Page last updated: September 12, 2024

Which ticket should I book?

Find your local group’s ticket booking page here: https://www.localwelcome.org/book-onto-a-meal

• If you’re a refugee or person seeking sanctuary - please select and book the free tickets reserved for you.
• If you’ve attended meals before - please click here to sign up as a member and let us know whether you'll set up a monthly donation. Afterwards, please visit your group’s ticket booking page to book onto your meal by selecting the free 'member' tickets (rather than the 'newcomer' tickets).
• If you’ve not attended meals before but would like to - you’re welcome to book a 'newcomer' ticket and wait until you’ve attended before deciding whether to/how much to donate monthly.
• If you’ve not attended meals before and don’t think you’ll be able to anytime soon - we’d love you to consider setting up a monthly donation as a supporter by clicking here.

Why are we making these changes?

If you’re interested to understand why we’re making these changes please click here to read more.

What if I can’t afford to donate monthly?

That’s absolutely fine! Everyone who attends meals contributes something special - from chopping an onion, to sharing a joke. Beyond the ambitions of resilient, membership-funded groups, our vision remains: "Diverse, resilient, and powerful communities, acting together for their common good".

What’s changed?

Here’s some comparisons between how things used to work (then) and how things are going to work from now on (now):

• Then: We would charge £7 per ticket (per meal), even for your first meal!

  Now: We’re now introducing an option to donate (what you can afford to) monthly, and you can attend your first meal free before you decide whether/how much to donate.

• Then/Now: As always, free tickets will be available for refugees and people seeking sanctuary at every meal.

  Now: We’re also offering free tickets to anyone else who benefits from enjoying a delicious meal they’ve helped prepare from scratch with friendly humans, but can’t afford to donate.

• Then: We used ‘members’, ‘leaders’ and ‘guests’ to distinguish between everyone who attended meals.

  Now: Everyone is a member, whether they can afford to donate monthly or not! Our leaders are still called leaders, but they’re members too.

• Then: People who weren’t time-rich enough to attend meals weren’t sure how else to support their local group

  Now: We’re launching a donate-what-you-can supporter campaign for those who love the idea of Local Welcome meals, but aren’t able to attend!

• Then: We didn’t have an option available to members to donate to their local group.

  Now: Members can select the group they’d like their donations to go to. This is so we can share this information with our leaders to keep them updated on their group’s financial sustainability (all donations will be anonymous).