About OptiMeet
Connection, prescribed.
OptiMeet is a wellbeing companion called Lottie who notices when your week has been heavy and finds you something warm, close to home, with people who get it. Made by OptiMe in Hartlepool.
What OptiMeet is
Three ideas, one app
A companion, not a catalogue
Lottie asks how your week has been and offers one warm, explained suggestion from what's actually on near you — a walk, a cuppa, a class. You can always say no or ask for something else.
Real rooms, real people
Every suggestion is a real local event with a verified host and friendly people already going. The app's job is to get you out of the door, not to keep you on your phone.
Four views, one app
Members get Lottie. Community hosts run events and see their impact. Employers sponsor places for their teams. NHS link workers refer people with a warm hand-off. Each is its own space.
The problem
Feeling disconnected is common. Doing something about it is hard.
Most people who feel low or lonely know what would help: getting out, seeing faces, doing something with their hands. What stops them is the gap between knowing and going — too many options, nobody expecting them, and the fear of walking in alone.
Event listings hand you 400 things to scroll and no reason to pick one.
Wellbeing apps keep you indoors, on a screen, on your own.
Social prescribing works, but a referral is only as good as the welcome at the door.
How Lottie works
No mystery, no small print
What Lottie pays attention to
Three things, and only three: how you say you've been feeling in check-ins, what you told her you'd like more of (connection, calm, energy…), and which events you actually go to and enjoy. She doesn't read your messages, track your location in the background, or guess anything from your phone.
What she does with it
She matches your week to local events with a track record of helping people who felt similar. That's it — a friendly nudge towards a walk, a cuppa or a class. You can always say no, ask for something else, or just browse yourself.
Community, never therapy
Lottie suggests community — and never therapy. She isn't a clinician and doesn't diagnose, treat or advise on mental health. If things ever seem heavy, she'll gently point you to real support like your GP or Samaritans, and she will never block you from anything in the app.
Who can see your wellbeing data
You. Not hosts, not employers, not other members. Hosts and employers only ever see anonymised, aggregated numbers across groups of 10 or more — for example "attendees of this walk report +22% mood boost" — never who felt what.
How the personalised experience works
From "how's your week been?" to someone expecting you
- Step 1
Three questions, ten seconds
How you've been feeling, what you'd like more of, what you enjoy. That's the whole set-up.
- Step 2
One suggestion at a time
Lottie ranks what's on against your answers and explains her pick. Not a list — a recommendation you can say no to.
- Step 3
Look around freely
Explore, Circles, providers and live sessions are all open before you have an account. It's a free preview of the real app.
- Step 4
An account when someone's expecting you
Reserving a place, joining a Circle or lending a hand asks for an email and a password (or a mobile number) — so the host knows to expect you and your progress is safe on any phone.
- Step 5
It gets better as you go
After each event Lottie asks how it felt. Over a few weeks that becomes your own wellbeing trend, and her suggestions get closer to what helps you.
What makes OptiMeet different
Not another events app. Not another wellbeing app.
Prescribed, not searched
Event listings hand you 400 things to scroll. Lottie asks how your week has been and offers one warm, explained suggestion — and you can always say no.
Real people, real rooms
Wellbeing apps keep you on your phone. OptiMeet gets you out of the door: a walk, a cuppa, a class, with someone expecting you when you arrive.
Safe by design
ID-checked hosts as standard and an Enhanced DBS tier for anyone serving vulnerable groups. Report any event in two taps.
Your data stays yours
No passwords, no background tracking. Hosts and employers only ever see anonymised groups of ten or more — never who felt what.
Privacy & trust
Built like it matters — because it does
Every host verified
ID-checked as standard; Enhanced DBS tier for anyone serving vulnerable groups.
Your data stays yours
Hosts and employers only ever see anonymised groups of ten or more. Never individuals.
Community, never therapy
Lottie suggests walks and cuppas, not treatment — and signposts real support when things feel heavy.
Reports handled in 24h
Report any event or host in two taps. Hosts can be suspended immediately.
Want the detail? Read the full walkthrough for members, hosts, employers and NHS teams, or see how hosts are verified.
See it for yourself
Three questions and Lottie starts finding your people. No signup to look around, no card, free for members forever.