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Sport and meeting people
Do you ever take part in any sport or physical activity with the aim of meeting people from different backgrounds? If so, what kind of activities?
For instance, workplaces are often places were people from different backgrounds interact. Does your workplace have any sports teams or encourage physical activity, where you meet with colleagues you wouldn’t usually interact with? Do you take part in these? If not, why not?
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No, I've never done it, but could be a fun thing to do.
Thanks everyone for sharing your experience.
Would any of you consider joining a local sports club? Or where else might you interact with people from a different background to yourself? Is this easier or more difficult when it's part of some sport activity?
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It's a welcome by-product of my main intention which is to get plenty exercise. When I turn up at the leisure centre gym in the morning there's a bunch of people there - a real cross-section of the local Harrow community - who are there mostly every morning & we have become friends through our shared activity.
It works two ways; on a day where you don't feel as motivated to make it to the gym, the fact that this bunch of people will all be there expecting you to arrive gives you the push you need to make the effort & go.
I've found London has a huge a varied selection of dance communities, each with their own unqiue characteristics and networks of people to get to know. Be it ballroom, latin, ceilí/ceilidhs or cheerleading, they've all got a different vibe and brand new people to meet. This year I've taken up swing dancing and found the community there very welcoming.
Strange question. No, I have not taken up any sport or activity with the sole aim of meeting people from different backgrounds. There is no need to because in London you meet people of different backgrounds all the time as it is such a cosmopolitan city.
No. i do sport becasue I enjoy it / to keep fit. The diversity angle does not need to be forced into every aspect of lmy ife.
I find sport of any kind utterly boring and a waste of my time. The only physical activity I am interested in is taking my dog out for a walk, I often meet and talk with other people and i have even made some new friends through my dog.
Walking is one of the most loveliest ways to experience an area and meet people. People always seem to in a rush to enjoy walking. Yet the idea is to wake a little earlier then usual in order to experences the rewards of walking for at least 20 minute of ones journey. I encounter many smiles as I passby people and that in its own way is very uplifting.
yes yoga, pole fitness, would do more like cross fit pilates, hot yoga , ballet but its too expensive for me
limited i do gym classes in london no sport though
I mainly do it for the activity but if I meet nice people along the way, that's an added benefit.
Any sport or physical excercises must only be for the good health & wellbeing for all...Builiding the 3rd runway & Heathrow expansion is NOT !!
This spells disaster for London..The Picadilly line is outdated & well past its sell by date, which dates back to early 1960s..Rail Infrastrutue across the UK is expensive / unafordable, plus grinding to a halt.. How can anyone be proud to live in a filthy / dirty / polluted city as London!! These are importanr matters / issues that must be addressed with Sadiq Khan, not swept under the carpet !! Business as usual is only for those "fat cat" CEOs, who have their own interests / bonuses at heart, plus greedy airlines who profit from higher air fares, on the misery of travelers / tax paying residents in London !!
have done the Vitality 10K six times now...great way to meet new people from all around the UK and supporting many different chairities and organisations. Last one was in May and chatted to dozens of great peeps.