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Reports, research and evaluations

The British Red Cross carries out research to support our work to speak up for changes that we believe are necessary. We are politically neutral. We present this evidence to raise awareness or help political parties to better understand the issues and support policies that address the causes of crisis.

All our research is open-access and free to download. Our evaluations are carried out in line with our evaluation policy (PDF) and we publish research in the following areas:

Health, social care and support

Loneliness at work: exploring the extent of loneliness on different groups since the Covid-19 pandemic

Listening to what matters: Placing people’s needs at the centre of hospital discharge practice and policy in Wales

Nowhere to turn: exploring high intensity use of accident and emergency services

A connected recovery: Findings of the APPG on Loneliness Inquiry

Lonely and left behind: tackling loneliness at a time of crisis

Access to food in emergencies: learning from COVID-19

Life after lockdown: Tackling loneliness among those left behind 

A connected society? Assessing progress in tackling loneliness, a shadow report for the Loneliness Action Group

Home to the unknown: Getting hospital discharge right

Life beyond the ward: Recommendations for improving hospital discharge in Scotland

Life beyond the ward: Recommendations for improving hospital discharge in Northern Ireland

Barriers to belonging: an exploration of loneliness among people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds

Fulfilling the promise - How social prescribing can most effectively tackle loneliness

In and out of hospital

Trapped in a bubble

Connecting communities to tackle loneliness and social isolation - learning report

Seen & Heard: Understanding frequent attendance at A&E 

Delivering with Dignity: A framework for strengthening commissioning and provision of healthcare services for people seeking asylum

Wheelchairs and mobility aids

First aid

Evidence to Education Select Committee inquiry on first aid education in the national curriculum

Refugee support

I Returned to Life: Refugee family reunion report

Offline and isolated: The impact of digital exclusion on access to healthcare for people seeking asylum in England

Powerful Participation: voices that change minds, policy and practice - Research for the AVAIL project

Together at last: Supporting refugee families who reunite in the UK

We want to be strong, but we don’t have the chance: Women’s experiences of seeking asylum in the UK

How will we survive? Exploring destitution in the UK asylum system

PRISM project research report

Cuts that Cost

The long road to reunion

Far from a home: why asylum support accommodation needs reform

Finding a Safe Home: What can we learn about solutions to refugee accommodation from the Ukraine response?

Fearing, fleeing, facing the future: how people displaced by the conflict in Ukraine are finding safety in the UK

Homelessness among displaced Ukrainians in the UK

The costs of destitution: a cost-benefit analysis of extending the move-on period for new refugees

Human trafficking and modern slavery

Hope for the future: Support for survivors of trafficking after the National Referral Mechanism

International

International evaluations

UK emergency response

Every time it rains: British Red Cross research into flooding in the UK

People power in emergencies

Ready for anything - Putting people at the heart of emergency response

Vulnerability and Resilience: Public awareness and perceptions of flood risk in the UK

Policy brief: Public perceptions of heatwaves in the UK

Feeling the Heat

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