Community Support London

Supporting mental wellbeing through connection ⭐️

Join us for a relaxed afternoon of coffee, cake, and meaningful conversation. This is a welcoming space to connect with like-minded people and discuss topics such as personal values, beliefs, life's challenges, stressors, relationships, purpose, and wellbeing. Whether you'd like to share your experiences or simply listen, everyone is welcome. Our aim is to build genuine connections, support one another, and leave feeling a little lighter and more understood. Please note: This is a peer support community and is not a replacement for professional therapy or mental health treatment. ☕ there will be coffee, some cake, and plenty conversation.

Balancers Community Volunteering - Archway

Hi Balancers, We believe community is about more than meeting new people. It's also about showing up for those who need support. As part of our ongoing partnership with Refugee Community Kitchen, we're inviting you to join us for a special evening helping distribute summer care kits to people experiencing homelessness in London. We'll be working alongside the Refugee Community Kitchen team during their evening meal service in Archway, helping hand out essential care kits to those who need them most. **💛 What to Expect** \* A meaningful evening giving back to the local community. \* Work alongside the Refugee Community Kitchen team during their meal distribution. \* Help distribute summer care kits to people experiencing homelessness. \* Meet other Balancers who want to make a positive impact. **📍 Meeting Point** 17.30 PM Outside \*\*Archway Underground Station\*\* We'll begin with a short briefing from the Refugee Community Kitchen team, who will explain how the distribution works and answer any questions. The process is simple. Camden Council requires a short form to be completed for each care kit distributed, and you'll be shown exactly how to do this during the briefing. No previous volunteering experience is needed. 🔹 Stay connected: Join our WhatsApp group [here] for last-minute updates. 🌱 **About Refugee Community Kitchen** Refugee Community Kitchen is a grassroots, volunteer-led organisation that has served over 3.5 million meals to displaced people and those experiencing food insecurity in the UK and northern France. Their mission: to serve warm, nourishing meals with dignity and build community through food. 👉 Learn more: [refugeecommunitykitchen.org](https://refugeecommunitykitchen.org) *** 💡 **Can’t Make It This Time?** You can still contribute: * **Donate directly (100% goes to RCK):** [https://www.justgiving.com/charity/refugeecommunitykitchen](https://www.justgiving.com/charity/refugeecommunitykitchen) * **Volunteer with RCK:** [Sign up here](https://rck.my.salesforce-sites.com/outreachvolunteer/) * **Spread the word** to others who’d love to join in Let’s keep showing what our community can do when we act with heart. See you there 💛17

Balancers Community Volunteering - Goodge Street

Hi Balancers, We believe community is about more than meeting new people. It's also about showing up for those who need support. As part of our ongoing partnership with Refugee Community Kitchen, we're inviting you to join us for a special evening helping distribute summer care kits to people experiencing homelessness in London. We'll be working alongside the Refugee Community Kitchen team during their evening meal service in Archway, helping hand out essential care kits to those who need them most. **💛 What to Expect** \* A meaningful evening giving back to the local community. \* Work alongside the Refugee Community Kitchen team during their meal distribution. \* Help distribute summer care kits to people experiencing homelessness. \* Meet other Balancers who want to make a positive impact. **📍 Meeting Point** 6:00 PM Outside \*\*Goodge Street Underground Station\*\* We'll begin with a short briefing from the Refugee Community Kitchen team, who will explain how the distribution works and answer any questions. The process is simple. Camden Council requires a short form to be completed for each care kit distributed, and you'll be shown exactly how to do this during the briefing. No previous volunteering experience is needed. 🔹 Stay connected: Join our WhatsApp group [here] for last-minute updates. 🌱 **About Refugee Community Kitchen** Refugee Community Kitchen is a grassroots, volunteer-led organisation that has served over 3.5 million meals to displaced people and those experiencing food insecurity in the UK and northern France. Their mission: to serve warm, nourishing meals with dignity and build community through food. 👉 Learn more: [refugeecommunitykitchen.org](https://refugeecommunitykitchen.org) *** 💡 **Can’t Make It This Time?** You can still contribute: * **Donate directly (100% goes to RCK):** [https://www.justgiving.com/charity/refugeecommunitykitchen](https://www.justgiving.com/charity/refugeecommunitykitchen) * **Volunteer with RCK:** [Sign up here](https://rck.my.salesforce-sites.com/outreachvolunteer/) * **Spread the word** to others who’d love to join in Let’s keep showing what our community can do when we act with heart. See you there 💛

Ocd & Intrusive Thoughts Support Group

This group is for individuals aged 18-40 who struggle with OCD and intrusive thoughts. The aim of the group is to provide a confidential and non-judgemental space for people to share their experiences with OCD, and to share information about OCD treatment (particularly if this is something that is not accessible to you) as well as support each other on our recovery journey! A formal diagnosis is not required. The meet up will have this general structure: 1. Introductions and catching up on how the last two weeks have been 2. Group discussion - either on a pre-planned question or a topic of choice by the group members Soft drinks will be provided. **Group rules** * Please arrive on time! * Confidentiality - what is said in the group is not spoken about outside the group * No talking over others * Please only click attending if you are definitely planning on attending so that we have an idea of numbers - MUST have a ticket to come (new space rules) The group will take place at Hope in the community located on the first floor of the Gordon Hospital. Closest station Pimlico on the Victoria line. Bloomburg St, London SW1V 2RH

Sanjay's Birthday Picnic @ Richmond Green - Donation to Cancer Research

Hi All, **No host fee, but a mandatory donation for cancer research. If you don't attend the event, you can of course still donate. After all, it's for a good cause, and I doubt it will break your bank. No cards or gifts, just donations, thank you.** **Donation Link - [https://www.justgiving.com/page/sanjay-patel-6](https://www.justgiving.com/page/sanjay-patel-6)** **I'll try to have a QR code for on-the-day donations. You don't need to wait till the day to donate 😀** Why not come along after the Richmond festival to sit & relax, and mingle with others, which isn't easy to do at the festival. All picnics are weather-dependent, so I may need to change the date in the worst case or change to an indoor event. I will confirm nearer the time. I'll let you know what I'll be wearing and my number nearer the time. The location is on the corner of Richmond Green near the pubs The Prince’s Head and The Cricketers. As per the location pic. All previous picnics have been popular, so come along to enjoy the beautiful weather while it lasts. Get a dose of Vitamin D, have a good old chit-chat, and enjoy some food & drinks with friendly people. Bring your own food and drinks, thought I'll mention it just in case someone is expecting me to provide a 5\* luxury picnic complimentary 😂 Welcome to bring a speaker 🔈<= yes that's a pic of a speaker 🙈 And yes, more bad jokes to come on the day. 🌞😎💃🕺🧺🍺🍸🥤 Cheers, Sanjay

Private Substance Misuse Support Group

This group is a private substance misuse support group, for individuals who are experiencing difficulties in their relationship with drugs/alcohol. The group is facilitated by a trained and qualified Janus worker. This group is designed to offer support, encouragement and to provide a forum, that allows you to make informed choices. The objective of this group is to liberate you from the labels of addiction, dependency, illness sickness and "disease", replacing them with the more proactive terminology of choice, responsibility, self control and decision making. Janus does not use the 12 step model. It uses the Janus approach to working with substance use called "The Resonance Factor" http://bit.ly/Resonance_blog Hopefully you will find these groups informative, innovative and creative. Before entering this group could you contact CHRISTOPHER ROBIN on 07515663621 to discuss the finer details regarding payment and room number in the venue etc.

Volunteering walk through LDN listening, helping homeless 07877920245

Introvert friendly volunteering walk through LDN listening, helping homeless

Creative Wellness Cycling Club (Members only)

Weekly cycling club open to members of that club only. Membership enquiries to creativewellnesswon@outlook.com

FREE Kew to Richmond Towpath Summer Walk!

By popular demand we are AGAIN taking our group outside this summer, for a lovely summer walk on a Sunday. This excursion will be free of charge. We will at one point find a place to eat late Sunday lunch or coffee/tea after our walk. **Meet us at Richmond train station in the main hall, on street level, by the ticket machines at 12:00 noon on Sunday July 5th 2025.** **We will be taking the very frequent bus 65 from Richmond station together so it is important that you are on time. Best thing is to arrive early! (aim for 11:30 perhaps)** **The Kew to Richmond Towpath Walk** We are taking you a different route this year (2026): Trade the city bustle for a scenic, historic journey along the River Thames. This stunning trail takes us from Kew Bridge to Richmond Bridge, seamlessly blending royal heritage, wild nature, and vibrant waterside culture. Here is a glimpse of what awaits us on this riverside stroll: We escape into a peaceful, canopy-shaded path running alongside the iconic **Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew**. On our left, we pass the historic red-brick **Kew Palace**, and look across the river to admire the grand **Syon House** and its picturesque, rose-pink **boathouse**. We'll also track the wild sanctuary of **Isleworth Ait** and the historic Tudor-era **London Apprentice** pub across the water. We'll see the landscape open up into **Old Deer Park**, where we shall literally walk right across **King George III’s 1769 meridian line**, marked by historic stone obelisks. Soon after, we'll reach the magnificent **Richmond Lock and Footbridge** (1894)—a Grade II listed milestone where we can admire intricate Victorian ironwork from the Surrey bank. We then transition from quiet nature into elegant town life. We pass the striking 1760s Palladian villa, **Asgill House**, before stepping onto the vibrant, multi-tiered **Richmond Riverside** promenade. We pass the **White Cross** Pub — where high spring tides sometimes flood the beer garden, stranding patrons — before finishing our journey at the **Tide Tables Cafe** under the elegant stone arches of **Richmond Bridge**, London's oldest surviving bridge over the Thames. **Our warm and welcoming community since 2018** As well as being a Men’s Peer Support Group for Self-Discovery-Share-Discuss, this group has since 2018 also focused on the social aspect, and the fact that we are offering a friendly, safe, welcoming and caring community for gay and bi-sexual men. This is a place where we can meet other men, who at least on some level have a very similar life experience to ourselves. In this group we are encouraged to share and discuss how we experience our lives; but also sharing our differences as well as similarities. We are always more than interested in hearing your view and your understanding of what it is like to be a gay or bi-sexual man in this part of the world, and beyond. We really look forward to seeing you for a nice relaxing Sunday along the riverside in Richmond. New faces are ALWAYS welcome, as much as our familiar members. Big hug Dan **Where we meet (important):** We meet at 12:00 in the main hall of Richmond Station (zone 4) at street level near the ticket machines. Please be punctual. Watch out for potential engineering works affecting **South West Trains**. The best rail service from [London Waterloo to Richmond](https://www.southwesternrailway.com/train-times/london-waterloo-to-richmond-london "https://www.southwesternrailway.com/train-times/london-waterloo-to-richmond-london") is the 11:39, arriving at 11:58. Richmond is also at the western end of the District Line and the **[Mildmay Line](https://tfl.gov.uk/overground/route/mildmay/ "https://tfl.gov.uk/overground/route/mildmay/")** (formerly the Overground). Those who prefer to use the **underground** (District Line, Richmond branch) should [check with TfL](https://tfl.gov.uk/tube-dlr-overground/status/ "https://tfl.gov.uk/tube-dlr-overground/status/") for last-minute engineering works. The service that leaves Embankment at 11:06 arrives at Richmond at 11:46. There are toilets on Richmond Station adjacent to Platform 7. **If it rains (please note):** If it is terrible weather with a lot of rain, we may postpone the walk, to the following week to Sunday july 12th, in which case you would be notified the day before. It is therefore important that you sign up for this FREE walk ,so that we can see that you are going to attend and we can write to you.

Listening Hour with Coffee and Cake

**What is the Listening Hour?** **1-hour connection and empathy space currently hosted by people who have experience in Nonviolent Communication (NVC) for people who want to increase social connection, improve listening skills and be welcomed in a strong and caring community.** **We recommend participants learn about Nonviolent Communication [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wNjqVR6-C4s30P7T-GPOxm_8JemKl1B78GN__7z8I7Q/edit?usp=sharing).** ### **1\. Key Benefits of Improving Listening Skills** **✅ Better Relationships – Strengthens personal and professional relationships through understanding.** **✅ Conflict Resolution – Turns arguments into conversations where both sides feel heard.** **✅ Emotional Clarity – Helps you express your feelings and needs without blame.** **✅ Empathy & Connection – Encourages deep listening and compassion.** **✅ Self-Awareness – Helps you understand your own triggers and needs.** **By improving listening to ourselves and to others, we shift from reacting to responding with awareness, creating more meaningful and peaceful interactions.** For more information and registration, please see the link below. [https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/listening-hour-with-coffee-and-cake-tickets-622960340147](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/listening-hour-with-coffee-and-cake-tickets-622960340147)

Free* SUMMER BBQ at International café

Come and join us for our Church BBQ! 🍔🌭☀️ This week at International Cafe, we’re inviting everyone to join our church and volunteers for free food, friendly conversations, and a relaxed time together. It’s a great chance to practise speaking English with our English-speaking volunteers, make new friends, and learn more about British culture in a warm and welcoming community. 🇬🇧🤝 Everyone is welcome — whether it’s your first time or you’ve joined us before! So mark your calendars: 🍽️ Free Food from: 1:00 PM 📍 Address: EC1R 0EA, Inspire at St James Church 🚶 Only 3 minutes’ walk from Farringdon Tube Station Come hungry and bring a friend — we’d love to see you there! 🎉 Questions? Text Organiser: 07708228436