New survey aims to capture our lives under lockdown

TODAY the Echo and our website WalesOnline are launching a unique survey aimed at capturing life under lockdown.

We want to know your experiences of this period, so we can paint a detailed picture of the extraordinary times we are living through.

Never before has South Wales dealt with this unprecedented crisis, a global coronavirus health emergency that has sent shockwaves through our way of life, our outlook and our economy.

So the Great Big Lockdown Survey poses an array of questions about your hopes and fears during the pandemic, your sense of how it is being handled, how your life has changed since the outbreak and how you think it might change on the other side.

That includes the impact on your finances, mental health and general wellbeing, but also how your habits and priorities may have altered – possibly, in some respects, forever.

From struggling to keep a business afloat to the experience of redundancy or furlough, from applying for benefits to accessing food and advice, from the effect on your children to your work-life balance, cooking habits and entertainment under lockdown, we aim to provide a snapshot of an unprecedented era.

We want to know about the true impact of isolation, but also whether the crisis has brought communities closer together, as people have come to rely more on the kindness of friends and neighbours.

The survey takes just a few minutes to fill in and is being run across our sister titles such as the Western Mail, and the Daily Post and its website NorthWalesLive, so we can reveal how experiences differ from neighbourhood to neighbourhood, town to town, city to city.

If it feels like we are living through history, it’s because we are – and this is your chance to help us record it.

To take part in the survey log onto www.walesonline.co.uk or follow this link – http://doo. vote/282eb3a