Lisbon Community Connections Group 2025 #1

This Lisbon Community Connections Group gathering is to help you get 2025 off to great start, increase their number of connections, Our first meetup was held November 2021 and since we have welcomed 1891+ people to our events.

**Our values are simple "We welcome all who welcome all"**

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.

Our "introvert friendly" events are open and welcoming to people from all backgrounds.

We have structured icebreakers aimed at making things easy for shy people to meet one another. Then participants are welcome to hang out and socialise as they wish after the structured part of the meeting is over.

Your host for this event will be Richard together with support from the amazing team of volunteers in both groups.

Thanks to the fabulous team at the venue there will be a Happy Hour promotion until 8:15 pm.
Small beer,cider -2
large beer,cider,wine -4
Cocktail-5

**This is not a speed dating/pickup type event. Everyone who attends is entitled to feel safe, not be harassed or pressured.**

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 this and other projects. 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](https://forms.gle/b8BqEsqnYJc8W3B69) 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.

When you sign up to our events we add you to our [mailing list](https://lisboncommunityevents.substack.com/) 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 theLisbon Community Connections Group Team

If you are thinking "is this the same event as the Newcomer Welcome Club?" Yes and No. It's the same mailing list, similar format, but after feedback from multiple long term residents who felt that as they were no longer newcomers the event was not for them, we decided to rebrand. Everyone is welcome, no matter how long they have lived in Lisbon.