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Writer's pictureGeorgina Smith

Share-A-Table answers the growing need for real life connections

Remote working is causing a socialisation gap that requires new thinking to suitably fill it.

Our urban, technological lifestyles have created an environment where almost everything

we need can be done online from attending a gym class to banking, from working to finding

a life partner.

When it comes to work, the Netherlands is Europe’s leader in terms of the percentage of

hybrid workers: close to 56% of professionals with 77% of companies having a hybrid

working policy in place.

This has led to increasing social isolation, particularly amongst single professionals. In

November 2023, the World Health Organisation declared the rise in social isolation to be a

global health epidemic with research stating 1 in 5 adults experience symptoms of anxiety,

depression and cardiovascular disease as a result.

In addition, a recent report on Bloomberg reported online dating services ‘are trying to

remain relevant as dating apps lose some of their luster’. Match Group Inc., owner of Tinder

and Hinge ‘is valued at just $8 billion, down from a pandemic era peak of about $50 billion’.

Do you sense a change in the air? There is growing evidence of a swing back to real life

experiences born from a desire to relate to each other in-person again.

We humans are missing human connections.

In answer to this, clubs are springing up that exist solely to bring people together IRL. Clubs

such as TimeLeft, which matchmakes 5 members over dinner; InterNations, aimed at expats

looking to make connections in their new city; and The Offline Club, whose modus operandi

is to hang out in cafes without phones.

Into this post-pandemic landscape comes Share-A-Table, an exclusive social dining club

bringing together single, educated professionals for IRL events. We welcome a diverse mix

of locals and expats, aged 35+, looking to expand their world over dinners and discussions

around the arts, culture, politics and society.

Nurturing meaningful connections, without the need for a WIFI password, Share-A-Table

has hosted more than 300 dinners to date, making more than 3,500 new connections

between interested and interesting people in Amsterdam.

Currently based in Amsterdam, Share-A-Table has plans for a specific country roll-out.


For more information contact:

Georgina Smith,

Founder



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