A new report from the National Youth Association (NYA) and wellbeing charity Brook, Inside Out, Young People’s Health and Wellbeing: A Response to Covid-19, states that 72 per cent of young people asked reported a decline in their mental health during lockdown.
Some 77 per cent said they had experienced loneliness and 50 per cent said family problems had increased.
The report states that despite being at a lower risk of infection from coronavirus, “the crisis has hit vulnerable young people the hardest”.
It cites figures from the NYA’s previous Out of Sight report which found that more than one million young people had lost contact with youth services.
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