Explore the clubs that make London feel more like a community than a megacity

858 Art Club is a creative space for people who want to learn, experiment, and build together. Hosted by Farouk858 (https://www.instagram.com/farouk858/), it’s an open community where all levels are welcome — whether you’re a complete beginner or already deep in your craft. Right now, we’re focused on learning 3D art and Blender, but we’re always evolving. Soon, we’ll be diving into DJing and no-code web development.

858 Art Club 

Acid Chess Club is a monthly meetup fusing chess, music and art at Next Door Records in Stoke Newington.

Acid Chess Club

Arrival at One invites people to explore the British outdoors together, and deepen their bond with the natural world. They made it their mission to build a community around climbing and connect people to nature in the process.

Arrival at One

Based in South London, Back a Yardd is a community-focused collective that will reconnect you with the land. Through foraging, herbal medicine making, and meditative practices, they guide their community to readopt ancestral knowledge and relearn Indigenous practices.

 Back a Yardd

Baesianz FC is a London-based football team for women, trans and non-binary people of Asian heritage. They’re a grassroots club on a mission to make football more inclusive.

Baesianz FC

Between 2 Books is a literary platform and community organisation amplifying diverse authors and narratives. We create spaces for creativity and connection through book clubs, social events, and field trips. Beyond books, we champion the arts, collaborate with new groups, and provide a space for people to explore their interests. Our focus is less on the books themselves and more on the people and community at the heart of it all.

Between2Books

Casual Readers Club is a book community based in London, championing the work and writing of Black, Brown and traditionally underrepresented creators. With community at its core, they’ve created a safe, inclusive space for people to connect and celebrate the power of storytelling in all its forms.

Casual Readers Club

Club SOL welcomes anyone curious about reconnecting with the earth or meeting new people, with no need for prior climate work experience. With gatherings across various London locations, the group hosts monthly activities like Earth Church ceremonies and DJ workshops.

Club Sol

Come Together connects young creatives with independent and rising chefs in North and East London through supper clubs, private dining and food experiences.

Come Together

Compost Library is a learning program that’s focussed on co-creation. The project, hosted twice a year, is designed to help participants find their creative voice and explore how reading and writing can support mental wellbeing in groups of 20-30 people.

Compost Library

A South London community garden and archiving project led by BPOC community members offering workshops in food growing, medicine marking, nature walks, crafts and wellbeing almost twice a week.

Earth Tenders

Energy Energy Club is all about getting that natural high through movement, community and nature. Be part of a like minded crew and expect a mix of fun, challenge and connection.

Energy Energy Club

Five Fold is an ongoing curatorial project which aims to create spaces for emerging artists from all disciplines to meet, collaborate, and share their work with each other and the public.

Five Fold 

Four Winds Mahjong Club started after volunteers at ESEA Community Centre realised that younger East and South East Asian (ESEA) folks wanted to learn how to play mahjong. It’s become a space for ESEA people to connect and heal, especially post-COVID and with the rise of anti-Asian hate. Now a volunteer-run club, we host regular mahjong sessions and special events, teaching mahjong and bringing ESEA people and allies together to foster a sense of community and belonging.

Four Winds Mahjong Club

GOA is a plant-based African/Caribbean food initiative that offers pop-up restaurants, catering, and free community cooking clubs, with plans to introduce horticulture workshops. Focused on connecting young Black people with food and growing, the relaxed, creative events feature communal eating, music, and learning in an inclusive, welcoming environment.

Garden of Afruika

Girls in Film is a global network and organisation that represents, champions and connects the new generation of women, non-binary and trans creatives in the film industry. We believe that changing the gender bias in the film industry starts with bringing these groups to the forefront. Our community engages in and progresses discussions around equality and representation in film.

Girls In Film

GRL SWM is a London-based swimming and social club, brought to life to bridge the gap between communities of colour and swimming. Recognising that many minority groups in the UK are less likely to swim or have access to lessons, GRL SWM offers a safe, supportive space for women of all backgrounds to learn a life-saving skill.

GRL SWM 

Grubber is all about reconnecting with nature and cultivating positive relationships with plants: nature is for you, and it always has been. Take a ramble through the countryside, learn a thing or two about plants, and subvert stereotypes with a bunch of new friends.

Grubber Community

London Lace Club is a community group that aims to replicate the traditional methods of learning lace through gathering and making together. Run by Lauren Watson and Amelia White, the group gives a space for beginners and pros alike to create more of a community around learning a craft. They will help you through your first steps and encourage attendees to learn through conversation. They are a place to hang out, drink tea and make some lace.

London Lace Club

Lonely Girls Club

Studi0 Sessions

Melanin Skate Gals & Pals uses sport as a tool for development, social innovation and empowerment. This community of skaters learn in their own way, at their own speed, helping each other along the way.

Melanin Skate Gals & Pals

Mud Gang CIC is a community pottery in central London, offering inclusive classes, workshops, and studio memberships for all ages and abilities. Daily classes and courses throughout the week provide a fun, relaxed environment for anyone looking to explore or continue their pottery journey.

Mud Gang

PRIM is a platform, library, and digital archive amplifying stories by African, Caribbean, and Afro-Latinx people, with monthly book club meetups in London, as well as theatre and exhibition trips throughout the year. Focused on building a community of primarily queer Black folk, PRIM creates spaces to connect, learn, and share through free or low-cost events.


PRIM

Matter of Time is a music studio and creative community in the heart of Shoreditch. We host weekly free community events every Wednesday evening, as well as a variety of short courses and events throughout the year. We also rent the studio to artists, musicians, content creators and more.

Matter of Time

Muslim Sisterhood is a creative agency and community focused on uplifting Muslim women through monthly events like workshops, screenings, and charity fundraisers, all in a welcoming, alcohol-free space. With joy as a form of activism, their free events provide opportunities to connect, pray, and celebrate creativity.

Muslim Sisterhood

Misery is a radical mental health hub and sober rave supporting queer, trans, intersex Black people and people of colour (QTIBPOC) with lived experiences of mental health challenges, addiction, and trauma. Expect monthly online and physical meetups in playful, sober spaces that foster collective healing and resilience, reminding QTIBPOC that it's okay to feel deeply in a world that's "mad out here."

Misery Party

Tribe is an experimental live music jam and community space. They offer a safe, ego-free space for creative expression, connection, and celebration through music, art and conversation.

Tribe

A hiking-orientated community based in London opens the outdoors to more people, to build confidence in exploring, and to bridge the gap between strangers and friends. 

Walk this Way 

— loosely translated as ‘hanging out’ — our gatherings embrace the long, fluid conversations that arise between friends and strangers. We meet monthly for dinner interspersed with artist performances, screenings, and workshops to foster connection, collective resource-sharing, and a sense of community.