To ask what you do for fun when you're skint?

You could try running - the Couch to 5k app is free and takes you from mainly walking to running 5km.

Parkruns are free weekly 5km runs (you can walk them too if you don’t fancy running ☺️).

You could try Meet up, or social groups on Facebook for social walking groups. I used to go to a walking group in my city that met in an evening after work so no money needed for transport. I tend to go on countryside hikes now - no membership fees but you do sometimes need to pay a little for petrol/parking.

I'm with Octopus energy that give freebies on their website. Got a massive hot chocolate from cafe Nero near been in there before

Got a new coat is asda at Christmas for a quid with rewards built up from my
Mum's shopping

Had £60 of morrisons vouchers from their more card so I got a sun longer for £18 of vouchers

Most pubs have offers, got a nice free birthday meal from the beefeater didn't have time to use any other vouchers

We went to a toby carvery last week I downloaded the app whilst there got 25% off

Togoodtogo is a good way of getting pot luck food. Had some amazing value and really widened my food range.

Do you live near the sea and would consider getting into cold water swimming? Or near anywhere where there's a lake and a swimming community? It's free, very energising and therapeutic- a wonderful way to enjoy being outdoors and the cold water swimming community is very friendly with loads of meet-ups to swim together that don't cost anything.
So many groups nationwide if it's something you fancied. Or even just go alone if you're not bothered about the social side of it.

Altho my gym membership is £20 & includes swimming. My actual energy bills have reduced because I have showers there rather than baths at home 👍

Go for a walk with husband, or listen to a podcast or audiobook while walking myself.

Go for a swim.

Cycle.

Take scrabble to the local pub and sit by the fireplace. A drink or two is plenty to nurse over a game.

Invite friends round and cook for them and then we get to go to theirs for the same another night.

Movie nights in. We have a projector which makes it more fun. Make your own popcorn and cocktails/mocktails

Have a bath with candles and an audiobook

Here's another one.
Our local.library does a black and white film once a month in the afternoon for free.

I own every loyalty card going!

At the mo it's Lidl spin & win again for FREE bakery items. Just buy something small that you actually need each time & bag the free treat 😇

They're daytime only and only certain areas.

I hope things change for you OP. Definitely look at for food saving groups - my friend runs one and is absolutely delighted with anyone taking the food to avoid the waste. You will be most welcome. A few thoughts;

• Book clubs, kitting groups or games clubs (our local pub hosts both and no need to drink alcohol)
• put something out on your local Nextdoor or grumbler seeing what is out there on an evening that’s free or cheap
• a cheap hobby (back to netball, women’s football, running club)
• community walks (either join one or put out a post inviting people to one)

I looked it up and it's a garden centre chain.
If you are a member you get 2 hot drinks a month and it sounds like you get a slice of cake on your birthday.

But tbh unless you love going to garden centres I can't see it's that amazing a deal, especially as skint people often would be ill advised to spend £15 on something they might get round to using once a month.

I've got free tickets from sky monthly for a film.
I don't use them very.much as I don't like alot of what's on.
That could be classed as free entertainment if your skint then.

What on earth is Dobbies? I've never heard of it. What do you get for your £15 except for two free drinks and one 12th of a slice of cake? Please tell me there's more than that.

Some of these suggestions are weird. If someone is genuinely broke then gym memberships , or buying 10 coffees to get one free one make no sense at all!

It's on Amazon for less than a tenner :)

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10 coffees at a great expense to one free yeah right.😂

I love -

Going to the library (and reading at home)
Walking
Museums
Films
Quiz shows
Cinema
Gym ;monthly pass so can use the gym/sauna/swimming as often as I want

I went to see the Robbie Williams film alone. No one wanted to go, I wanted to see it therefore decided to go. Would have been annoyed if I'd missed it.

The library near me has a free coffee morning every week and some sweet old chap bought a box of chocolates as it was Valentine’s Day last week for everyone to share. He is a widower and talked about his wife with such fondness.

I volunteer at a church who cook a two course lunch every week. People from all walks of life attend. Mainly older people but a few younger, its main aim is to combat loneliness and for people who are on low incomes but everyone is welcome.

I'm not skint but my hobbies are all cheap or free:
Run.
Walk.
Wild swim.
All of the above with friends or groups.
Bird/insect/nature spotting
Drawing/painting using YouTube tutorials
Reread every book you own and swap out all the ones you don't think you'll read a third time with friends/bookswap places
Volunteer with a local wildlife charity to plant trees or other labour needed
Potluck dinners with friends
Beach-combing
YouTube workouts to get fit/strong/coordinated
Foraging (e.g. mushrooms, using books/apps)
Write a novel, memoirs or research a paper about something you wished you understood.
Learn a language with online resources or conversation groups if they exist locally

I'm a huge fan of audiobooks from the library via Libby and BorrowBox apps.
Listen to a book while going for a walk is my treat.

Also as others have said, volunteering. Can be very sociable and for me a volunteer role led to a career and life change.

There are friendly free drop-in clubs that meet in our town - games, crafts, environmental.

Loving all the ideas on here.

Oooh I'll get this- I'm not a JL shopper but I have a voucher and this will help!

when my children were small i signed up for volunteer litter picking with the council. We were sent a pack containing everything we needed plus a big box of tea bags and other incentives. Loved that. However, because I was on the councils list of volunteers I was also offered a volunteering role at a weekend festival.

Did a too good to go order today - cost me £2.50 and 3 of us had a very hearty lunch! Highly recommend it.

Volunteer at a festival! You pay a deposit which you get back so you go for free! You need a tent but it's so much fun!

It’s 2 drinks EACH MONTH for the year, plus cake on your birthday.
And all the discount for the plantstc….