• Since the COVID-19 lockdown started in March, more than two in five (44%) UK adults report an increased sense of community spirit in their neighbourhood. Whilst a third (33%) of UK adults think the sense of community spirit in their neighbourhood has not changed, only 10% think it has decreased.
• Christian adults in the UK are significantly more likely than those from other religious groups and those with no religion to report an increased sense of community spirit in their neighbourhood (50% vs. 40% vs. 37% respectively).
• While living through a global pandemic, three in ten (29%) UK adults have felt more part of a global community. Half (51%) of UK adults have felt no change and 12% have felt a little or much less part of a global community.
• Christians and those with other religions are significantly more likely than those with no religion to have felt more part of a global community while living through a global pandemic (31% vs. 34% vs. 25% respectively).
• While 18-34-year olds are equally as likely to feel an increased sense of community spirit in their neighbourhood (39%) as they are to feel part of a global community (39%), 55+ year olds are less than half as likely to feel part of a global community (21%) as they are to feel an increased sense of community spirit in their neighbourhood (49%).
