Identifying the links between Gaelic and Wellbeing

Bòrd na Gàidhlig (https://www.gaidhlig.scot/en/) commissioned DC Research – in partnership with Dr Douglas Chalmers, Prof Mike Danson and Eilidh Danson – to ‘Identifying the links between Gaelic and wellbeing’. The primary objective was “to identify the place of Gaelic in the recognised indicators of wellbeing, and to identify its place in assessing changes in wellbeing”. Having considered which wellbeing indicators might involve Gaelic, the study investigated how Gaelic might enhance the wellbeing of individuals, language networks, local communities, and Scotland’s national wellbeing. Consideration was also given to how such enhancement could be measured, drawing upon evidence from other minority languages where possible. The report and executive summary are available here: https://www.gaidhlig.scot/en/our-work/research/reports-and-papers/