Leverage Existing Networks: Your current friends are often your best resource for meeting new people. Let them know you're open to expanding your social circle.

When I moved to a small town, I got better at making friends. Now, at 40, I feel I'll never be done making new connections.

She said: "Our mission is to make the UK a less lonely place for women and we do that by organising weekly events of all kinds - like social, creative, fitness - that women can come along to by ...