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Mobilising the Voluntary and Community Sector to Address the Unmet Needs of the UK LGBT+ Population during Covid-19.

动员志愿和社区部门解决 Covid-19 期间英国 LGBT 群体未得到满足的需求。

基本信息

批准号：
ES/V01546X/1
负责人：
Nathan Luke Hudson
金额：
$ 12.36万
依托单位：
NatCen Social Research
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2020
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2020 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FV01546X%2F1
关键词：
Mobilising Voluntary Community Sector Address

项目摘要

It has been long-established that the UK's LGBT+ population faces significant disadvantage and inequality. Research suggests that UK LGBT+ people are not only more likely to experience threats to safety and harassment, but are also more likely to have poorer mental health outcomes, to more regularly engage in substance abuse, and are disproportionately affected by homelessness and familial rejection (Hudson and Metcalf, 2016; Government Equalities Office, 2018). Evidence also suggests that specialist VC sector organisations are a crucial source of support for the UK LGBT+ population, as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and non-binary people are discouraged and prevented from accessing mainstream support services through fears of inappropriate treatment and discrimination (Hudson and Metcalf, 2016).Preliminary international and small-scale regional UK research indicates Covid-19 is having a significant detrimental impact on the already disadvantaged UK LGBT+ population, resulting in decreased mental wellbeing during lockdown, threats to personal safety as a result of unsupportive home environments, and problems accessing health care and medication (Commonwealth Equality Network, 2020; LGBT Foundation, 2020). Correspondingly, LGBT+ VC sector organisations report unprecedented demand for services, alongside a loss and/or reduction in staff and funding as Covid-19 negatively affects crucial and already scarce statutory and grant funding (TUC, 2014).Within this context, this project, undertaken by NatCen Social Research and Consortium, in partnership with Stonewall, LGBT Foundation and Intercom Trust, will undertake mixed-methods research to identify and explore the impact Covid-19 has, and will continue to have, on the UK LGBT+ population, and how the LGBT+ voluntary and community (VC) sector can be mobilised to address community need.This project will undertake three key strands of research. First, it would collate and analyse raw online survey data on the self-reported impacts of Covid-19 on the UK LGBT+ population. This data has been collected throughout April-June 2020 by our partner organisations and provides the largest UK data resource on the impacts of Covid-19 in areas such as mental health, social connectedness, safety and service engagement. Second, this project would undertake focus groups to elucidate survey findings, providing disaggregation on the impacts of Covid-19 on vulnerable sub-populations, including BAME, older and disabled LGBT+ people, amongst many others. Third, it will work directly with the UK LGBT+ VC sector; hosting workshops to explore research findings and developing a national strategic framework that will map community need and service delivery, to identify how the sector can be mobilised to address unmet need.

长期以来，英国的LGBT+人口面临着严重的劣势和不平等。研究表明，英国LGBT+人群不仅更有可能遭受安全威胁和骚扰，而且更有可能有更差的心理健康结果，更经常地滥用药物，并且不成比例地受到无家可归和家庭拒绝的影响（哈德逊和梅特卡夫，2016;政府平等办公室，2018）。证据还表明，专业风险投资部门组织是英国LGBT+人群的重要支持来源，因为女同性恋，男同性恋，双性恋，跨性别和非二元人群由于担心不适当的待遇和歧视而受到劝阻并被阻止获得主流支持服务（哈德逊和梅特卡夫，初步的国际和小规模的英国区域研究表明，新冠肺炎对已经处于不利地位的英国LGBT+群体产生了重大不利影响。人口，导致在锁定期间心理健康下降，由于不支持的家庭环境对人身安全的威胁，以及获得医疗保健和药物的问题（英联邦平等网络，2020年; LGBT基金会，2020年）。相应地，LGBT+ VC行业组织报告了前所未有的服务需求，以及人员和资金的损失和/或减少，因为Covid-19对关键且已经稀缺的法定和赠款资金产生了负面影响（TUC，2014年）。在此背景下，该项目由NatCen社会研究和联盟与石墙，LGBT基金会和内部通信信托合作开展，将进行混合方法研究，以确定和探索新冠肺炎对英国LGBT+人群的影响，以及如何动员LGBT+志愿者和社区（VC）部门来满足社区需求。该项目将进行三个关键研究领域。首先，它将整理和分析有关Covid-19对英国LGBT+人群自我报告的影响的原始在线调查数据。这些数据由我们的合作伙伴组织在2020年4月至6月期间收集，并提供了英国最大的关于Covid-19在心理健康，社会联系，安全和服务参与等领域影响的数据资源。其次，该项目将开展焦点小组，以阐明调查结果，提供关于COVID-19对弱势亚群的影响的分类，包括BAME，老年人和残疾LGBT+人群等。第三，它将直接与英国LGBT+ VC部门合作;举办研讨会，探讨研究结果，并制定一个国家战略框架，以映射社区需求和服务提供，以确定如何动员该部门来解决未满足的需求。