Volunteering has brought me great joy and connection | Letters

Paula McInally says she was struggling with loneliness, but her volunteer work has now become the highlight of her week.Your article on loneliness and making friends as an adult struck a chord with me (I was getting lonely. Here’s what happened when I tried to make new friends in my 30s, 1 July). I mostly work from home, and last year I hit a point where I was increasingly feeling disconnected, isolated and a little lost. My weekends felt long and quiet, sometimes painfully so. I was struggling.In September, I made the choice to start volunteering, thinking it might fill a bit of time. I signed up to Sense’s virtual buddying scheme, which pairs disabled people with volunteers for weekly catchups. Continue reading...

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