What we’re about
Lisbon Community Connections Group serves people who have a positive pro-community mindset.
Our tag line is "we welcome all who welcome all"
Our gatherings are inclusive and for people of all backgrounds and ages.
Digital Nomads
Newcomers to Lisbon
Entrepreneurs
Long and short term residents, whether Portuguese or foreign
Retired people and those still working
What is different about these meetings ?
They are hosted and designed to be "first timer friendly", with integration activities and games so that people who don't know anyone don't feel that they are entering a room where everyone knows each other.
Who should join: People who are new in Lisbon who want to get integrated with others in the city, and those who already live here and want to welcome them.
What members can expect out of our events : There are three parts of our meetups.
1 structured integration games, designed to make things easy for participants who don't know other people to make new connections,
2 Community announcements where those have a community project are able to tell other people in the room about it, and
3. informal socialising
Community: The group will foster relationships between those who attend because thanks to the way it is organised, it will be easy to meet a large number of people rapidly , and spend time with those who they find most interesting.
We usually host gatherings on the last Tuesday of every month, or more frequently if there is demand.
We need volunteers to help us develop the project.
If you want to know more or to be part of this initiative (we are recruiting new volunteer team members), please join and reach out to us. From simple things like being early to welcome people, through to PR and graphic design and a website. If that sounds like you and apply to join the team here https://forms.gle/EeLboZcYBrLesVt26
When you sign up to our events we add you to our mailing list https://lisboncommunityevents.substack.com 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 group at any time.
Besides this event, a great way to integrate into the Lisbon community is via group activities and international gatherings.
We are inspired by book "The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters by Priya Parker and her TED talk.
Partnerships
Lisbon Coworking Friends
A meetup group and Whatsapp community totalling over 1000 members which organises weekly social coworking sessions and allows members to organise their own coworking sessions through the Whatsapp group.
Meetup group: https://www.meetup.com/lisbon-coworking-friends/
Whatsapp group:
https://chat.whatsapp.com/CcokFhKZx111hjne5KxEWI
WorkWith
This is a social co-working app which will be launching in Lisbon soon and makes it easy to find places to cowork and people to cowork with in cities across the world.
Enter your email on their website to be notified when they launch: getworkwith.com
GroupFinder.info
A directory of all sorts of Whatsapp/telegram communities in various cities in the world, ideal for nomads or people new to a city to meet people
Upcoming events (1)
See all- Lisbon Community Connections Group April 25 #04Titanic Sur Mer, Lisboa
This Lisbon Community Connections Group gathering is both for positive tolerant people who are new to Lisbon and friendly folks who have been here longer who want to both welcome newcomers, and increase their number of connections with other locals The first meetup was held November 2021 and since we have welcomd 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 Naren, with support from Smita 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 hereWe 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
Titanic Sur Mer is a live music venue with concerts, parties and cabarets, curated by Manuel João Vieira. Keep updated on FB or their IG @titanicsurmer.
If you sign up and your plans change, please cancel your reservation. We will love you for being thoughtful.
We partner with Open Coffee Lisbon www.meetup.com/open-coffee-lisbon
and are proud to be part of the Open Coffee Global Network
Innovation Scene Portugal https://innovationscene.pt
Lisbon Coworking Friends
A meetup group and Whatsapp community totalling over 1000 members which organises weekly social coworking sessions and allows members to organise their own coworking sessions through the Whatsapp group.
Meetup group: https://www.meetup.com/lisbon-coworking-friends/
Whatsapp group:
https://chat.whatsapp.com/CcokFhKZx111hjne5KxEWIWorkWith
This is a social co-working app which will be launching in Lisbon soon and makes it easy to find places to cowork and people to cowork with in cities across the world.
Enter your email on their website to be notified when they launch: getworkwith.com
GroupFinder.info
A directory of all sorts of Whatsapp/telegram communities in various cities in the world, ideal for nomads or people new to a city to meet people
