About this event
This is our October monthly social! We require (and provide) COVID tests, FFP2/3 masks, and HEPA air purifiers.
This event includes socialising, arts and crafts, games, music, and more. For this social, we will also have pumpkins available to purchase (for £5) and carve with us (but feel free to bring your own!). Costumes are encouraged.
Governments and the public have decided to abandon infection control and endanger those around them, putting already-marginalised communities at risk of Long COVID, social isolation, and death.
We want to create spaces for people to socialise, find community, and have fun without putting themselves or others at risk of damage to their immune, cardiovascular, or nervous systems.
FFP2/3 masks and proof of a negative test are required on the door (and provided), and HEPA air purifiers will be running at all times.
We are specifically welcoming:
- Disabled people (4x higher COVID mortality rate)
- People of colour (32% long COVID rate)
- Women (36% long COVID rate)
- Trans people (48% long COVID rate)
- Neurodivergent people (30% long COVID rate)
- People with HIV (58% long COVID rate)
or anyone else at increased risk (or those who don't want to spread such a disease to the greater London community).
Check out a Reel of a previous event at the London LGBTQ+ Community Centre.
We provide conversation facilitation and introductions, so everyone feels comfortable and welcome. This is a seated event, and there is a quiet room. BSL interpreters are available upon request to breatheeasyldn@gmail.com. Please also contact us or the Centre for any other access needs.
Covid safety at the event
Attendees will be greeted and asked to provide proof of a negative COVID test in the last 24 hours.
If attendees don't have the opportunity to take one beforehand, they will be provided and asked to take them outside.
After confirming negative tests, attendees will be provided an FFP2 mask (if they do not have their own) and invited to socialise with other attendees at various activity tables (board games, arts and crafts, conversation prompts, etc).
Attendees are welcome to ask organisers for an introduction to any table to break the ice.
After 20-30 minutes, we will invite guests to switch to a different activity or take a break if they wish, though this will not be required.
Standing will not be required for any portion of this event.
For everyone's safety, please do not attend the event if you are unwell or have any unusual symptoms, especially signs or symptoms of respiratory illness such as a sore throat, cough, runny nose, fever, etc. We can provide a refund on your donation at any time in the lead up to the event.
If you have any access needs (e.g. BSL interpreter, lip reading masks, etc), please email hello@londonlgbtqcentre.org.
About the organisers
Breathe Easy London is run by (mostly queer and Disabled) volunteers and organised by a group of seven immunocompromised / COVID-conscious Londoners who want to create spaces for members of our community to safely socialise.
Organisers include Greta Mauch (she/her), Anni Movsisyan (she/they), Georgia Newman (she/her), Daniel Wagner-Hall (he/they), and three other London-based volunteers.
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Accessibility
Our full accessibility statement is here.
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