Thinktank reports epidemic of loneliness among England’s ‘disconnected’ young
Youth club closures, unaffordable housing and social media cited as factors contributing to a sharp decline in wellbeing
The number of young people with no close friends has risen fivefold since 2014 as a result of growing up in a “bleak world” dominated by austerity, the pandemic and social media.
New research paints a sobering picture of how 11- to 24-year-olds in England are increasingly lonely, isolated and “disconnected” from themselves, peers and wider society.
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