Lisbon Newcomers Welcome Club - July Meetup #27

This "Lisbon Newcomers Welcome Club" gathering is for people who are new to Lisbon or want to welcome them, and increase their number of connections. The first meetup was held November 2021 and since we have welcomed 1986+ people to these events.

Each event creates new bonds between newcomers to Lisbon and those who have been here for a while in a simple, fun, yet effective way.

Your host for this event will be Richard, with support from Jacky, Naren and our amazing team of volunteers

For those interested in volunteering we organise team meetings between events, where you can meet team members and find out more about what's involved. Please approach Richard or other team members if that sounds like you. If you want to help with our events or partner with us, great. Apply here.

If you are interested in taking part in activities between events, and.or sharing details of your own project or activity with others in this group, please use our Lisbon Community Activities database to register details of what you want to do or offer.

We want to strengthen our connections with local Portuguese people and groups who are interesting in getting to know positive new arrivals in Lisbon. Please help us with that.

Our events are open and welcoming to people from all backgrounds. You will be surprised to see how many different nationalities come together at these events.

This is not a speed dating/pickup type event. Everyone who attends is entitled to feel safe, not be harassed or pressured. We are introducing enhanced measures to address this issue following some complaints.

EVENT STRUCTURE:
We will have a structured first sixty minutes with icebreakers aimed at making things easy for people to connect with one another. Then participants are welcome to hang out and socialise as they wish after the structured part of the meeting is over.

REACH OUT:
If you have a community initiative you want to share or announce, let us know in advance.

VOLUNTEERS
We need volunteers to help us develop the project. From simple things like being early to welcome people, through to PR and graphic design and a website. Let us know if that sounds like you and apply to join the team here

We aim to be a local community of internationally minded people in the heart of Lisbon. You are welcome to be a part of it.

The idea is to maintain and sustain the community spirit that sometimes emerged during Covid and help build back better and stronger than before.

When you sign up to our events we add you to our mailing list https://lisboncommunityevents.substack.com if you give us your email address so we can tell you about more free events run by volunteers . If you don't want us to do that don't give us your email. iI you change your mind you can leave the Substack list at any time.

Richard Lucas and the Lisbon Newcomers Welcome Club Team

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If you sign up and don't show up, that's bad. You take other people's places, Of course your plans can change. if they do, please cancel your reservation. We will love you for being thoughtful.