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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

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

🗣Melksham Chatty Cafe🫖

The Poolside Cafe at Melksham Community Campus Market Place, Melksham, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

For more information see https://thechattycafescheme.co.uk/venue/poolside-cafe/ or contact Jemma Cottrell at fwpoolsidecafe@hotmail.com.

Free

Great Yarmouth June Creative Socials with Rosy May

St George's Theatre Cafe King Street, Great Yarmouth, 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

Happy Café

Happy Cafes are a welcoming space where people can get together over a drink and learn about the techniques for living a more positive and happier life. Happy Café’s provide a warm welcome for anyone feeling isolated, lonely or anxious about meeting others.

Free

Come and find out how to become a Community Connector

Frome Medical Practice Frome, Somerset, United Kingdom

Become a Community Connector and signpost others to Information Access Points where they can find out about support, opportunities and resources that could help improve their health and wellbeing. Join our free one hour, simple, fun, training session PLUS optional chat afterwards downstairs in the café at Frome Medical Practice Anyone and everyone can be […]

Free

Stop and Chat

st albans church watchfield Watchfield, oxfordshire, United Kingdom

a warm safe space to relax and chat refreshments will be provided, eg hot drinks and biscuits This is usually an unpaid carers group but we invite you join us this week.

Free

🙂Happy Café in Melksham☕

Gonjoo Cafe Bake House Melksham High Street, Melksham, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

For more information see Rethink Mental Illness - Wiltshire Mental Health Inclusion Service on Facebook or contact Stacey on 07570 920 363.

Free

Talking together

X. gimnazija Ivan Supek, Zagreb Ulica Vjekoslava Klaića, Zagreb, Grad Zagreb, Croatia

We talk together to encourage connection between students, reduce feelings of loneliness, share experiences and get to know each other better. Students will answer pre-planned questions in social coffee activities. We will form long lines through the hallway of our school where students will get to know each other better and share their experiences with […]

Attleborough June Creative Social with Rosy May

Attleborough Town Hall Queen's Square, Attleborough, 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

Thetford June Creative Social with Rosy May

Thetford Library Raymond Street, Thetford, 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

The Motivational Experience

Brighton Palace Pier Madeira Drive, Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom

Fitness guru, aerobics master, motivational speaker and UK national treasure, Mr Motivator comes to Brighton to lead an afternoon of cultivating wellness for physical, mental and social health at Brighton Palace Pier! Come join us at Horatio's Bar for an afternoon that will lift your spirits and get you pumped up! Mr Motivator is here […]

£25

Chatty Market Stall

Chesterfield Market Square Chesterfield Market Square, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, United Kingdom

The Hub at Low Pavement will be holding a chatty market stall at Chesterfield Market! The Hub at Low Pavement is a space for community, dedicated to bringing people together, hosting groups and activities and a central point to find out what’s happening in local areas. You can come and talk to our stall holders […]

Free

🗣Melksham Chatty Cafe🫖

The Poolside Cafe at Melksham Community Campus Market Place, Melksham, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

For more information see https://thechattycafescheme.co.uk/venue/poolside-cafe/ or contact Jemma Cottrell at fwpoolsidecafe@hotmail.com.

Free

Informal community assets and co-production for ‘Random Acts of Connection’

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Using informal community assets and co-production approaches to engage and capture insight from seldom heard voices: Making the most of your ‘Random Acts of Connection’ with people in the community - learning from the Good Practice Mentors . This year’s Loneliness Awareness week is running under the theme ‘Random Acts of Connection’, exploring how connecting […]

Free

🙂Happy Café in Melksham☕

Gonjoo Cafe Bake House Melksham High Street, Melksham, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

For more information see Rethink Mental Illness - Wiltshire Mental Health Inclusion Service on Facebook or contact Stacey on 07570 920 363.

Free

🗣Melksham Chatty Cafe🫖

The Poolside Cafe at Melksham Community Campus Market Place, Melksham, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

For more information see https://thechattycafescheme.co.uk/venue/poolside-cafe/ or contact Jemma Cottrell at fwpoolsidecafe@hotmail.com.

Free

🙂Happy Café in Melksham☕

Gonjoo Cafe Bake House Melksham High Street, Melksham, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

For more information see Rethink Mental Illness - Wiltshire Mental Health Inclusion Service on Facebook or contact Stacey on 07570 920 363.

Free

🗣Melksham Chatty Cafe🫖

The Poolside Cafe at Melksham Community Campus Market Place, Melksham, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

For more information see https://thechattycafescheme.co.uk/venue/poolside-cafe/ or contact Jemma Cottrell at fwpoolsidecafe@hotmail.com.

Free

🙂Happy Café in Melksham☕

Gonjoo Cafe Bake House Melksham High Street, Melksham, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

For more information see Rethink Mental Illness - Wiltshire Mental Health Inclusion Service on Facebook or contact Stacey on 07570 920 363.

Free