Yay-DHD! ADHD Socials 🐿

We are back again for another day of fun, silly laughs and making new friends!

The event is a picnic in London for ADHDers, neurodivergent people, and friendly chaotic sorts. You don't need ADHD, or a diagnosis. Cool, nice people are welcome.

We’ll be in Lincoln's Inn Fields from 3pm and finish at... whenever. A loose ending feels on brand.

Expect:

• snacks, chats, and fresh air
• wandering conversations and abrupt topic changes
• people arriving late, leaving early, and forgetting what they were saying
• a friendly mix of regulars and new people

Bring:

• something to sit on
• food and drinks
• water
• layers / suncream / emergency crisps

Lincol's Inn Fields is central, easy to get to, and near cafés, pubs and toilets, which is all very helpful for a picnic and for being alive.

Come for twenty minutes or all day. Lurk gently. Overshare magnificently. Get distracted by a dog. Plenty of people come alone, so solo arrivals are very normal. If you are a feeling
a bit shy or awkward, please ask for
Kieran, (that's me) and we can have a chat.

A nice, low-pressure London ADHD social meetup where you overstimulated folks can touch grass for a few hours.

Directions:

Come into Lincoln's Inn Field, look for a tree where a bright yellow blanket will be hanging. It's not a big space, we'll be easy to find.

Brews and Lose... Track of Time! Bermondsey Beer Mile. Relaxed pace. Visit craft brewery tap rooms in ancient industrial London. It really is a lovely walk, lots of Victorian buildings, murals, art, etc.

As with all our events, you do not need an ADHD diagnosis. Come as you are, meet nice, quirky people.

We will attempt to visit several of the taprooms in a loosely sequential order. I strongly recommend having thirds or halves of a pint! Some of us will succeed.

To keep you in sustenance, there will be assorted food places along the route.

Summer. The season when neurotypicals frolic effortlessly in parks while the rest of us spend 45 minutes deciding which bag to bring, arrive having forgotten to eat, and then can't find the group because we didn't think to ask where exactly in the park everyone would be.

Good news: neither did anyone else. We'll find each other eventually.

1PM–3PM: WOMEN ONLY
Women is an inclusive term and those who feels they fit into women, femme presenting, gender queer or NB are welcome to attend.

The first two hours are a women-only space. This means you can talk about your ADHD without anyone interjecting to say their nephew is "a bit like that."

You can also talk about literally anything else, we're not going to make you do sharing circles or fill in a worksheet about your feelings. It's a picnic. Sit on the grass. Eat something. Talk to someone or don't.

3PM ONWARDS: OPEN TO ALL

Partners, friends, allies, and ADHDers of every variety are welcome from 3pm. The more the merrier, in a low-key way that doesn't actually require anyone to be merry if that's not where they're at.

What to expect:

Grass. Possibly some pigeons.
People who will understand if you need to leave suddenly, or sit slightly away from the group, or talk for forty minutes about one specific thing
Conversations that start mid-thought and end unresolved. This is fine. This is us.
Someone who brought too many snacks. Someone who brought no snacks and forgot they were hungry until just now.

What not to expect:

A schedule. A host who has everything under control.
Anyone arriving exactly on time (including us).
Organised activities, name badges, or any pressure whatsoever to socialise in a way that doesn't suit you.

Bring: something to sit on, something to eat and drink, sunscreen if you remember, a book you probably won't read, and whatever version of yourself turns up on the day. That one is fine.