for international students in Southampton and Winchester

Past Events

Want to get a flavour of what is on throughout the year?  You can scroll through some of our previous events here.

Beetle Game evening

You are invited to a games evening with a traditional Beetle Game! There are no real beetles but the “Beetle Game” is a lot of fun and does involves throwing dice and drawing beetles (you don’t need to be good at drawing)! Come and join us to find out more! During the evening, we will…

Culture Course – 16th February 2024

Richard and Margaret invite you to join them in their home for a meal from 7-9pm, during which Richard will give a talk about British History on the topic of “United Kingdom – but what about Ireland and Scotland?” Our host and speaker, Richard is a Friends International volunteer who is a retired history teacher…

Pancakes

Join us to celebrate panacke day! Pancake day is also known as Shrove Tuesday and is on a different date each year depending on the date of Easter. This year it is on Tuesday 13th February but please note that we will be meeting on Wednesday 14th! We will cook and eat pancakes together and…

Chinese New Year Celebration

Join us to celebrate Chinese New Year 2024! We will cook and eat and celebrate together. If you have ideas for the evening or would like to help with the food, please contact us so that we can chat further with you. Please book in advance and if you find out that you are unable…

Birthday Celebration

Come and join us for a celebration for Susan’s 50th Birthday on Friday 2nd February from 7:30-9:00 pm at Central Baptist Church, Devonshire Road, Southampton, SO15 2GY. We are inviting our students and our volunteers together for an evening of British Birthday games and snacks and a time to give thanks and wish our beloved…

Craft Evening

Come and join us for a Craft evening on Thursday 1st February 2024. We will be creating a gift together for Susan’s Birthday celebration the next day. We will be meeting at Central Baptist Church, Devonshire Road, Southampton, SO15 2GY. There is no need to book, just come and join us! Please join us the following…

Culture Course – 26th January 2024

Richard and Margaret invite you to join them in their home for a meal from 7-9pm, during which Richard will give a talk about British History. Our host and speaker, Richard is a Friends International volunteer who is a retired history teacher and author of books about naval history. There are limited spaces available for…

Winter visit to Bournemouth, 20th Jan 2024

We will travel by train to Bournemouth, travel to the Town Centre by bus and enjoy time together walking along the seafront and visiting Bournemouth Pier before having lunch. You will then be free to look around the shops, walk in a park or by the sea again and return when you are ready. Train…

iExplore

Meeting each Wednesday evening, iExplore includes time to chat with other international students and our volunteers over a hot meal, before spending some time discussing what the Bible says about what it means to be a Christian. We will be exploring the topic of Hope for three weeks on 17th, 24th and 31st January 2024.…

Games and Cake 10th January 2024

Join us for our first Games and Cake evening of 2024! We will spend the evening playing board games and chatting whilst drinking tea and eating cake! There is no need to book. Just come along and join us. We look forward to seeing you!