For referrers and professionals
Connection & Direction is a free online reflective community group for adults 18+ in London or with a London connection who may be experiencing isolation, low confidence, lack of motivation, cultural disconnection, or uncertainty about their next step.
January 2027: rolling drop-in sessions are paused. Dates and frequency will be confirmed before places are allocated. Sessions will be one hour on Google Meet, with no physical venue. We aim to recruit 10-15 completed January-interest registrations; actual sessions are ideally 4-8 people, capped at 10. The recruitment target is not a promise of 15 places.
The group combines facilitated reflection, peer connection, and practical signposting. It aims to support confidence, wellbeing, social connection, and movement towards meaningful activity, volunteering, learning, work, relationships, or community involvement.
The facilitation draws on trauma-informed and psychologically informed practice, but the group is not therapy, counselling, coaching, crisis support, casework or an advice service. It is suitable for adults who can participate safely in a respectful online group.
I know of a free online group called Connection & Direction. It is a respectful space to talk, reflect, meet others, and identify one small next step. It is not therapy or crisis support, but it may be useful if you want more connection, confidence, or direction. They are bringing together a January 2027 group, with dates and places to be confirmed separately. Would you like the January interest page?
Share the January interest page. The existing registration form is being updated, so the temporary route is an email enquiry to contact@connection-london.org. New participants will complete the updated one-time form when it is ready, themselves or with consented help. Existing registrants should email January interest rather than repeat it. Referrers should not send sensitive personal histories or case notes.
January cohort interest is open independently of an event RSVP or session waitlist offer. Membership and RSVPs do not confirm a January place. We review suitability, keep bounded contact roughly every three weeks and before the start, then ask people to reconfirm exact dates before allocating places. If the group cannot start in January, we will explain the next review point and offer withdrawal.
There is no required goal, homework or personal disclosure. Optional preparation is private and is not submitted. Gentle accountability means participant-owned encouragement, including the choice to adapt a step or pass.
Sessions are mainly in English. Polish and Romanian support may be available for registration, clarification, and access needs where possible. The first pilot does not promise full live translation.
Professional questions: contact@connection-london.org.