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'The pit can be quite deep': Agencies share how they're addressing loneliness among their homeworking communities

Mental health
Harry Kemble
13 August 2026

Working from your own home can sometimes feel like the loneliest place in the world. So TTG's Harry Kemble asked several homeworking agencies – large and small – what they're doing to support their home-based agents, particularly when those sales just aren't coming in.

Lonely homeworker
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Several homeworking agencies told TTG about the initiatives they have in place to help their agents beat loneliness

Seven years after launching her business with Travel Counsellors, home-based agent Claire Bottone’s efforts were starting to bear fruit.

The year was 2014, and Claire was enjoying great success – professionally and personally. The mum-of-three was three months into her London Marathon training programme.

However, just as things were starting to take off, Claire’s world came crashing down.

Her dad was diagnosed with terminal cancer, and a few weeks later, doctors discovered her mum’s cancer had spread quickly too. To make things even worse, her mum needed major surgery to remove her eye.