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Individuals
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Enjoys positive and constructive relationships with others
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Increased satisfaction with own friendships (quality of friendships)
- Addiction issues
- Children
- Disabled (learning)
- Disabled (physical)
- Ex-offenders
- Long-term health conditions
- Mental health needs
- Parents
- Young people
- Reports improvements in the quality of their friendships and relationships with othersAdd -
Increased satisfaction with own friendships
- Addiction issues
- Children
- Disabled (learning)
- Disabled (physical)
- Ex-offenders
- Homeless
- Long-term health conditions
- Long-term unemployed
- Mental health needs
- Older people
- Parents
- Victims of crime
- Young people
- Has one or more friends they feel close to - Is satisfied with their relationships with friends - Has improved the number, quality and frequency of their friendshipsAdd -
Improved social networks and involvement
- Addiction issues
- Children
- Disabled (learning)
- Disabled (physical)
- Ex-offenders
- Homeless
- Long-term health conditions
- Long-term unemployed
- Mental health needs
- Older people
- Parents
- Victims of crime
- Young people
- Has a broader social network - Is active in their social network - Number of contacts on social network sitesAdd -
Improved relationships between parents and children
- Children
- Young people
- Addiction issues
- Children
- Disabled (physical)
- Long-term health conditions
- Parents
- Young people
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Has changed potentially harmful relationships for more positive ones
- Addiction issues
- Children
- Disabled (learning)
- Ex-offenders
- Homeless
- Mental health needs
- Older people
- Parents
- Victims of crime
- Young people
- Is free from emotional abuse and violence - Is free from negative social influences, peer groupsAdd -
Has a positive relationship with carer
- Disabled (learning)
- Disabled (physical)
- Long-term health conditions
- Mental health needs
- Older people
- Has a positive relationship with their carers - Carers report having a positive relationship with the person cared for, and are able to manage conflict sensitively2Add -
Enjoys appropriate and stable relationships with family and partner (domestic abuse)
- Children
- Parents
- Victims of crime
- Young people
- Is able to live free from domestic abuse and violenceAdd -
Enjoys appropriate and stable relationships with family and partner
- Addiction issues
- Children
- Disabled (learning)
- Disabled (physical)
- Ex-offenders
- Homeless
- Long-term health conditions
- Long-term unemployed
- Mental health needs
- Older people
- Parents
- Victims of crime
- Young people
- Has an improved relationship with parents/carers/partner so that there is a reduced risk of family breakdown - Has a positive relationship with one or more relatives - Is satisfied with the quality of their family relationshipsAdd
Family, partners, friends and carers of those with specific needs are supported
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Improved support for family members, partners, primary carers, and friends of those with specific needs
- Addiction issues
- Children
- Disabled (learning)
- Disabled (physical)
- Long-term health conditions
- Mental health needs
- Older people
- Family members, partners, carers and friends of those with specific needs have access to and use as appropriate specialist advice, counselling and support - Family members, partners, carers, and friends of those with specific needs are satisfied with the support providedAdd -
Family members, partners and carers feel better supported and more able to live and enjoy their own lives (respite)
- Disabled (learning)
- Disabled (physical)
- Long-term health conditions
- Mental health needs
- Older people
- Has access to respite opportunities - Number of days of respite takenAdd
Has the skills, strategy and support to maintain and manage relationships
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Improved support for families, children and young people (vulnerable parents)
- Addiction issues
- Parents
- Has access to and uses support networksAdd -
Improved support for families, children and young people (transitions)
- Disabled (learning)
- Disabled (physical)
- Mental health needs
- Older people
- Is supported when making transitionsAdd -
Improved support for families, children and young people
- Children
- Young people
- Addiction issues
- Children
- Disabled (learning)
- Disabled (physical)
- Ex-offenders
- Long-term health conditions
- Mental health needs
- Older people
- Parents
- Young people
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Improved communication skills
- Addiction issues
- Children
- Disabled (learning)
- Disabled (physical)
- Ex-offenders
- Long-term health conditions
- Long-term unemployed
- Mental health needs
- Older people
- Parents
- Victims of crime
- Young people
- Is able to communicate and express themselves appropriately in different social situations - Has developed communication skillsAdd -
Improved access to good quality relationship support when needed and is confident that it is there
- Addiction issues
- Disabled (learning)
- Disabled (physical)
- Ex-offenders
- Long-term health conditions
- Mental health needs
- Older people
- Parents
- Victims of crime
- Young people
- Knows where to go for relationship support - Is receiving communication or relationship support as appropriate - Reports feeling they have they have successfully improved their communication skills and ability to manage their relationships as a result of their supportAdd -
Improved access to and use of key communication technologies (support)
- Disabled (learning)
- Disabled (physical)
- Long-term health conditions
- Older people
- Parents
- Has the necessary support and equipment to use digital communication technologiesAdd -
Improved access to and use of key communication technologies
- Addiction issues
- Disabled (learning)
- Disabled (physical)
- Ex-offenders
- Long-term health conditions
- Mental health needs
- Older people
- Parents
- Victims of crime
- Young people
- Has access to key communication technologies (telephone, email, internet) - Knows how to use the internet, email, and social networking sites (if desired) - Level of use of key communication technologiesAdd -
Improved ability to maintain or form a supportive relationship with significant other(s)
- Addiction issues
- Children
- Disabled (learning)
- Disabled (physical)
- Ex-offenders
- Long-term health conditions
- Long-term unemployed
- Mental health needs
- Older people
- Parents
- Victims of crime
- Young people
- Is able to maintain their relationships successfullyAdd -
Family members, partners and carers feel better supported and more able to live and enjoy their own lives
- Disabled (learning)
- Disabled (physical)
- Long-term health conditions
- Mental health needs
- Older people
- Family members, partners and carers report feel able to live their own livesAdd
Feels and is socially connected
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Has a person in times of emergency or need
- Addiction issues
- Children
- Disabled (learning)
- Disabled (physical)
- Ex-offenders
- Homeless
- Long-term health conditions
- Long-term unemployed
- Mental health needs
- Older people
- Parents
- Victims of crime
- Young people
- Reports having someone they can contact in times of emergency or needAdd -
Feels respected, valued, loved, supported and cared about
- Addiction issues
- Children
- Disabled (learning)
- Disabled (physical)
- Ex-offenders
- Homeless
- Long-term health conditions
- Long-term unemployed
- Mental health needs
- Older people
- Parents
- Victims of crime
- Young people
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Feels comfortable meeting new people and making new relationships
- Addiction issues
- Children
- Disabled (learning)
- Disabled (physical)
- Ex-offenders
- Homeless
- Long-term health conditions
- Long-term unemployed
- Mental health needs
- Older people
- Parents
- Victims of crime
- Young people
- Has access to ways to meet new people and the appropriate support - Reports feeling improved confidence and ability to meet new peopleAdd -
Enjoys social activities
- Addiction issues
- Children
- Disabled (learning)
- Disabled (physical)
- Ex-offenders
- Homeless
- Living in poverty
- Long-term health conditions
- Long-term unemployed
- Mental health needs
- Older people
- Parents
- Victims of crime
- Young people
- Has improved involvement in a range of regular fun, sociable activities - Keeps in touch with other people through activities - Reports feeling more active and less isolatedAdd -
Develops the level of social intimacy or connection with others that is right for them, and does not feel lonely
- Addiction issues
- Disabled (learning)
- Disabled (physical)
- Ex-offenders
- Homeless
- Long-term health conditions
- Long-term unemployed
- Mental health needs
- Older people
- Parents
- Victims of crime
- Young people
- Amount of social time - Has social contact at least once a week - Level of social isolation or lonelinessAdd
Communities
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A resilient society with meaningful connections
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Reduction in levels of isolation/loneliness
- Children
- Disabled (learning)
- Disabled (physical)
- Ex-offenders
- Homeless
- Long-term health conditions
- Long-term unemployed
- Mental health needs
- Older people
- Parents
- Victims of crime
- National/local levels of isolation/lonelinessAdd -
Improved resilience and support networks
- Addiction issues
- Disabled (learning)
- Disabled (physical)
- Ex-offenders
- Homeless
- Living in poverty
- Long-term health conditions
- Long-term unemployed
- Mental health needs
- Older people
- Parents
- Victims of crime
- Young people
- Proportion of people who feel like they have a support network - Availability of social infrastructure for social networkingAdd -
Improved relationships with family and friends
- Children
- Disabled (physical)
- Ex-offenders
- Homeless
- Long-term health conditions
- Older people
- Parents
- Young people
- Rates of divorce - Rates of domestic violence - Rates of weekly contact with family or friends - Number of children who are able to live safely in their family or family network - Number of children who are identified as being “at risk” or assessed as needing safe guarding by social services - Rates of children taken into care - Successful levels of adoption and fosteringAdd -
Improved digital infrastructure for social contact (specific needs)
- Disabled (learning)
- Disabled (physical)
- Long-term health conditions
- Long-term unemployed
- Mental health needs
- Older people
- Availability of support for digital inclusion for people with specific needsAdd -
Improved digital infrastructure for social contact
- Disabled (learning)
- Disabled (physical)
- Long-term health conditions
- Mental health needs
- Older people
- Proportion of people with access to high-speed internet - Proportion of people with basic internet skillsAdd
Public and corporate policy and expenditure that supports families, friends and relationships
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Improvements in policy and legislation (vulnerable parents)
- Parents
- Implementation among schools, nurseries, health and social service boards of policies to actively identify vulnerable parents and children in their geographical areasAdd -
Improvements in policy and legislation
- Addiction issues
- Children
- Parents
- Changes in policy and legislation that support improvements to family, friends and relationships - Changes to regulation - Level of relevant parliamentary activity (e.g. white papers published, committees formed, consultations or reviews conducted, citations made)Add -
Improved investment, expenditure and procurement
- Addiction issues
- Children
- Parents
- Government investment in families, friends and relationships - Government expenditure/funding for programmes - Procurement practices and public sector contracts that are designed to improve social outcomes (e.g. contracts that enable social enterprises and smaller SMEs to bid, outcomes-aligned contracts) - Corporate investment and expenditure (giving) on supporting familiesAdd
Good quality services for family, friends and relationships
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Improved support services for families of those with needs
- Addiction issues
- Disabled (learning)
- Disabled (physical)
- Long-term health conditions
- Long-term unemployed
- Mental health needs
- Availability of support and advice for family members and primary care-givers - Number of days of respite provided for family members and primary care-giversAdd -
Improved availability of services for relationships
- Addiction issues
- Disabled (learning)
- Disabled (physical)
- Ex-offenders
- Long-term unemployed
- Mental health needs
- Older people
- Parents
- Victims of crime
- Availability of relationship advice - Availability of counselling on matters relating to personal relationships (family breakdown, grievance, family disputes) - Availability and use of services that provide social activities and help build social relationships - Number of people receiving services who feel they have successfully improved their relationships as a result of support providedAdd -
Improved availability of services for families
- Addiction issues
- Children
- Disabled (learning)
- Long-term unemployed
- Mental health needs
- Parents
- Availability of childcare - Availability of parenting classes - Availability of support services for single parentsAdd -
Improved availability of services for families
- Addiction issues
- Children
- Parents
- Availability of support services for vulnerable children and parents - Coverage and effectiveness of services that identify vulnerable parents and children - Coverage and effectiveness of early intervention servicesAdd
Strong public awareness of the value of families, friends and relationships, and good sectoral understanding of how to build them
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Improved stakeholder participation with decision making and with issues
- Addiction issues
- Parents
- Institutional and organisational engagement with stakeholders - Levels of stakeholder choice of services and service providers - Levels of stakeholder involvement in the provision service design and deliveryAdd -
Improved sectoral understanding of how to build good relationships among families, partners and friends
- Addiction issues
- Parents
- Research and evidence relating to the problem of relationship breakdown and isolation, and interventions that deal with it (e.g. papers published) - Innovation of new ideas, technologies and approaches - Uptake of new ideas by other organisations or government - Retirement of previous methods shown by research to be ineffective - Funding for research - Support for the sector through quality umbrella bodiesAdd -
Improved public awareness and engagement
- Addiction issues
- Ex-offenders
- Older people
- Parents
- General availability of information - Level of media exposure (e.g. number of articles published on the subject in mainstream media; exposure on tv, radio; internet traffic) - Level of public awareness about the value of relationships, and the causes and consequences of family and relationship breakdown - Public events, rallying and campaigning - Public donations to related charities - Public volunteering on projects and initiatives related to strengthening families and social bonds - Change in public perception and improvements to any prejudice or stigmaAdd