# Campaign to End Loneliness  ## Metadata - Author: [[Source - Campaign to End Loneliness- Facts and Statistics]] - Full Title: Campaign to End Loneliness - Category: #Source/articles - URL: https://www.campaigntoendloneliness.org/evaluation/ ## Highlights - in 2018, the ONS undertook a process of scoping and consultation on loneliness measures, ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h66a92wstvsdsfky3q0rz760)) ![[Screenshot 2023-10-06 at 13.53.48.png]] - the “gold standard” in measuring loneliness is to ==use both direct and indirect measures of loneliness== where possible. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h66a9t9kvjdb9x6qk31d8s1j)) - The first three questions are from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) [three-item loneliness scale](https://measure.whatworkswellbeing.org/measures-bank/loneliness-ons/) ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h66aa1rk6g87vc8bkshh3773)) - Through extensive research and consultation, we developed [The Campaign to End Loneliness Measurement tool](https://www.campaigntoendloneliness.org/wp-content/uploads/Loneliness-Measurement-Guidance1.pdf). We have kept the questions of the scale positively worded and they do not make explicit mention of loneliness, to be inclusive and as widely useful as possible ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h66aene1zgq5teqzegy1psxs)) - Growing the evidence base on loneliness Together with the What Works Centre for Wellbeing, and funded by the DCMS, we are [reviewing the evidence on loneliness alleviation](https://whatworkswellbeing.org/projects/growing-the-loneliness-evidence-base/) and mapping current practices in the field ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h66ag0apv2j2j3q48nttb0k8)) ## See also - [[Source - Getting Started With Loneliness Evaluation]] - [[Question we ask in Alterline Pulse on loneliness]] - [[Source - Loneliness Interventions Across the Life-Course Executive Summary]]