There is, however, the theoretical possibility of a link between social
connectedness/social inclusion, participation in culture and/or sport and quality of life. And
this could be measured by drawing on some of the tools from cultural planning, i.e. mapping
what exists and charting growth in activity (from the bottom up). It would also be possible to
look at some of the wider instruments which chart our lives for government and triangulate
that data with surveys of individual levels of satisfaction. Over a period of time it would,
therefore, be possible to examine changes in both the individual’s own sense of quality of life
with a charting of what we are calling ‘external life conditions