COVID-19: A quarter of UK adults 'haven't been hugged for a year', survey suggests

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COVID-19: A quarter of UK adults 'haven't been hugged for a year', survey suggests
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More than one in ten (13%) say they have not been asked how their day was, or talked to their neighbours, for at least half a year. Almost two thirds say they have not made a new friend for six months.

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But just shy of a quarter of the 1,000 UK adults surveyed in May, said they believed the reopening of society after COVID restrictions offers greater scope to make new friends. There is, Demos warns, a"huge risk" that the community spirit prompted by the crisis, which saw volunteers, friends and family provide food and support to vulnerable members, will be lost.Other results found almost two thirds of respondents said they have not made a new friend for six months, and 44% have not done so in more than a year.

The Social State, based on research sponsored by outsourcing firm Capita, found that the majority of British people want to get to know the people who provide local services and the community members who use them .

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