Speed Dating Shropshire brings you an evening of neurodiverse and autism-friendly Speed Dating for 25-40-year-olds. (You need to be within 2-3 years of the advertised age to attend). You will date up to 9 people with the possibility to find friendship, connection and maybe someone to go on a second date with!
When you arrive at The Jungle Cafe at The Exotic Zoo in Telford at 6.30pm, you will be given a lanyard to wear, you write your name on the blank name badge so your dates know what to call you.
You will also be given pictures of a number, a letter and an animal; the first thing you need to do is find the other people in the room with the same number, letter and animal pictures as you and write down their name - when you have found all 3 people and all 3 names, hand the sheet back to Pixie! This will get everyone talking and interacting - hopefully this will settle your nerves and get you ready for the dating!
At 7pm, we will move onto the first half of the dating - one gender (to be confirmed nearer the time) will sit at a table, which will be your table to stay at whilst dating. The other gender will join them and have 7 minutes to chat and get to know each other. We will not be using a bell but rather a 1 minute and a 30 second warning that the dates are coming to an end followed by 5-4-3-2-1 and then asking one gender to move to the next date.
You will be given 1 minute to privately write notes about your date before your next date takes place.
At 7.40-7.45pm, there will be a 15-minute break where you can buy drinks and snacks if you would like to.
At approximately 8PM, the second half of the dating will begin, and you will have up to 4 more dates, also lasting 7 minutes each. We are hoping for a total of 9 dates provided we sell all 18 tickets - timings will change slightly should we have fewer people attending but I am hopeful we can sell out.
For all of the dates, you will have a piece of paper on a clipboard where you can make notes about the other person and decide if you would like a second date or to stay in touch as friends. Keep your notes private and hand this to Pixie, the host, at the end of the night.
If you tick yes that you would like to see someone again, and they also tick yes that they would like to see you again, Pixie will send you the email and/or phone number of the person you have matched with so you can continue to get to know each other.
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