National Statistics, 2020 Coronavirus and depression in adults, Great Britain

19. Age UK, 2019: age uk loneliness research briefing-digital inclusion

20. Citizens Advice Scotland, 2018 - Disconnected - Understanding digital inclusion and improving access

21. National Outcomes | National Performance Framework

22. For instance: The coronavirus (COVID‐19) pandemic's impact on mental health - June 2020 - International Journal of Health Planning and Management

23. Mainly because of the difficulties matching responses from the welcome survey to those of the follow-on survey. However, the changes observed here are striking.

24. 'Meeting' with digital champions includes online meetings or phone calls; face to face contact was limited due to COVID-19 restrictions

25. Office for National Statistics, 2019: Internet access – households and individuals, Great Britain