‘Amazing community’: how people are making new friends and connections as adults
We spoke to people who have taken deliberate steps to make new connections about what worked for them.‘If I was in trouble in some way, I’ve now got people I could actually call’View image in fullscreenRhiannon with one of her creations that she made at Yarners. Having only started crocheting a month earlier, she was “absolutely terrified” they would judge her for being a beginner. “But they didn’t care.”The group quickly became an important part of her life.
- ▪We spoke to people who have taken deliberate steps to make new connections about what worked for them.‘If I was in trouble in some way, I’ve now got people I could actually call’View image in fullscreenRhiannon with one of her creations tha
- ▪Having only started crocheting a month earlier, she was “absolutely terrified” they would judge her for being a beginner.
- ▪“But they didn’t care.”The group quickly became an important part of her life.
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‘Even though you’re doing an exercise class, there’s that informal aspect where you are having a bit of a joke and a laugh.’ Photograph: Thomas Barwick/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreen‘Even though you’re doing an exercise class, there’s that informal aspect where you are having a bit of a joke and a laugh.’ Photograph: Thomas Barwick/Getty ImagesLoneliness‘Amazing community’: how people are making new friends and connections as adultsAs concern about loneliness and social isolation grows, we spoke to people who have joined groups and set up activitiesNicola Slawson and Jane ClintonThu 17 Sep 2026 09.53 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleAmid growing concern about loneliness and social isolation, new research from the Institute for Public Policy Research found the number of young…
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