Collecting Groups London

Popping Up!: A (very informal) Inaugural Meeting

Let's go see the British Library's Fairy Tales exhibition (https://events.bl.uk/exhibitions/fairy-tales) to break the proverbial ice, and then take the book chat to a nice pub/restaurant. Details TBC.

Southbank Vinyl

NEW VENUE! NEW REGULAR DAY! We're now back to where Southbank Vinyl began in 2017 - The Roebuck Pub in Borough (50 Great Dover St, London SE1 4YG). We're now meeting the first Wednesday of each month at the Roebuck, where great food and drink options are available and we have our own room upstairs to play our records on the deck. Come along with a bunch of vinyl you'd like to play and share with us! This month we're heading north to Manchester, but before you dig out the usual suspects – Manchester is home to post-punk, acid house, indie, electronica, rave, soul and pop as much as it is bucket hats and parkas. So expect a mix of the melancholic and the euphoric; jangling guitars and rave-drenched synths. Join us for a melon-twisting evening as we celebrate one of Britain's most influential musical cities. Grab a drink, enjoy some records. And don't forget to RSVP!

The Badminton Collective Stratford Club Night Training and Games

The session is Every Thursday 7PM till 8PM. This is for all levels, so after the training you will be able to play games and use what you have learnt. Just like the saying practice makes perfect. Any queries on what levels you may be or just any questions please don't hesitate to contact us. PARKING: Parking is available and Free onsite. (The postcode is E15 3PA) This at the previous address on New mount Street. Press the buzzer and they will let you in. PAYMENT: We are accepting bank transfer rather than cash payments. In 2 days in advance to confirm your attendance. Bank Details: Name: The Badminton Collective Ltd Sort Code: 60-83-71 Account Number:69874292 Reference your name and date of the session. £15 for Training and Games IMPORTANT NOTES: We shall be starting at 7PM sharp so if you miss the start you'll have to just catch up I'm afraid. How to get there. If you use the provided postcode it will take you to the front of the school. By all means message me if you are having troubles. There is now a water fountain so please bring a bottle to fill up, this is in the main building while they fix the one near the sports Hall. The Badminton Collective and School 21 are not responsible for any injuries or loss of items.

THE ART OF ATTRACTION: A Singles Gallery Experience at the V&A

## ***🚨 Important: Meetup RSVP is not a valid ticket. All attendees must purchase a ticket via our [TICKET LINK!](https://fatso.ma/f2b2j)*** **Looking for a more meaningful way to meet new people?** Join us for a unique singles experience where art becomes the conversation starter and connections are discovered through shared perspectives, engaging discussions, and mutual attraction. **Welcome & Registration** We begin at the V&A Café with coffee, introductions, and registration on the C&C app. This relaxed start gives everyone the opportunity to settle in, meet fellow participants, and prepare for the experience ahead. Guests will then be divided into small groups of 5–6 people and set off to explore the museum. **The Gallery Challenge** As you explore the V&A, your mission is to find and photograph an artwork or object that represents: ❤️ **Love** ✨ **Your Ideal Life** 🎭 **Your Personality** The challenge encourages meaningful conversations and offers a unique insight into how others see themselves, their aspirations, and what matters most to them. Every 20 minutes, groups will rotate, giving you the opportunity to meet and connect with different people throughout the experience. **Coffee, Conversations & Connections** After the gallery challenge, we'll return to the V&A Café. Each participant will select one favourite photo from the challenge and have up to one minute to explain why they chose it and how it relates to the chosen category. We'll also discover whether anyone selected the same artwork for the same challenge category, creating fun and unexpected connections. These short presentations often reveal far more than a traditional introduction ever could and provide excellent conversation starters for the rest of the event. **The Match Experience** After getting to know one another through the gallery challenge and discussions, guests can privately indicate through the C&C app who they would like to see again. If two people select each other, it's a match. Mutual matches will be revealed instantly through the app as soon as both parties have selected one another. **No awkward speed dating.** **No forced pairings.** **No pressure.** **Just genuine conversations and meaningful connections.** **Schedule** **11:00 AM** – Meet at the V&A Café **11:15 AM** – Welcome, Coffee & App Registration **11:30 AM** – Gallery Challenge Begins **11:50 AM** – First Group Rotation **12:10 PM** – Second Group Rotation **12:30 PM** – Return to Café **12:40 PM** – Favourite Photo Presentations **1:10 PM** – C&C Matching Opens **1:20 PM** – Coffee, Conversations & New Connections **2:00 PM** – Event Ends **Who knows? Your next great connection may be hidden behind a masterpiece.** **Register here:** https://fatso.ma/f2jgf

🩷The Female Childfree Collective X Lady Nokids🩷

☀️ Summer Time After Work Club ☀️ ✨The Female Childfree Collective X Lady Nokids✨ Join us for our first crossover event with the brilliant Lady Nokids! Long days, golden evenings, and good company, this is your invite to a midweek exhale. Join a relaxed, childfree circle of like-minded women for easy chats, refreshing drinks, and a little sunshine therapy after the workday ends. Whether you want to unwind, laugh, vent, or just soak up the vibe, this is your space to connect and enjoy the summer nights ✌️🫶 ✨ Come as you are. Stay as long as you like ✨

MACS Goes To…Coming of Age at the Wellcome Collection 🏛️

**Join MACS at the Coming of Age exhibition at the Wellcome Collection on Saturday 25th July!** This FREE exhibition explores experiences and perceptions of ageing, from adolescence to later life, and asks how societies can adapt for us all to age better. ‘The Coming of Age’ features 150 artworks and objects, from historical artefacts to works by contemporary artists including John Coplans, Serena Korda, Suzanne Lacy, Anna Maria Maiolino, Rory Pilgrim, Paula Rego and more. Bringing together different perspectives from art, science and popular culture, ‘The Coming of Age’ challenges assumptions about life stages and asks what greater longevity means for all of us. Read more here: [About ‘The Coming of Age’](https://wellcomecollection.org/exhibitions/the-coming-of-age) **MEET DETAILS FOR SATURDAY 25 JULY:** **☕️ FROM 2:15PM: MEET AT WELLCOME COLLECTION CAFÉ** (optional) Address: 183 Euston Rd., London NW1 2BE Look out for the MACS sign on the café table. **🏛️ 3PM: ENTER THE EXHIBITION** Address: 183 Euston Rd., London NW1 2BE **🍻 4:45PM-Late: PUB SOCIAL** (optional) We'll head to a local pub to chat over drinks! Address: Location tbc 48 hours before event. **🎟️ TICKETS:** FREE to attend, with no need to book in advance! **📍GETTING THERE:** [Click here for how to get to the Wellcome Collection ](https://wellcomecollection.org/visit-us/getting-here) **📲 EVENT WHATSAPP GROUP:** Please join the event WhatsApp group to help you find the group on the day. The link will be posted in the event comments on this page around 48 hours before the event, for those on the Going list. N.B. Joining the WhatsApp group will make your phone number visible to other members in the group. **🌟 PLEASE READ:** All MACS events are run entirely by volunteers, so please note we do what we can with the time and energy we have available! Our events have an attendee limit as we prefer a smaller, friendlier group. If you RSVP but can no longer attend, please change your RSVP as soon as possible so that we know numbers. Thank you for being part of MACS! 🧡🏛️🩵 Image credit: Camilla Gallop (MACS Co-ordinator)

Camden Passage Islington Picture Hunt

We meet outside Angel Islington tube station. We mark up at Wetherspoon Highbury Corner. How are your detecting skills? Welcome to another of our many outside Picture Hunts this year. This time, the event will be centred around shop fronts, buildings and features around Camden Passage Islington antiques area. There’s no crossing of busy roads. If you’re new to Picture Hunts, check photos below and previous events for winners and clue sheets. Pkease aim to turn up for 1:00-1:30 when teams are being arranged. As usual, portions of the road are split up into four areas where teams search for the locations of photographed items in the street, buildings or shop windows, and then record where they found them. Picture Hunts are a great new way to get up to speed with slices of London history while sleuthing around the area. Everyone is presented with twenty partial photos of objects around an area. Your team mission is to find them. Some well known, some well unknown! This makes Picture Hunts more interesting and challenging, bringing out the best of your teams detecting skills. You will also have a map of the area. It will be sub-divided into four sections, P, Q, R, S. Each photo will come from one of these. Four players max per team, but the lower number teams get a point per player start from the biggest team. For example, four teams of one, two, three and four. Four player team, no advantage, (the biggest and theoretically the more knowledge between them, except it doesn't always work like that). Three player team, one point start. Two player team, two point start. One player team, three point start. Scores are always close and around the 15-20 points mark. How many players do you want in your team? There's a dilemma! The clipboard holder enters one of the letters to note its area location. Dead simple, right? 90 minutes to do the hunt. We have the usual prizes of chocolate, including some great new varieties. There is also an equal prize for the funniest team name. Names win prizes too! So there’s everything to play for. We mark up at White Swan highbury corner. Hunts are good fun and the proven experience so far is that members get to know each other better after working in teams as you all have to communicate. Great icebreakers. This is what Meetup is all about. Come and join us. There is a £7 cash/card charge for this event. Contact number on the day is 07422334411 if your transport is delayed. **If you can’t make it, please cancel using the “Edit RSVP Button”.** **Your consideration is greatly appreciated.**

🏺Raiders of the Lost Egyptian Treasures @ The British Museum

Fancy a fun social **archaeological** adventure into the **Egyptian** temple? An expedition venturing into history, myth, and discovery buried deep in the Egyptian galleries. We'll step into a world of monumental statues, hieroglyphs, and sarcophagi so **extraordinary** that even the most famous archaeologist of them all **-** Indiana Jones himself - might hesitate to enter! But no need for either Indi or to Walk Like An Egyptian - we'll become direct **raiders of knowledge**, uncovering the secrets of Egypt’s most extraordinary artifacts — no Lucas props, just authentic treasures that have captivated explorers, scholars, and adventurers for centuries. Yep - for thousands of years, Ancient Egypt bestowed extraordinary knowledge and innovation on the world - easily giving the big greek philosophers a run for their money. From **mathematics** to building those monumental structures and advanced **astronomy** to create calendars, they practiced **medicine** and mummification with remarkable skill. Their wisdom, traditions and emphasis on cosmic order influenced civilizations far beyond the Nile, leaving a legacy that still shapes how we understand science, culture, and history today As we explore the Egyptian Sculpture Gallery - we'll encounter monumental statues of pharaohs, sarcophagi, and hieroglyph‑covered stelae. Texts will help guide us through their hidden stories — from the Rosetta Stone to colossal busts of Ramesses II — revealing the real history behind treasures that could easily rival Dr Jones’s greatest finds. 🗝️ Lost Treasures Trail Following a themed trail through the galleries, we'll piece together clues among mummies, tomb goods, and temple carvings. Inspired by Indy’s relic hunts, this puzzle challenge is grounded in authentic archaeology, encouraging you to see the magnificent collections with your own eyes 🎩 Explorer’s Flair And to infuse some lighthearted fun into the journey - *Indiana Jones* style fedora hats and satchels are welcome! Feel free to strike a pose beside towering statues or ancient sarcophagi for **photo opportunities** blending cinematic fun with the awe of Egyptian relics. As we mainifest fun in all our events - impersonations of Indy and or walking like an Egyptin welcome too - - if yours is better than mine I buy you a drink! ☕🥂🍻 For those that survive the ancient curses and colossal statues with discoveries intact, we’ll continue the expedition at a nearby pub — a chance to debrief like real archaeologists, swap theories, compare clues, and enjoy a well‑earned drink getting to know fellow explorers Lucas Stone Unmummified

Kemsing Circular

A beautiful 9 to 10 mile walk in the delightful Kent hilly countryside and woodlands ! Please arrive by 10.20am to facilitate the purchase of group train tickets for the train at 10.55am that arrives at Kemsing at 11.37am. Train ticket : return to Kemsing Or you may decide to drive. The walk shall commence by 11.45am. We shall have a drink towards the end of the walk. You should be able to walk 2.5 miles per hour and have adequate and appropriate insurance for this type of activity. Meetup fee £5 payable in cash or by bank transfer in advance. Please bring packed lunch, water, snacks etc plus waterproof jacket and walking shoes/boots or trainers. Train back from Kemsing at 4.49pm. Please only post photos of others with their consent. My no 07714250849.

Object Handling with Leighton and Sambourne House

Join the Leighton House and Sambourne House museum team for an object handling session exploring extraordinary objects from the museums’ collections. This is a relaxed opportunity to discover what museum objects can tell us about the past. If you have an easy to carry historical object (this could be something decades or centuries old) that can be displayed on a small table feel free to bring it along but, equally, feel free to come along without an object, discover what others have brought and join in the conversation. **Refreshments will be made available after the workshop, in a separate area**, to protect the objects and collections. Note: this is an event that will have **members of the public involved too so there will be guys and non-autistic people/people without ADHD there** as well. Get a free [ticket](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/meet-the-museums-object-handling-workshops-tickets-1640386713819?aff=ebdsoporgprofile&_gl=1*j2d8yk*_up*MQ..*_ga*NjM5NTQwOTE3LjE3Nzk4MTQ2NzY.*_ga_TQVES5V6SH*czE3Nzk4MTQ2NzUkbzEkZzAkdDE3Nzk4MTQ2NzUkajYwJGwwJGgw) today

Rye Coastal and River Circular

An amazing day on the south coast walking 9 miles walking by Camber Castle and the beach culminating in a lovely walk by the River Bede with a visit to historical town of Rye and the amazing Mermaid Street ! Please arrive by 9.30am to facilitate the purchase of group train tickets for the train at 10.07am that arrives at Rye at 11.46am changing at Ashford International. Train ticket : return to Rye Or you may decide to drive. The walk shall commence by noon. We shall take the 5.48pm train back that arrives in London at 6.54pm after changing at Ashford International. Meetup fee £5 payable in cash or by bank transfer in advance. Please bring packed lunch, water, snacks etc plus waterproof jacket and walking shoes/boots or trainers. Please only post photos of others with their consent. My no 07714250849.

Sculpture, Sips and Slices