Delivering an innovative community-based intervention to reduce loneliness in young and working-age adults: implementation potential

Purpose The Great Friendship Project (TGFP) is a community-based intervention designed to reduce loneliness among young adults in London. This study explores which population groups TGFP reaches to begin to inform implementation potential. Methods TGFP gathered data from a consecutive cohort of 3,416 members. Descriptive analyses examined demographics and engagement patterns, and multiple linear regression assessed associations between demographic variables and engagement. Results TGFP reaches sub-groups particularly vulnerable to loneliness, with over half of its members coming from ethnic minority backgrounds (53.2%) and male (55.8%). Conclusion TGFP effectively reaches hard-to-reach populations, highlighting potential to address loneliness on a wider scale.