How to support a teen with few friends?

[MumofLonelyteen]

Feeling a bit sad for my daughter. She's 15 and has only one friend. That friend is a bit boy crazy and after making loose plans to meet up in the school holidays has suddenly got a new boyfriend and so is unavailable.
She has a hobby and is booked to do that a couple of days. She hasn't made any friends from it though.
She's reasonably confident and will chat quite happily with kids her age but it never seems to translate into friendships.
Any advice on how I can support her? Even if it's just finding the right thing to say!

Does she talk to people at school/clubs? Does that ever develop into talking/messaging at home or going out/coming over to your house? Is she trying and getting rejected ? Is she upset about it/lonely?

She’ll make new friends at college and Uni.

Those are good questions. I know she messages a couple of the girls from her hobby but I don't know if she's asking to meet up and getting rejected. I'll see if I can gently ask her.
She is upset about it, yes. It's impacting on her wanting to go to school as if her one friend doesn't got she's basically on her own and self conscious about that.
She comes across as reasonably confident and a pretty typical teen with normal teen interests. I had few friends at her age but I was chronically shy, had terrible taste in clothes and was very nerdy. I kind of don't get why it's so hard for her!

That's what I'm hoping for. A year feels like a lifetime at her age though, poor kid.

Can you gently encourage her to ask some girls (1 2 1 preferably at first) over or to go into town/cinema/whatever? Are birthday “parties” still a thing at that age? Could she invite a small group? Are there any clubs at school she could join ?

Friendships do take time and effort to develop and maintain, and if she stays on the sidelines (even if she’s nice and friendly) rather than putting herself “out there” , sadly it tends to be out of sight, out of mind.

There are definitely parties but she doesn't get invited so I'm now sure how she'd feel about attempting to inviting anyone.

I think you're right about her staying on the sidelines. I think she's got herself in a bit of a vicious cycle where she stays on the sidelines because she's lost confidence in her ability to make friends but that also makes it hard for her to make friends!
I'm not sure what school clubs are available but I'll see if I can encourage her to put herself out there a bit more.
Thanks!