Call for participants: accessing social support for Long Covid
- Area of Work: The ALLIANCE
- Type: News Item
- Published: 31st January 2022

Tell us about your experiences of accessing support for Long Covid.
Thanks to the significant number of people who have contacted us about this project, and their willingness to share their time and experiences, recruitment for interviewees has now closed. Thank you!
If you want to be kept informed about the results of the project, please email Hannah at hannah.tweed@alliance-scotland.org.uk.
This research project is about the experiences of people with Long Covid in accessing appropriate social support.
We want to learn about how people with Long Covid have been managing their lives and what supports they have been able to access. This includes resources that might be required for people to live independently and well and engage with their communities.
Taking part could help make positive changes to how Long Covid is supported in Scotland. We hope that our research will provide evidence to help improve policy and practice. To do that, we want to hear from as many people as possible, to fully represent what works and what does not work in the current system – to influence how support and services continue to develop.
This project involves interviews with adults and young people with Long Covid. Interviews will take place remotely, either online or by telephone. They will take no more than an hour (ideally 30 minutes). Comments from interviews will be fully anonymised prior to any publication of project findings.
If you have experienced or are living with Long Covid we’d be very keen to hear from you.
If you’ve any questions about the project, or are interested in taking part, please email Dr Emma Miller at e.miller@strath.ac.uk or phone 07796630922.
“Accessing social support for Long Covid” is a joint project between the Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE) and Chest, Heart & Stroke Scotland (this link will take you away from our website), carried out by Dr Emma Miller (Senior Research Fellow at the University of Strathclyde).
More information on the project is available on our project information sheet here.
End of page.
You may also like:
This year’s theme is ‘I am here…to be seen’.
Continue readingPaid leave would help support unpaid carers to balance work and caring, making it easier for them to enter and remain in employment.
Continue readingRead the ALLIANCE's response to the Programme for Government announced today.
Continue readingIn Control Scotland have published a new toolkit to help unpaid carers understand their rights and how to get support.
Continue reading#TryAToolTuesday raises awareness of free and trusted apps and resources that help people improve and manage their health and wellbeing
Continue readingPeople with lived experience will now help shape local health and social care priorities as equal partners.
Continue reading“Radical change” cannot be delivered “oven-ready” or behind closed doors, say the ALLIANCE.
Continue readingAlison Thewliss MSP writes to Health, Care and Sport Committee as part of the First Minister's 100-day commitment on audiology.
Continue readingContact the Scottish Sensory Centre for an online consultation.
Continue readingThe Scottish Sensory Hub welcome your feedback to help inform their response to Scottish Government consultation.
Continue readingAward for outstanding contributions to the use of BSL in STEM education.
Continue readingAccess the Helpline for BSL users or make an online appointment.
Continue readingThis new resource contains key priorities for a Scotland grounded in human rights.
Continue readingAbilityNet has partnered with BT to provide free tablets to those in need of a device.
Continue readingExhibition opportunities are now open for the Scottish Ethnic Minority Talent Summit and Awards (SEMTA) 2026.
Continue readingPrevention work in communities is under pressure according to the findings of a new report out today.
Continue readingShare your views to shape the national social prescribing framework.
Continue readingResponses to two committees note that increasing investment in prevention is necessary to deliver longer term savings.
Continue readingResearchers are looking for input into menopause and cognition study to improve support.
Continue readingJoin our Children and Young People Community of Practice for new learning and opportunities to connect and share.
Continue readingThe Scottish Government have launched their Stories of Impact during the 20 Year Anniversary of GIRFEC
Continue readingHealthcare Improvement Scotland are recruiting for two Non-Executive Directors to join the Board.
Continue readingApplications now open for a Programme and Engagement Coordinator (Children and Young People)
Continue readingFindings from the survey will help influence and inform the policies towards supporting LGBT young people.
Continue readingThe new resource brings together contributions from across the third sector, including the ALLIANCE, to make the case for fair funding.
Continue reading