Welcome to our Neighbourhood Soup Night
Join us for an evening of connection, conversation, and community building at our Soup Night! This recurrent event is all about coming together over a warm, homemade meal to share ideas and explore ways to get more involved in our neighbourhood.
The evening will take place at QT – Neighbourhood, where we’ll gather around tables of eight to get to know one another and spark discussions about community ideas, skills, and interests. Whether you have a project in mind, a skill to offer, or just want to connect, this is the perfect place to start.
Neighbourhood Soup Night: A Potluck for Ideas
When does Soup Night take place?
Soup Night will take place bi-monthly, so every other month. This is to ensure that we keep the ideas flowing, and to enable as many neighbours as possible to connect and get inspired!
You can find the upcoming Soup Nights in our calendar to the right.
The follow-up ‘Spark Sessions’ take place on Tuesday nights at QT. These project planning sessions are designed to help with kickstarting your project ideas, and to contribute to each other’s projects. More information about these sessions will be shared at Soup Night, and is available here.
SOUP: Sharing Opportunities, Uniting People
Register for the next Soup Night
How it works
When you arrive at Soup Night, you’ll be welcomed into a cosy and friendly space where neighbours gather over delicious homemade soup and freshly baked bread (yay for our clever neighbourhood bakers!). We’ll kick things off together, and then you can grab a bowl of soup, settle in at your table, and start chatting with the folks around you.
Throughout the night, we’ll have a few chances for you to think about and share ideas, whether they’re projects you’re passionate about or just some creative thoughts that come to mind. There will also be some fun moments where we mix things up and switch tables so you can meet more people and explore different conversations. When you arrive, you’ll get a card where you can note down any ideas or skills you’d like to share, along with a quick photo snap of you. These cards will be displayed for others to check out throughout the night as well as at future Soup Nights. This creates a great way for people to spot connections and potential collaborators!
As the evening winds down, there will be time to mingle more freely, and connect with anyone you’ve sparked an idea with. The vibe is casual and low-pressure, but designed to help you leave feeling inspired and more connected to your community.
And then…?
For those who want to ‘spark’ their ideas into projects, there will be an opportunity after Soup Night to book in for a project ‘Spark Session‘. This regular session will be facilitated by a neighbour passionate about and skilled in project planning, to support kick-starting ideas! Each session invites people to contribute to one person’s idea, bringing together a neighbourhood ‘brainstrust’ to tap into when turning an idea into a project plan.
When participating in someone else’s Spark Session, there is no expectation that you will get involved in the execution of the project (unless you want to!).
To check out which ideas are getting ‘sparked’ and to register head over here.
