Overall acceptability of the Enjoy Life LocallY (ELLY) components
| ELLY components | C1 n=35 | C2 n=40 | Total n=75 (95% CI) | |
| Soup n (%) | ||||
| Engaged in twice weekly soup (sit in/take away/delivery) | 23 (66) | 26 (65) | 49 (65) (54, 76) | |
| (Strongly agree/agree) getting soup was very convenient | 16 (46) | 17 (43) | 33 (44) (33, 56) | |
| (Strongly agree/agree) I made new friends as a result of ELLY soup | 19 (54) | 17 (43) | 36 (48) (63, 60) | |
| (Strongly agree/agree) ELLY soup helped me feel more part of my community | 17 (49) | 18 (45) | 35 (47) (36, 59) | |
| (Strongly agree/agree) ELLY soup kept me motivated | 16 (46) | 13 (33) | 29 (39) (28, 51) | |
| (Strongly agree/agree) ELLY soup was an important part of ELLY | 18 (51) | 17 (43) | 35 (47) (36, 59) | |
| (Strongly agree/agree) soup component helped with… | weight goal | 7 (20) | 8 (20) | 15 (20) (12, 31) |
| well-being goal | 13 (37) | 14 (35) | 27 (36) (25, 48) | |
| personal goal | 13 (37) | 15 (38) | 28 (37) (26, 49) | |
| Community assets n (%) | ||||
| Participants engaged in at least one activity per week in at least 9 of the 12-week intervention | 25 (71) | 30 (75) | 55 (73) (62, 83) | |
| Participants engaged in more activities during the 12-week intervention than they did before | 24 (69) | 18 (45) | 52 (69) (58, 79) | |
| Participants attended new activities during the project | 23 (66) | 19 (48) | 42 (56) (44, 67) | |
| (Strongly agree/agree) I made new friends as a result of the activities | 21 (60) | 25 (63) | 46 (61) (49, 72) | |
| (Strongly agree/agree) the activities helped me feel more part of my community | 24 (69) | 25 (63) | 49 (65) (53, 76) | |
| (Strongly agree/agree) the activities kept me motivated | 24 (69) | 27 (68) | 51 (68) (56, 78) | |
| (Strongly agree/agree) the activities were an important part of ELLY | ||||
| (Strongly agree/agree) activities component helped with … | weight goal | 10 (29) | 10 (25) | 20 (27) (17, 38) |
| well-being goal | 17 (49) | 18 (45) | 35 (47) (36, 59) | |
| personal goal | 20 (57) | 19 (48) | 39 (52) (40, 64) | |
| Loyalty card n (%) | ||||
| Participants who engaged with the loyalty card scheme achieving at least 9/12 weeks of stamps | 25 (71) | 30 (75) | 55 (73) (62, 83) | |
| (Strongly agree/agree) the reward was an appropriate amount | 24 (69) | 28 (70) | 52 (69) (58, 79) | |
| (Strongly agree/agree) the timing of the reward was appropriate (end of 12 weeks) | 23 (66) | 30 (60) | 53 (71) (59, 81) | |
| (Strongly agree/agree) I made new friends as a result of the loyalty card | 20 (57) | 25 (63) | 45 (60) (48, 71) | |
| (Strongly agree/agree) the loyalty card helped me feel more part of my community | 20 (57) | 21 (53) | 41 (55) (43, 66) | |
| (Strongly agree/agree) the loyalty card kept me motivated | 20 (57) | 24 (60) | 44 (59) (47, 70) | |
| (Strongly agree/agree) the loyalty card was an important part of ELLY | 22 (63) | 27 (68) | 49 (65) (53, 76) | |
| (Strongly agree/agree) loyalty card component helped with… | weight goal | 11 (31) | 12 (30) | 23 (31) (21, 42) |
| well-being goal | 19 (54) | 21 (53) | 40 (53) (41, 65) | |
| personal goal | 21 (60) | 22 (55) | 43 (57) (45, 69) | |
| Goal setting n (%) | ||||
| Weight goal set | 28 (80) | 36 (90) | 64 (85) (75, 93) | |
| Well-being goal set | 30 (86) | 36 (90) | 66 (88) (78, 94) | |
| Personal goal set | 29 (83) | 36 (90) | 65 (87) (77, 93) | |
| Information resources, self-monitoring of weight and well-being n (%) | ||||
| Engagement with self-reporting of weight via ELLY website | 0 (0) | |||