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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tairo is a London-based community offering creative workshops, social meet-ups, and intimate circles to promote mental wellbeing and genuine human connections. The focus is on creating accessible, in-person spaces for women. Through Sister Series, they unite women in safe, empowering environments that encourage personal growth and social connection.

Tairo

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.