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Perhaps it depends very much on the person and how much anyone is dependent on external acceptance and/or a need to belong.

You can only feel connected to your community if you have a community. - Achieving a community is the vital thing, even if you live in a bustling city.

Community is very important for all ages. If young people grow up with a sense of community then they will instil it in their children. We need community more than ever in these difficult times.

very important, we are a sociable species and like touch and conversation

It is very important to feel connected to the community. Different people have different needs and some need very little connection whilst others need lots. Everyone's wishes should be treated with respect and we should all be there for each other.

It is very important, especially so for those who live alone or don't have family around.

The connections that we make at all ages are invaluable, now more so than ever. In these strange times I am grateful that technology allows us to continue our existing connections and make new ones as we all find ways of thriving whilst in lockdown. It is heartening to see that people are reaching out to their neighbours whom they may have only rarely spoken to in the past. Communities, whether geographical or interest driven remain central to our well-being.

It’s incredibly important to feel connected and part of a community. It’s life enhancing.

It's very important for people of all ages to feel connected to their community, even more so now and especially for those who live alone or do not have family.

So Important, I feel as though people have come together more since this crisis, I now know more people on my street and feel so much more connected, everyone helping everyone. Staying connected is the key to happiness, its not always easy

All ages and generations can learn from each other, broaden their minds, learn respect and tolerance.

It’s very important to feel part and keep in touch with the community as much as family we should all help and look out for each other especially in these tense times

Everyone should be connected to the community

We all have something to contribute to our community - not matter age or education or gender or proclivities. The great melting pot is our strength. We should all be connected.

I think it is very important to feel connected to your community. I am fortunate to live in a community which has always been very active mainly thanks to many volunteers and I feel the village has really pulled together during the lockdown.

It's definitely important to feel connected to your community at all ages as this helps prevent isolation particularly as we get older. The sense of connection and belonging is so key to our mental health too.

I think it's really important. I like that the current crisis seems to be bringing all ages and elements of communities together.

Community is everything, its the equivalent of your family (but goes much wider thanyour family), its made up of people of all ages from the youngest to the oldest, shared interests, shared friendships and at its best everyone looking out for each other. Its times like now that the importance of community and supporting each other is so very important, regardless of age.

very important for people's sanity right now.

I think it's imperative to feel connected with your community. Without that connection, there is no "community". The only good thing to have come out of this situation so far is that people are now more caring, talk to each other, help out elderly neighbours etc. and acknowledge each other in the street during the "daily exercise walk". I think the people I feel most sorry for, who must be finding it harder than house/garden owners, are those that live in tower blocks without even a balcony. Breaks my heart to think of a young family with small children living like that in these times especially.

It's vitally important for our mental and physical wellbeing.

Its very important - keeping in touch with each other (our family, friends, colleagues and neighbours) keeps us spiritually healthy

It is vitally important for people to feel part of a community. This is essential for good mental health and also is a real support for people living alone.

Yes, If you are part of something you will be happier and more caring for the others.

Very important. It takes a village too raise a child.