To attempt this?

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First off sorry for posting this in AIBU for the traffic, I realise that in itself is U.

I need help, advice, some pointers.

I want to start a group/get together for people with mental health problems/people who are just a bit low and isolated in my local area.

My question is how should I go about this? I was thinking the meetup website and maybe a Facebook page?

Doing this kind of thing is so out of my comfort zone but various things are compelling me to do it, including the fact that there is so little for people with metal health problems in my area.

Has anyone done anything like this and do you have any advice?

Is there an existing local area group on Facebook etc that you could be a member of and post on? I am a member of a local group to me and people post about bok clubs etc. I understand this is more specialist but might be a way of getting the word out. Also could you put up a poster e.g. at GPs or libraries. It sounds like a great idea but might take people time to pluck up the courage to come, so would be good to widen the net a bit.