Loneliness Awareness Week Activities

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Knit & Natter

Ardoyne Library Crumlin Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Come and have a chat and a cuppa. You can knit, crochet or just hang out! Everyone welcome.

Free

Living Well OT Cognition Cafe

Parsons Meade Community Hub, Parsons Meade, West Hunsbury, Northampton NN4 9PS Parsons Meade, Northampton, England, United Kingdom

Start the week with a brain workout, join us at our free Cognition Café. Share some time chatting over a cuppa and exercise your memory, concentration and thinking skills by joining in with puzzles, games and activities!

Free

Chatty Café – Bradford on Avon

The Mill Cafe in Bradford on Avon hosts a local Chatty Cafe every Monday 10-12 as part of the ‘Chatty Cafe Scheme’. The aim is to encourage people to talk to others, help to lift your mood, and support you feel less lonely or isolated Come and enjoy a coffee and chat with others, whether […]

Free

Barn Theatre – make new friends over Coffee, cake & chat

Barn Theatre Barn Theatre, beeches road,, cirencester, Choose County, United Kingdom

The atrium will be open from 10-2pm every day for anyone to pop in for a free cup of coffee/tea and cake. An opportunity to come in, have a chat, make new friends and have some fun!

Free

Oasis at Chipping Sodbury Baptist Church

Oasis at Chipping Sodbury Baptist Church High Street, Chipping Sodbury, England, United Kingdom

The Oasis is a community wellbeing space for people of any faith or none. Situated in the heart of Chipping Sodbury, it's open each weekday from 10am to 2pm and 'everyone is welcome!' Come in for a tea/coffee and a chat - you can be sure of a warm welcome! Share a hobby, join an […]

Free

Knit & Natter

Keady Library Bridge Street, Keady, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Come and have a chat and a cuppa. You can knit, crochet or just hang out! Everyone welcome.

Free

Garden Get Together

Come along to the Forest Gate Community Garden for tea/coffee and good company.

Free

Cuppa & a Chat, with Ending Loneliness

The Plough, Whitecross Road, Hereford, HR4 0DH Whitecross Road, England, United Kingdom

On Monday 10th June, we'll be hosting 'Cuppa & a Chat' at The Plough (Whitecross Road, Hereford, HR4 0DH) from 10.30am to 12.30pm. If you're on your own and could do with a cuppa and some good company, please pop along to see us. There's a Pay and Display car park on Plough Lane, just […]

A Moment to Connect

The Costessey Centre, Longwater Lane, Norwich, NR8 5AH Longwater Lane, Costessey, Norfolk, United Kingdom

A day of chat, play and laughter. We're hosting a free social gathering for everyone over the age of 18 to come and meet each other; we will provide refreshments and host some games, including a quiz. A few prizes will be available!

Free

OsMINDS: coffee & croissant morning 🥐

OsCAH 36 Bailey Street, Oswestry, United Kingdom

OsMINDS is a group for people interested in personal development and mental wellbeing — we are non-judgmental, empathic and welcome you to join us for chat, coffee and a croissant. We’ll do some shared crafting/art celebrating connection and community. Hope you can join us!

Free

Knit & Natter

Woodstock Library Woodstock Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Come and have a chat and a cuppa. You can knit, crochet or just hang out! Everyone welcome.

Free

Seaconnections Cafe

EX9 6HF Seachange Devon, Budleigh Salterton, Please select..., United Kingdom

A welcoming and friendly place to connect with others. Complimentary drinks, no charge to attend. A "£5 Special" lunch is available to purchase from Launchpad, or you are welcome to bring your own refreshments. Transport may also be arranged, subject to availability, at a subsidised rate, but must be booked a week in advance.

Free

Goldies UK Sing&Smile

Halstead Library Bridge Street, Halstead, Essex, United Kingdom

Why not try your local Goldies Sing&Smile group and join us for a fun and friendly sing-along. Goldies is not a choir, you don’t have to be able to hold a tune. No need to book. Just turn up sing, chat, laugh, meet old friends and new. Enjoy singing along to popular hits from the […]

£3

Knit & Natter

Magherafelt Library Church Street, Magherafelt, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Come and have a chat and a cuppa. You can knit, crochet or just hang out! Everyone welcome.

Free

Goldies UK Sing&Smile

Havering Asian Social Welfare Association Kilmartin Way, Havering, London, United Kingdom

Why not try your local Goldies Sing&Smile group and join us for a fun and friendly sing-along. Goldies is not a choir, you don’t have to be able to hold a tune. No need to book. Just turn up sing, chat, laugh, meet old friends and new. Enjoy singing along to popular hits from the […]

£3

Training Opportunities Drop-in

Antrim Library Railway Street, Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Pop into Antrim Library to hear about training opportunities in your area from Belfast Works and Gems NI

Free

Hunstanton June Creative Social with Rosy May

Hunstanton Community Centre Avenue Road, Hunstanton, Norfolk, United Kingdom

Come and celebrate music and movement of the Caribbean! Join Rosy May in sharing dance styles from different countries and learn original choreography from dance show: The Islands. Have fun and get creative! Creative Socials are monthly creative workshops for people aged 50+. Activities change month-to-month and range from dancing and music, to arts, crafts […]

Free

Chatty Library

Magherafelt Library Church Street, Magherafelt, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Join in the chat, read the papers or simply relax. Everyone welcome.

Free

Goldies UK Sing&Smile

Salisbury Methodist Church Saint Edmund's Church Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

Why not try your local Goldies Sing&Smile group and join us for a fun and friendly sing-along. Goldies is not a choir, you don’t have to be able to hold a tune. No need to book. Just turn up sing, chat, laugh, meet old friends and new. Enjoy singing along to popular hits from the […]

£3

Board Games at Wednesfield Library

Wednesfield Library, 2 Well Lane, Wolverhampton, WV11 1XT Well Lane, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, United Kingdom

Play some classic board games and meet people in your area on Monday 10th June 3-5pm at Wednesfield library! Scrabble, chess, ludo and more - there's something for everyone! All are welcome to come along and play some games. Part of the Know Your Neighbourhood project.

Free