How to meet new people when you can't get out much?

Emkayoli

Evening all,

I not at work or uni anymore and now a single mum with chronic illness and I am so bored and feeling quite lonely.

I can pootle about on good days and do things during the day whilst the kids are at school but they are too old now for mum and toddler groups etc...

I'm hoping to go back into education in September so will hopefully set up some good relationships through that. But in the mean time!

I have the kids every evening and half the weekends so it's not really possible to do things out of the house in the evenings. Which is a shame as there is some nice evening classes I'd like to try that would have been ideal to meet people at!

I'm struggling to find a voluntary position I can manage or peaks my interest in an accessible area as well.

I know I need to be proactive, even writing this I feel like I am making excuses as why I can't instead of ideas so that I can haha but I am genuinely lost! I have some lovely online friends but no-one really for real contact.

Any ideas gratefully received, me and the kids are 150+ miles from closest family so there isn't any support for any of us.

Determined to put myself out there and make some friends this year!

mumonashoestring

Do you have a local community centre? Some run groups and classes during the day and activities for kids at weekends - your local council website might be a good place to start looking.

atolaas

Your local library will have events running for the kids throughout the summer includung a readling challenge. Try your local library...they almost always need volunteers.

Emkayoli

Thank you those are both fab ideas, I will go into both when I'm next in town and see what's happening!

KxMx

Have a look for a local events/friendship group. Google or Facebook.

There is a good one local to me which holds a wide range of events. Members host their own so if nothing suitable you could always host yourself something that would suit perhaps a day at the park and see who comes along.

https://www.do-it.org has a huge range of volunteer jobs online, or you could contact a local volunteer agency and leave yourself on the books so if anything that fits comes up they will contact you.

PasturesNew

Lots of "evening classes" are held during weekday/daytimes. Have a look and see.

In some areas there's an active WI that's a younger group than used to be the norm.

good_advice

Take a chair and sit in the front garden. People may talk to you as they walk past? Read a book or do a bit of gardening/tidy up with brush?

FBaby

Do you have any particular hobbies? There are so many forums now where you can meet people. Not so obvious here as not so much aim at meeting people, but I have developped close friendships with at least three good friends who I first met online (as I did my husband!). There are forums for single parents with the chance to chat to local people, forums about meeting up with people who don't know anyone in your town etc...

purpleshoes_2

good_advice wrote: »

Take a chair and sit in the front garden. People may talk to you as they walk past? Read a book or do a bit of gardening/tidy up with brush?

Are you on the wind up?

Sit in the garden and people may talk on the way past?

Do gardening?

You wont meet new people sitting on a chair in your own garden, you might get cramp in your backside but thats about it.

purpleshoes_2

OP, have a look at meet up, there might be groups where you can do activities with the kids.

Better than sitting in your garden waiting for people to walk past

Bublin1

purpleshoes wrote: »

Are you on the wind up?

Sit in the garden and people may talk on the way past?

Do gardening?

You wont meet new people sitting on a chair in your own garden, you might get cramp in your backside but thats about it.

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