Research reveals cost of living crisis making socialising ‘a luxury’
New research, conducted by Eden Project Communities, discovered that one million people now claim they are experiencing chronic loneliness – one in eight people – despite the end of social distancing measures.
Tracey Robbins, the Eden Project’s UK Delivery Manager, told Metro.co.uk that a “hunkering down” mentality forged during Covid had lapsed.
“When a community goes through a crisis together, be that fire or floods, then people come together.
“But as that crisis dissipates, so does that level of humanity.
“I was hoping that because of the pandemic and people coming together in their communities that that had raised the bar a little bit, but really it’s caused even greater loneliness.”
