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Having a best friend at work can increase employee happiness and performance, but remote working is making it more difficult to create these relationships. Check out how your company could help.

Discover Neuroarts: The Emerging Science of Art and Wellbeing

Having a best friend at work can increase employee happiness and performance, but remote working is making it more difficult to create these relationships. Check out how your company could help.

BuddyHub Founder Catherine McClen, with over nine years of friendship expertise, kicks of The Friendship Series by considering “‘How Many Friends Do You Really Need?”

The Friendship Series is Launched!

BuddyHub Founder Catherine McClen, with over nine years of friendship expertise, kicks of The Friendship Series by considering “‘How Many Friends Do You Really Need?”

Having a best friend at work can increase employee happiness and performance, but remote working is making it more difficult to create these relationships. Check out how your company could help.

Why your company should help employees make friends

Having a best friend at work can increase employee happiness and performance, but remote working is making it more difficult to create these relationships. Check out how your company could help.

In this blog post, we'll discuss what it's like to be newly moved to London and provide you with five top tips on how to make new friends. Plus, we'll introduce you to an incredible solution for forging meaningful connections – BuddyHub!

The Ultimate Guide to Making Friends in London

In this blog post, we’ll discuss what it’s like to be newly moved to London and provide you with five top tips on how to make new friends. Plus, we’ll introduce you to an incredible solution for forging meaningful connections – BuddyHub!

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The Power of Active Listening: Building Meaningful Friendships

In a world filled with noise and distractions, the art of active listening is often drowned out. We’ve all been there – nodding along to a friend’s story while our minds wander, waiting for our turn to speak. But what if I told you that active listening could be the key to forging more meaningful friendships? Let’s explore what active listening is!

We explore how conversations can sometimes have us in knots when meeting new people. Try these 10 conversation starters in your next interaction to see if this helps you overcome social anxiety.

Bridging the Gap: Overcoming Social Anxiety with Conversation Starters

We explore how conversations can sometimes have us in knots when meeting new people. Try these 10 conversation starters in your next interaction to see if this helps you overcome social anxiety.

We take a deep dive into understanding what 'Social Anxiety' actually is and why almost 13% of us struggle with it at some point in our lives. Here you will find practical tips on how to combat social anxiety.

What is ‘Social Anxiety’?

We take a deep dive into understanding what ‘Social Anxiety’ actually is and why almost 13% of us struggle with it at some point in our lives. Here you will find practical tips on how to combat social anxiety.

Football is more than just a game; it's a universal language that transcends borders, cultures, and backgrounds. It has an unparalleled ability to bring people together and forge friendships that last a lifetime.

Football Friendzy: Exploring Famous Football Friendships

Football is more than just a game; it’s a universal language that transcends borders, cultures, and backgrounds. It has an unparalleled ability to bring people together and forge friendships that last a lifetime.

Art is a universal language that transcends time and culture, and one place that beautifully captures the essence of this sentiment is the National Portrait Gallery. Join the BuddyHub Tour at The National Portrait Gallery this Saturday!

National Portrait Gallery Tour

Art is a universal language that transcends time and culture, and one place that beautifully captures the essence of this sentiment is the National Portrait Gallery. Join the BuddyHub Tour at The National Portrait Gallery this Saturday!

The Women's World Cup is not just a tournament; it's a celebration of talent, dedication, and perseverance of female athletes on the global stage. With every edition, this event grows in significance, showcasing the remarkable progress women's football has made over the years.

Women’s World Cup + Gender Equality

The Women’s World Cup is not just a tournament; it’s a celebration of talent, dedication, and perseverance of female athletes on the global stage. With every edition, this event grows in significance, showcasing the remarkable progress women’s football has made over the years.

What makes BuddyHub different? What is it about the way we operate that sets us apart from other friendship clubs? Unsurprisingly, these are questions we ask ourselves regularly. Check our answers!

BuddyHub: The Membership Community Just For You

What makes BuddyHub different? What is it about the way we operate that sets us apart from other friendship clubs? Unsurprisingly, these are questions we ask ourselves regularly. Check our answers!

BuddyHub has always been intrigued by how friendship works. Not just the positive stuff. How we find a common spark and try to make sense of the world together. But the things that get in the way.

Reflections on BuddyHub’s New ‘Connecting Through Questions’ Events So Far!

BuddyHub has always been intrigued by how friendship works. Not just the positive stuff. How we find a common spark and try to make sense of the world together. But the things that get in the way.

People differ immensely in how they handle the social world. This can be partially related to our personality type. Unsurprisingly, our personality type influences how we behave in social situations.

How Our Personality Affects the Way We Approach Friendship

People differ immensely in how they handle the social world. This can be partially related to our personality type. Unsurprisingly, our personality type influences how we behave in social situations.

Effective friendships offer multiple benefits to both mental and physical health. With the fragmentation of society and disappearance of older forms of community, meeting new people can be difficult. Check how BuddyHub can help.

Why We’re Happier When We’ve Got Friends

Effective friendships offer multiple benefits to both mental and physical health. With the fragmentation of society and disappearance of older forms of community, meeting new people can be difficult. Check how BuddyHub can help.

Becoming a member of BuddyHub is an investment in your own well-being as well as that of others. As part of a growing community of purpose, we are expanding our services to reach more people.

How the New BuddyHub Clubs Will Improve Our Friendship Offer

Becoming a member of BuddyHub is an investment in your own well-being as well as that of others. As part of a growing community of purpose, we are expanding our services to reach more people.

Changes are afoot at BuddyHub, the intergenerational friendship club! Let’s take a few minutes to explore them.

How We Have Refreshed our Services and Membership Model and Why

Changes are afoot at BuddyHub, the intergenerational friendship club! Let’s take a few minutes to explore them.

Erica Young’s excellent website The Reliants Project pointed us towards an explanatory article that strongly chimed with this founder’s thoughts on the potential vulnerability and fragility of the modern nuclear family.

Why the Collapse of Intergenerational Living Has Increased Loneliness

Erica Young’s excellent website The Reliants Project pointed us towards an explanatory article that strongly chimed with this founder’s thoughts on the potential vulnerability and fragility of the modern nuclear family.

In my last blog post I focused on the collapse of intergenerational living and the rise of fragmented family structures which has increased loneliness.

The Modern Way to Live Intergenerationally and Reduce Loneliness

In my last blog post I focused on the collapse of intergenerational living and the rise of fragmented family structures which has increased loneliness.

We love creating intergenerational friendships at BuddyHub. So thanks to our friends at Aging 2.0 for highlighting this great article on the benefits they bring.

The Power of Intergenerational Friendships

We love creating intergenerational friendships at BuddyHub. So thanks to our friends at Aging 2.0 for highlighting this great article on the benefits they bring.

Happy, healthy staff are more likely to be productive so enhancing employee wellbeing makes good business sense. Yet official figures show one in five employees experienced depression during 2020: that’s concerning but not surprising.

Employee Mental Health: a £45bn problem

Happy, healthy staff are more likely to be productive so enhancing employee wellbeing makes good business sense. Yet official figures show one in five employees experienced depression during 2020: that’s concerning but not surprising.

BuddyHub has been awarded funding as part of the Healthy Ageing Challenge competition run by UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI).

BuddyHub selected by UK Research and Innovation to share nearly £3m funding to tackle challenges of ageing

BuddyHub has been awarded funding as part of the Healthy Ageing Challenge competition run by UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI).