Ms Megan Reynolds:

To give an overview on the specific research, we carried it out in two phases in early April. We began with a nationally representative study of 500 people aged between 16 and 22 years via a quantitative online survey that took approximately 12 minutes to complete. On the back of that, we recruited six candidates between 16 and 22 years of age to participate in a seven-day online community, during which we asked them to complete tasks such as video diaries and filling in the blanks, for example, "If I were in government, I would [blank]" or "I would better cope with Covid if I could [blank]". That is where we got the majority of the emotional insights from.