← Back to all posts
Amazing community: how people are making new friends and connections as adults
🤝

Amazing community: how people are making new friends and connections as adults

With loneliness on the rise - research shows the number of young people with no close friends has jumped fivefold since 2014 - some adults are taking deliberate action to build meaningful connections. People like Rhiannon, who found her local knitting group became a 'lifeline' after a move, and Ria, who launched a coffee club that grew to 70 members, show how hobby-based communities and shared interests can transform isolation into genuine friendship. Others are discovering that exercise classes, theatre groups, and local Facebook communities offer that informal social interaction we're all craving - the kind of everyday banter and support that doesn't happen when you're working from home or feeling disconnected. So here's the thing: it takes courage to show up as a beginner or introvert, but when you do, you often find that people genuinely want to help each other and share in something together.
Read the original article ↗
Share