What we’re about
Welcome!!
This Meetup group was founded in early 2015 to bring together LGBT people who wanted to make new friends - and it has done just that!
In August 2021, I took over responsibility for the group and in April 2022, established Rainbow Connections, Rainbow Connections hosts the page, holds a monthly coffee afternoon in central Birmingham. Our Event Organisers host various events including egular nights out in the gay village, countryside walks and more. We are also setting up a web-site and reaching out to other community groups to give them access so to the Meetup page. If you want to organise an event yourself, or are part of an existing LGBT+ community group, we'd love to hear from you. You'll already find groups like Swifts, the LGBT+ running group and Boot Women the walking group advertising on the Rainbow Connections page.
To host a meetup group, (ie Birmingham LGBT Meetup, the whole group page) costs around £200 per year, in a fee to meetup.com, This was paid for years by one individual from their own pocket. The six monthly fees are due in February and August, as our numbers rise, Meetup increases the rates. We've asked each event organiser to do one collection or to make one contribution each year.
Want to find out more? Want to get involved? Want to help? Want to see our monthly calendar?
Check out our website
http://www.rainbowconnections.org.uk
Thanks for reading, If you're a new members, keep an eye on your meetup messages as I send a welcome message to everyone, with advice on where to start
Bryony