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Save-for-Later: 3 Togetherness Tips and Takeaways (Printable Sheet)
Article Downloadable: Find Your People Activity Sheet
Shared interests are a fantastic way to find community beyond family, friends, or work!
Use this activity sheet to keep your best intentions from getting lost in a browser tab.
Here’s how to get the most out of the activity sheet:
(Now that you have your list, you can easily come back to something that excites you but isn’t available or in season. Or try something else if the first is a flop).
Possible Places to Find Your People
Although it’s nowhere near an exhaustive list, if you’re lonely and stumped for where to find friendship and belonging in your community, here are some ideas from each category to get you started!
Hobbies:
Whether you’re a reader, writer, maker, restorer, gamer, birder, or rockhound, you’re not alone!
Seek out fellow enthusiasts through groups, clubs, meetups, classes, and shared spaces near you, like:
Sports or Physical Activities:
Look for regional organizations like Urban Rec Leagues dedicated to creating fun sport opportunities for adults—join a coed team, league, or tournament to stay active and meet people! Or look for team sport opportunities through your city’s Parks & Recreation program at local community and recreation centres.
Recreational Team Sports:
Physical Activities:
Other Recreational Sports (Social):
Causes or Non-Profit Organizations:
Volunteering your time for a cause you care about or a non-profit that does work you believe in is a fantastic way to connect with community and meet like-minded people. And it’s rewarding to give back however and whenever you can!
From animal rescues to food banks, faith groups to NGOs, community kitchens to fundraising, parent associations to coaching, mentoring to museum docents, ask your favourite organizations about volunteer opportunities near you.
Cultural
Heritage:
Most cities have cultural centres that connect communities based on shared language, cultural diaspora, or nationality. (Within an hour of our bakery, there are over 20, from indigenous to Italian. Chinese to Croatian, Japanese to Jamaican, Hungarian to Portuguese to Francophone, and many more!)
If you spoke another language at home growing up, or you, your parents, or your grandparents immigrated to Canada or the US, look for a cultural centre near you to practice your conversational skills or celebrate your cultural heritage with people who share those roots!
Arts Activities:
Visual and performing arts communities are full of creative people passionate about their artistic medium, and ready to welcome those who share it! Beyond classes, workshops, or weekend conferences, there are community groups, clubs, and open spaces to join in almost every field and genre.
Theatre:
Visual Arts:
Music:
Movement:
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Discover more SMART resources to help you find belonging and support in your community in the bonus content on the T is for Togetherness page!