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She took inspiration from the success of a similar concept in the United States.

Founder motivated by own lonelinessĬorporate project manager Emmy Key, from Create My Tribe, developed the Friend Request events after realising how lonely she was herself. "I found that it's not as easy to find friends, especially when working from home - and so many people are working from home these days that they find themselves in exactly the same boat," she said.

Ms Hope's children had already left home by the time she moved to the Sunshine Coast a year ago, so meeting people through school connections was no longer an option, and she said changed work patterns due to the pandemic also made socialising hard. "Some people say, 'That's great, we'll catch up for a coffee,' but when you go along to this you find that people really do want to catch up for a coffee afterwards."