London 20 & 30s Community | The Great Friendship Project

December's now here, and with the festive season around the corner - it’s time for the Christmas edition of our Social Pub Quiz & Games Afternoon!

Yep every month we bring our quirky, creative pub quiz to Central London - a one-of-a-kind social quiz, made exclusively for our community!

And our quizmasters have gone full Santa’s-workshop mode with plenty of new rounds, brand-new games, and a proper dose of Christmas-themed fun!

If you’ve not been before and you’re worried that you’re not much of a quiz boffin…. general knowledge will only gets you so far in our quizzes.

As often what wins the day is not book smarts - but bold guesses, odd facts, quick thinking, and a healthy dose of wild creativity.

And over the afternoon, we'll also be throwing in some fun challenges designed to test your speed, creativity and teamwork - with previous quizzes featuring everything from crafts, poetry duels to Marmalade Sandwich time trials!

Best of all, we have some amazing prizes up for grabs and so don't miss out on what promises to be a memorable afternoon of quizzing, socialising, and friendly competition.

Unfortunately as the pub can only fit a limited number of us in for the quiz and so as always, places will be offered on a first come, first serve basis.

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WHERE/WHEN

Venue Address: The Star By Liverpool Street, 94 Middlesex St, London E1 7EZ (https://maps.app.goo.gl/hcx4jN9BnqDry2Ws5)

Nearest Tube Stations: Liverpool Street (5 mins walk) and Aldgate (10 mins).

Start Time - 4:30pm

Finish time: 7:30pm - 8:30pm (Approx)

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JOIN THE COMMUNITY

Set up in November 2021, the project was set up to help 20s and 30s in London meet, connect and hopefully build life-long friendships.

To help make this happen, we also host all kinds of events from free social walks, games evenings, day trips, social events, activity nights to picnics.

To learn more about our community or to follow us on social media, please follow one of the links below.

Website - https://friendship-project.co.uk

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/great.friendship

We don’t do boring Wednesdays, and so to wrap a year of midweek fun, we're heading out for our final activity night of 2025.

And for a proper send off, we'll be heading to one of the most popular activity bars in London, Electric Shuffle in Canary Wharf.

To kick off the night, we've booked out a space beforehand where you can have some social drinks, meet people, and connect with your fellow 20s and 30s ahead of the main event.

If you've never been to Electric Shuffle before, they've reimagined the classic pub game of shuffleboard and brought it into the 21st century with cutting edge vision technology and automatic scoring.

The technology adds a whole new dimension to the game, with a range of fast, competitive multi-player modes designed to get everyone involved.

From “Territory”, "Eclipse" to “Amplifier”, over the course of the evening we'll be putting our shuffleboard skills to the test against one another.

It should be a really enjoyable night and we'd love to see lots of you there but sadly, these places are very limited and so we will be offered on a first come, first serve basis.

And so if you are keen to join, please do RSVP as soon as you can!

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WHERE/WHEN

We’ve booked out tables at a nearby pub beforehand from 7:30pm, if you want to grab a drink before the experience.

However, we'd kindly ask that you look to arrive no later than 8pm, so we can head over to the venue and start the experience on time.

Pub Address: BrewDog Canary Wharf, 2 Churchill Pl, London E14 5RB (https://maps.app.goo.gl/7VgZu2F42kBZqAcY8)

Nearest Tube Stations: Canary Wharf (10 mins walk)

Start Time: 7:30 PM

End Time: 10:00 PM

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JOIN THE COMMUNITY

Set up in November 2021, our community is designed to help 20s and 30s in London meet, connect and hopefully build life-long friendships.

To help make this happen, we also host all kinds of events from free social walks, games evenings, day trips, social events, activity nights to picnics.

To learn more about our community or to follow us on social media, please follow one of the links below.

Website - https://friendship-project.co.uk

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/great.friendship

Christmas is now fast approaching, and we knew that no festive season would be complete without our very own Xmas Party exclusively for 20s and 30s.

Yep that's right, we’ve gone big and booked out big private bar in North London, so you can celebrate with lots of 20s and 30s.

Throughout the evening we’ve planned a whole range of games and Xmas-themed activities to help get you in the spirit of the occasion.

From "Reindeer Relays", "Price the Presents" and "The Great Xmas Card Swap", there’ll be lots of festive fun to dive into, with some great prizes up for grabs on the night.

And of course, don’t forget your Xmas jumpers, Santa hats and reindeer antlers, or your favourite seasonal outfit or fancy dress.

Whether you are new to our community or a seasoned veteran, do join us for a night that'll sure to be one to remember!

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ATTENDANCE FEE

Since we are now reaching capacity and we have limited space at the venue, we will be charging a very small £3.50 attendance fee.

This is to ensure we don't have a large waitlist and to ensure only the most keen to attend are able to do so. The money of which will go towards the prizes on the night.

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WHERE/WHEN

The Venue: Never For Ever, 79 Highgate Rd, Kentish Town, London NW5 1TL (https://g.page/neverforeverkt?share)

Closest stations: Gospel Oak (10 min walk) and Tufnell Park (10 mins walk)

Start Time - 19:30

Pub Finish time: 23:30

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JOIN THE COMMUNITY

Set up in November 2021, the project was set up to help 20s and 30s in London meet, connect and hopefully build lifelong friendships.

To help make this happen, we host a range of community events from free social walks, games nights, day trips, social events, activity nights to picnics.

To learn more about our community, follow one of the links below:

Website - https://friendship-project.co.uk

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/great.friendship/

Christmas is all about giving and spreading joy and so this year, we'll once again be teaming up with Evolve, a leading homeless charity for another afternoon of festive giving.

Yep on Sunday 21st December, we're hugely excited to hosting our 3rd Charity Santa Challenge.

If you've not been in previous years, this can be best described as a fun hybrid of a scavenger hunt, "Supermarket Sweep" and a fast-paced Christmas shopping trip.

The aim of the game is simple: build the best sack of presents for the homeless.

Using your best creativity, resourcefulness, and negotiation skills - you’ll have approximately 3 hours to source a selection of gifts that can help add some sparkle for homeless young people.

To help you do this, each team will have a team present fund that will be supplemented with presents and vouchers very kindly donated by a number of major high street brands, including TK Maxx, ZARA, Lush and Sainsburys.

Along the way - to spice the game up, there'll be a series of live challenges designed to test creativity and speed, that can earn your team extra presents for your sack.

When the time is up, we will then finish up at a pub in Central London where we'll be judging the sacks and awarding prizes, before taking the presents over to one of Evolve's shelters in the centre of the capital.

Last year, we were able to create 10 incredible sacks full of thoughtful gifts, treats and much-needed essentials.

It was a truly special afternoon of Xmas giving and so hopefully you can join us for what will be another fun and festive afternoon again this year.

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ATTENDANCE FEE

Whilst the event is free to attend, you are asked to bring a £5 donation to contribute to your team's present fund and so please do come with your cash donation on the day.

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WHERE TO MEET

Meet Point: Golden Square, London, W1F 9JJ (Exact Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/e6LhQTWnXLJVbM97A)

Closest Train/Tube stations: Piccadilly Circus (5 Min Walk) Oxford Circus (10 Min walk)

Start Time: 1:30PM

Finish time: 5:00PM

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WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?

Last year, more than 118,000 young people approached their local council because they were at risk of homelessness - roughly one person every four minutes.

The cost of living crisis and rising youth unemployment have pushed even more young people into vulnerable situations and this Christmas, it’s estimated that over 23,500 young people will be without a home.

One of London’s amazing charities that are help tackling this issue is Evolve, who help over 1,000 young people each year with both housing and support designed to break the cycle of homelessness for good.

Their staff work daily with young Londoners who are rebuilding their lives under incredibly challenging circumstances.

Sadly, demand for their services has never been higher and at Christmas, their already-stretched resources are pushed yet further, and increasingly have to seek external support.

And for the young people themselves - whilst most of the city winds down, the festive period can be a stark and painful reminder of the year past and the challenges they’re contending with.

And so our Charity Santa Challenge is a small and simple way to bring some joy and the sacks you create will go directly to young people that Evolve work with, and show them they are not forgotten and that people out there care.