Online groups to meet people

Mumsnet and Gransnet are good places to start! I hope to see you there!

Hi Coronation
Sorry to hear that you’re feeling poorly.
Keep reading GransNet, join in when you feel like it😄 or, start a thread as you have done here.
If you have a specific interest or hobby search online for those.
There’s a private message facility on GransNet if you wish to contact a member privately.
Best wishes.

Thank you. I was wondering if there were any social groups on zoom etc.

Coronation if you have a diagnosis. Get in touch with the charity with what you have wrong. They will probably have zoom groups and a be friending service. Like others have said look at the forums and see if any of the threads interest you. I wouldn't advise going on Mumsnet as there are some on there who like ridiculing Gransnet .

I found friends on GN who I email ,talk on the phone and even seen in person.

I hope you find what you are looking for .

@whiff thank you, I've found a group online.

Coronation I have made some very good friends through Gransnet, 4 of us meet very locally for a coffee once a month and I think this is year 5 or 6 we have been doing it. I meet a larger group, or at least did before Covid and rail strikes and we used to meet regularly.

I email 2 others regularly as they both live many miles away.

If you could get out to meet over a coffee that would be a start. A lot depends on where you live.

Good luck.

Is there a lunch club or similar locally that you might be able to have help to attend, I wonder?

Contact your local library they may have a book group or knowledge of online crafting or U3A may offer something suitable?

The staff at our library are always helpful.

I'm sorry you're feeling isolated.
I think the trick is to do as you are doing abd try to address it quickly whilst you are feeling able.

Good luck 💐

Zoom group sounds good, though try library notice boards etc, there's always something to join, funny enough I made friends at macdonalds, I go there nearly every morning after dropping my son at college, I love my latte sitting quietly for a while before starting the rest of my day, dog was walked earlier, I noticed a few others similar to me starting their day with a coffee, we started nodding to each other now have a little chat about things, I bring a dog treat for one who brings their dog,she's tethered up outside for the short time(the dog not the owner) another asked me to visit the local pet farm with them and their child, really its all about getting out there,
I sometimes don't feel like moving out the door but once I do it all changes, I know 4 days a week I leave early for my son but I still would now go out anyway,