Your Social Life
Have a look at the questions below. If you can answer "yes" to any of them, Stafford Social Hub would like to hear from you.
Friendship
1. Are you feeling lonely?
2. Have a lot of your friends moved away or have you lost contact with them over the years?
3. Do you find it difficult to relate to your friends as they have different interests to you?
4. Are your friends always busy and so you feel you never get out anymore?
5. Do you have a family but feel you have no time for yourself?
6. Do you see a movie advertised at the cinema but struggle to find someone to accompany you so end up not going, rather than going alone?
7. Do you find it hard to make friends?
8. Have you recently moved to the area and need some help settling in?
Social Skills
1. Do you lack confidence when it comes to socialising?
2. Do you find it hard to hold a conversation with friends, work colleagues, or strangers?
3. Do you find it particularly daunting or cringe at the thought of being at a large party or in a large crowd where you are expected to mingle and socialise?
4. Do you think your social skills have deteriorated or have completely disappeared and you would like some help in rebuilding them?
5. In a conversation do you find yourself thinking too much about what you will say next, what that person thinks about you and how you are coming across rather than about the conversation itself?
6. Do you find conversations more like a hurdle to overcome than something relaxing and enjoyable to take part in?
7. Have you lost the ability to hold a conversation all together?
Identity and Feelings
1. Are you feeling increasingly anxious, stressed or depressed in your everyday life?
2. Do you need to get out and about but you are not sure how to go about it?
3. Have you just had a baby or some other life changing experience that has given your confidence a battering and you need some help getting ‘back out there’?
4. Are you from a different ethnic or cultural background to the one you reside in and want help accessing activities that both cultures have to offer?
5. Are you having difficulty in knowing who you are and what you like?
6. Would you like to rekindle old hobbies and interests?
7. Would you like to find new interests and hobbies that tie in with who you are or who you would like to be?
If any of these apply to you then Stafford Social Hub would like to hear from you so...