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Feeling: need practical help

Step-by-step guides on the paperwork, schools, healthcare and the rest.

Here's what I'd point you towards right now — a few things to do, and a few things to read.

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In the next few weeks

Things to do

Read with a coffee

Guides that might help

Or shift the lens

Feeling something else?

Pick another and the suggestions update.

Lonely

Something to do that puts you near friendly faces this week.

Overwhelmed

Something doable when the to-do list is already too long.

Ready to meet people

Places to meet other newcomers and the people who've been here a while.

Need practical help

Step-by-step guides on the paperwork, schools, healthcare and the rest.

Want to move my body

Yoga, dance, surf, padel — ways to move with other people, not alone.

Looking for family activities

Real things to do with kids in tow — outdoor, friendly, English-aware.

Want calm

When the city feels loud and you want somewhere slow.

Want inspiration

Workshops, music, the kind of evening that leaves you with an idea.