英国面临成年人社交孤立问题。据英国政策研究所研究，英格兰年轻人中无亲密朋友的人数自2014年以来增长了5倍，目前有1/20的年轻人报告没有亲密朋友 1。越来越多的成年人正在通过创立或加入各类社区活动来建立新的社交连接。
来自伦敦的27岁印度移民Ria创建了一个咖啡俱乐部，通过WhatsApp群组发展到70人规模 1。在Hertfordshire，27岁的内容创作者Chloe与Sarah共同发起了一个女性社团，在TikTok视频传播后，首场活动吸引了65人参加，目前社区聊天群已有500名女性成员，其中超过250人参加过实际活动 1。其他案例包括35岁的East Sussex居民Rhiannon参加编织小组、31岁的Bristol NHS员工Rebecca加入戏剧社、35岁的Gateshead教育工作者Ben参与桌游聚会，以及32岁的Kent系统管理员Chris加入相关社区活动 1。这些多元的社区空间正成为成年人建立新友谊的重要渠道。
A troubling trend has emerged in England, where the number of young people reporting no close friendships has increased fivefold since 2014, with one in twenty individuals now lacking intimate friendships 1. Despite this growing isolation, many adults are finding creative ways to forge meaningful social connections by establishing or joining community groups dedicated to shared interests.
Across the United Kingdom, individuals ranging from educators to healthcare workers have turned to organized activities as a pathway to friendship. These initiatives span diverse formats, from knitting circles and coffee clubs to theater groups, board game gatherings, and women's societies 1. One notable example is a London coffee club that began as a WhatsApp group created by Ria, a 27-year-old who relocated from Mumbai, eventually growing to encompass 70 members 1. Similarly, Chloe, a 27-year-old content creator from Hertfordshire, co-founded a women's community with Sarah that attracted 65 attendees to its inaugural event following a viral TikTok video, and has since expanded to include 500 women in its chat group with over 250 having participated in community activities 1.
These grassroots efforts demonstrate how structured community spaces—whether formal or informal—are enabling adults to cultivate the friendships and social bonds that isolation has increasingly threatened to deny them 1.
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