I really enjoyed the community meetups in the early days of OnePlus. The Street Art London Tour was a highlight. A couple dozen of us were taken on a tour around Shoreditch to see the street art (some of it hidden) and learn about the artists behind them. It was really interesting and everyone went for drinks afterwards. Bubble football was also a laugh.
Eight years later and I have a young family and not much time off to venture to London for meetups, sadly. If it helps:
You’ll need a destination with great transport links or a dense population. London is easy for most Southerners in the UK to get to, but I’d suggest any meetups that are arranged in the week should be from 6:30pm because people have work and need time to travel (I’ve had issues with this); alternatively, weekends or Bank Holidays.
In-person events have to be really worthwhile to attract people who are further afield.
I recommend going on a street art tour (seen the new Banksy’s?), but a ‘how to de-Google and privatise your smartphone’ workshop is appealing to me. That could be done online though, but nothing beats drinks and a pizza.
