Our main face-to-face meeting is held monthly on a Tuesday evening from 7:30 to 9:45 pm at our North Finchley venue, and includes time for sharing in small groups (“check-in”) with a break for refreshments. Our monthly online meeting is held monthly on a Monday evening via Zoom, at 8 pm for about 90 minutes and includes a short comfort break half-way.
Support for newcomers before meetings: Anyone who is new to the group and would like to meet one of us one-to-one for a chat before a Tuesday meeting is welcome to come early (from 7:10 pm) – you can let us know or just turn up. Likewise, newcomers are welcome to join 15 minutes early for the online meetings if they would like to have a chat before the meeting starts.
September to December 2026
September 2026
Tuesday face-to-face meeting
Creative evening: Nearly everyone is creative although they may not realise it! We invite members to share their creative passions with the group – whether it be painting, photography, writing, music, sewing, flower arranging, cake decoration, DIY etc … please try to bring along samples of your work or photographs to share. We will be considering how creativity can help with depression and conversely, how depression kills creativity. “Check-in “will follow as usual.
Monday Zoom (Online) meeting
Online “Check-in” meeting via Zoom. Link will be sent to everyone via email before the meeting. This is a shorter meeting for us to share with each other how we are coping.
October 2026
Tuesday face-to-face meeting
Coping with physical illness – a member will be sharing her experience of coping with a severe illness and major surgery. This will be followed by a sharing session where we discuss how we cope with physical health challenges in addition to depression. “Check-in” will follow as usual.
Monday Zoom (Online) meeting
Online “Check-in” meeting via Zoom. Link will be sent to everyone via email before the meeting. This is a shorter meeting for us to share with each other how we are coping.
November 2026
Tuesday face-to-face meeting
Barnet DA 21st AGM (and 29th year) — The business part of the meeting will take about 20 minutes and will give everyone a chance to feedback on how they feel about the group and make suggestion for the future. This will be followed by a time of reflection, appropriate on the eve of Remembrance Day, on the loss of our dear friend Chris K. Members will have the opportunity to pay tribute to him. There will also be refreshments. “Check-in” will follow as usual in the second half of the meeting.
Monday Zoom (Online) meeting
Online “Check-in” meeting via Zoom. Link will be sent to everyone via email before the meeting. This is a shorter meeting for us to share with each other how we are coping.
December 2026
Tuesday face-to-face meeting
Christmas social with festive quiz Your contributions of seasonal refreshments are welcome. We will also have a “check-in” where we will be focussing on how we feel about the festive season – both negative and positive! “Check-in” will follow as usual.
Monday Zoom (Online) meeting
Online “Check-in” meeting via Zoom. Link will be sent to everyone via email before the meeting. This is a shorter meeting for us to share with each other how we are coping.
If you are interested in attending please get in touch via this website or by phone. For confidentiality reasons we do not publish the actual dates of the meetings or the venue location on this website.
Page last updated on 08/09/2026
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