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The befriending crisis

The story reveals a 'befriending crisis', where the demand for human volunteers far outstrips supply. Yvonne Stride's two-and-a-half year wait is a stark example of this. Organisations struggle to recruit enough people to offer regular companionship, pushing innovators like Grant Mackenzie to look for technological alternatives to bridge this growing gap in community support.

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