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We use our quick, fun version of the traditional game as an ice breaker tool to get people talking a

20/07/2025

Hopefully this is the start of something really powerful in Cardiff ♟️❤️

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Social interaction is on the decline. More and more people are living their lives online and becoming detached from reality. This is an invitation to healthy living by getting people interacting in the outside world while playing a game with significant health benefits. If you work all day using a computer, this can be your release. If you are on the go all day, this is your unwind. If you want to meet new people, this brings you together.

In places across the UK, our HELLO PEOPLE sit and talk with members of the public. They are hosted by PARTNER VENUES that offer them tea and coffee for a few hours.

5asideCHESS has connected with the most diverse and incredible people over the past 6 months as we push to fight loneliness and promote social inclusion in the UK. And, most importantly, they have connected with each other.

Maybe after reading this you can be involved too? As a HELLO Person, Partner Venue or Sponsor…

Who are the HELLO PEOPLE? Can I be one?

The answer is absolutely yes.

Every day we work to ensure our team of HELLO people are stationed in Cafes, community centers, nursing homes, pubs and many other venues around the country.

They sit with the 5asideCHESS set and a book for a few hours, offering everyone and anyone the opportunity to sit down and have a chat.

Our HELLO People range from elderly community members looking to get out of the house, to students keen to spend a few hours away from their screens, reconnecting in the art of conversation?

They are women and men, from multiple ethnicities, ranging in age from 19 to 72 years old (right now). We’ve lost count of the number of religions represented. Some like dogs. Others are cat people. Martin used to be an accountant, Stevie used to be an alcoholic. Every single one of them wants to reconnect. To come back in from the cold of social media, their own minds and even their preconceptions of others.