London 20 & 30s Community | The Great Friendship Project

On Friday 25th September, we’re really excited to be heading back to the National Gallery Lates for our latest fast-paced, Photo Scavenger Hunt 🕵️

Yep every Friday, one of London’s most iconic galleries stays open late, inviting visitors to explore its treasures after hours.

However, rather than simply enjoying the wonders of the art on display, to spice up our visit, we've organised one of our famous Gallery-wide team photo hunts.

If you've not been to one of these before, our photo hunts are a unique mix of a fast-paced Scavenger Hunt and Where’s Wally?, set in one of the world’s most famous galleries 🖼️

We’ve curated a fresh selection of intriguing background characters, unusual objects and eye-catching snippets in the paintings across the gallery.

And your team’s mission is to locate as many of them as you can within 90 minutes 🕵️

You’ll be armed with clues and photo hints to help you find them, but they are designed to be easy to miss - so you’ll need to keep your wits about you and your eyes peeled.

And that’s not all - there’ll also be extra speed challenges along the way, that could give your team the chance to bag valuable bonus points.

The team with the most points by the end of the night will be crowned the winners, with some great prizes up for grabs 🏆

And once the hunt wraps up, we’ll head to the pub to grab a drink, crown the winners and hand out the prizes.

It should be a great night but places are limited and so if you would like to join us for this, please RSVP as soon as possible!

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It's back! On Sunday 27th September, we'll be wrapping up the weekend with our latest FREE Board Games Afternoon, exclusively for 20s and 30s 🎲

Yep, that's right - we've got the end of your weekend sorted again with another games afternoon in our usual big private space in central London.

If you've not been before - we’ve got a fantastic collection of some of the most popular games that you’ll be able to choose from.

From classics like Exploding Kittens and Codenames, social deduction games like Chameleon and Avalon, to party games like Dixit and Wavelength, you’re sure to find something you’ll love ❤️

And over the course of the afternoon, you'll be able to mix around, play a variety of different games, and meet lots of friendly new faces.

All of our games are designed to be quick to play, easy to learn and accessible - and you’re also very welcome to bring your own, as long as they fit the bill and work for groups of 6 or more!

Best of all, it's completely free to join us, so if you're looking to play some games, meet new people, and have a laugh, we'd love to have you join us 🙌

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Venue - Thirsty Bear, 62 Stamford St, Waterloo, London SE1 9LX.

Closest Tube stations: Southwark (5 min walk), Waterloo (10 mins walk)

Start Time - 4:00pm

Finish time: 8:00pm

Please note: bringing your own food or drink into the venue is not permitted.

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JOIN THE COMMUNITY

Set up in November 2021, the project was set up to help young adults in their 20s and 30s meet, connect and hopefully build lifelong friendships.

To help make this happen, we also host all kinds of events from free social walks, games evenings, day trips, social events, activity nights to picnics.

To learn more about our community, follow us on social media or buy us a coffee, please follow one of the links below.

We don’t do boring Wednesdays and so on 30th September, we’ve got something rather special in store - our very first Pickleball Night 🎾

Yep, that’s right... for one night only, we’ll be teaming up with Kensington Pickleball Club to give you the chance to try out one of the fastest growing sports in the world.

If you haven’t heard of it before, Pickleball is a brilliantly addictive racket sport that combines the best bits of tennis, badminton and table tennis 🏓

Played with lightweight balls and paddles, it’s more accessible than many other racket sports - relying less on pace and power and more on strategy, teamwork and clever shot placement.

And to bring you up-to speed, we've organised a private intro coaching session, just for our community 💛

Over the session, you’ll learn the fundamentals of the game, pick up insider tips and strategies, as well as take part in some gameplay to build your confidence.

Best of all, whilst a coaching session would easily set you back £25+, we’ve managed to secure an incredible deal so the whole evening will cost just £9.35pp 🙌

It’s a brilliant chance to try something new, meet people, and enjoy a sport that’s only going to get bigger!

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To start the event, we will be meeting at a pub for social drinks from 6:45pm.

However, we'd ask you arrive no later than 7:25pm, so that we can head over to the venue together in time for the start of the experience.

On Friday 2nd October, we're hugely excited to be heading into the City of London for our very first "Alien Escape" Pub Race 👽

Yep, you read that right. Aliens have landed in London and after UK intelligence services briefly captured one, it somehow escaped.

Reports suggest it’s now hiding in a pub somewhere in the City, and authorities are calling on members of the public to help them track it down 🕵️

Working in teams, you’ll need to race from pub to pub across the City, following the alien’s approximate location on a live map.

As the tracker gradually narrows down the search area, you’ll need to race to find it before others - as the three teams to find the alien will earn a huge share of the reward bounty.

But there are a couple of plot twists… 🤫

To avoid blowing your cover or arousing suspicion, if you enter the wrong pub or bar, at least two members of your team must buy a drink before continuing your search.

And finding the alien isn’t your only mission - as there's also been strange sightings, intercepted transmissions and pieces of extraterrestrial technology have been reported across the City.

Along the way, you’ll complete classified field assignments - from decoding alien messages to gathering photographic evidence of the invasion 🚀

Each one you successfully complete will add to your team's bounty, so speed alone won’t guarantee victory.

And at the end of the race, we’ll gather at our final venue, count the scores and reward the night’s best alien hunters 🏆

It should be out of this world and an unforgettable night of Friday night fun - so hopefully see you there!

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