‘My loneliness was crippling, so I started a club for lonely women to come together'
As the festive invites dry up and the cold short days deter us from venturing out, it’s no surprise that January is the month when we’re most likely to feel lonely. But for many people the feeling of isolation is with them all year round.
“I had this idea that it was going to be like something out of Made In Chelsea and I’d be enjoying nights out every day of the week,” she says. “I moved in with some family friends, but they were my parents’ age. I’d go to work, come home, sit in my room and repeat that cycle every day. It was hard to admit, but I was lonely.”
Although its take-off may have come as a surprise to Holly, loneliness has emerged as a huge problem in recent years – and we’re talking about a scale far greater than simply experiencing FOMO on a Friday night. The government even appointed its first Minister For Loneliness back in 2018. While nationwide lockdowns are a thing of the past, it’s had a “scarring” effect, says Robin, with remote and hybrid working dominating people’s lives, and 46% of UK workers experiencing loneliness as a result.
“The first meet-up after Covid had allocation for 30 people and sold out in two minutes. Now we have waiting lists for our events,” she says. “We recently held a picnic attracting over 60 attendees. Afterwards I was like, ‘What just happened?’ It was insane.”
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