Lunch Club Summer Party ’26

The YATM year runs from September to April. It’s when we gather, learn, share ideas, meet for Lunch Clubs, Creator Day, turn up for each other, and keep building the kind of community that helps people feel less on their own.

This summer, we’re closing the year differently.

On Thursday 16th July, we’re heading to SBomb, in Poole for the YATM Summer Party. It’s also a special one, as we mark 10 years of delivering YATM Lunch Club.

What started as a simple lunchtime get-together in 2016 has grown into something that has brought people around tables, across towns and cities and into friendships. Lunch Club has never really been about lunch. It’s been about making space for people to feel welcome, to be seen and to leave with a little more confidence than when they arrived.

This special occasion is also supported by our friends at Grapevine, who are celebrating 35 years in business. YATM has always been about the people, businesses and friendships that last. So to have Grapevine alongside us, marking their own milestone, makes this feel even more like a celebration of community, commitment and staying part of the story.

It’s one summer evening in Poole, with good people and a silent disco where you can find the channel that feels like yours. We’ll have friends taking over the channels, including DJ Abi Lemon, so noone is staying still.

Come along to kick back, catch up, dance badly, laugh loudly, and enjoy being part of something before we all pause for summer and return again in September, around the country.

This is for the people who have been part of YATM for years, the people who have recently found their way in, and anyone who wants to spend a Thursday evening surrounded by people who are on their side.

Let’s close the YATM year properly.

A summer night.
A silent disco (food included).
10 years of Lunch Club.
35 years of Grapevine.
And one last party before we come back again.