We Are Change is a social justice, grass roots movement that tries to effect change by taking non-violent direct action. From confronting the power elite in person with their crimes and demanding answers, to raising awareness about government's use of false flag terror events to control the public mind, members of We Are Change want to meet other like-minded people to spread the Truth. We aim to expose the lies and cover-up of false flags events, that include 9/11 and 7/7 , using documented phys …

This group is for people who both embrace & live diversity! Come celebrate the growing international community in Manchester by joining together with individuals from ALL OVER THE WORLD (yes, the U.K. too!!). Meet people, have a glass (or a few) of wine or beer, or a coffee/tea, and share experiences, stories, cultures, & languages, and simply enjoy a good laugh and conversation with like-minded people. It's a big world out there getting smaller by the moment! A relaxed social group for expats i …

Manchester Adventure Group dedicated to providing adventure activities at all levels Novice/Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced/Expert. The groups aim is to get together and participate in all kinds of adventure sports including Mountain biking, Climbing, mountaineering, camping, walking/hiking, skiing/snowboarding, canoeing, raft building, sailing, wakeboarding /waterskiing, and any other suggested sports! Obviously some sports and outdoor activities are easier (and cheaper) to arrange than others. …

Russian Language Enthusiasts is a social club for ANYBODY who is Russian or likes Russian culture. It doesn't matter if you're learning the language or a native speaker - everybody's welcome. There's only one requirement - you must be a Russian language enthusiast!!!! We meet regularly around Manchester to chat, dance, make new friends and have great time! We also provide Russian language lessons across Greater Manchester area. Our students are doing well - passing exams, travelling to Russia ei …

Manchester Net Squared (#mcrn2) brings together social changemakers and web innovators to network, socialise and share ideas. It's about how nonprofits and social benefit organisations* can use the web for social change. We organise two things: Meetups are free monthly gatherings that focus on a use of technology for social change.  These are held at the MadLab in central Manchester and generally involve someone giving a talk or demo, plus some discussion and learning. Social Media Surgeries ar …

The Greater Manchester Skeptics run the Manchester Skeptics in the Pub events, which are held twice each month. A bunch of Mancunian skeptics get together in the pub to discuss science - sometimes with a guest speaker, sometimes without but always with plenty of alcohol! You don't have to be a member to come to our events, everyone and anyone is welcome. If you're in Manchester, come along! Speaker : We'll have a guest speaker over on the second Thursday of each month. This is usually held at 8P …

The Augmented Manchester Meetup Group has been organised to support communication, innovation and collaboration on: Augmented Reality Ambient intelligence Articulated Naturality Parallel Tracking and Mapping (PTAM) Smart Dust Technology Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) Mobile Application Development Mobile Services and Marketing 3D Modelling AR will rapidly change the way we view and engage with our immediate environment, wherever we are in the world. Although AR is in its inf …

This group is for all those in Manchester and the surrounding area, who are interested in Internet Marketing, whether you currently have a business and an income or just starting out.  The aim is to support and help each other, share ideas, Joint Ventures and to cross-promote. The group, whilst based around Manchester aims to bring together the Internet and Entrepreneurs community in the North West of England including Manchester, Liverpool and Lancashire. Each meetup will consist of networking …

Anyone in Manchester want to make a bit more of their spare time and meet up with others keen to play a bit more sport or get away on some cool activity weekends?! This group is a part of sport and adventure club 8th Day UK (check the website for full details) which at present is mainly in London, but we'd like to get a group going in Manchester so hopefully if lots of you join this group and fancy doing lots of stuff then we can make it happen! We can suggest stuff or you can and we'll try and …

Thanks for visiting our MeetUp page - we hope you like the look of us and that we can tempt you to join us ! Manchester Activities & Social Group is designed to advertise Manchester Intervarsity Club, iVC. iVC is a social and activities club for professionals and like-minded people. Our May 2013 programme is out now and contains over 50 events per month in and around Manchester. To really appreciate all we do - you really need to see the full programme ....Click here for enquiry form Our group o …

NB: Please note this group has a one off joining fee of £2.50 as noted below This one is just for the girls in Manchester (sorry guys!) So ladies.... Do you love making new friends and having a giggle? Do you have lovely friends yourself but find they're often busy with their young families, boyfriends, husbands or perhaps they like their sofa a bit too much ;-), or maybe they've simply moved away? Maybe you're new to Manchester? You may have a young family, boyfriend or husband yourself bu …

MWUG, the Manchester WordPress User Group is run by the WordPress co-founder, Mike Little with support from entrepreneur Saz Bailey. We are a friendly, supportive bunch from in and around Manchester, UK, who use the open source web publishing software WordPress to blog, design and develop websites. We love sharing technical and marketing expertise to help others achieve what they intend through WordPress. We meet once per month, on the third Wednesday, at Manchester Digital Laboratory aka MadLab …

Want to play team sports in Manchester? I do and it is hard to get a regular game. This group will start as a tennis group until the numbers increase and then I hope football will be become an activity and other sports (including pub sports) and a regular social event may be included. If your in your 20's/30's and looking to play some sport on a regular basis and meet new people this is the group for you. I will be organising events using the SportCity area of Manchester to start with as they ha …

This group is all things drumming. I have 30 years experience in drumming everything from playing drum kit in 80's pop bands to teaching African rhythms to Samba. The community drumming circle will focus on hand drums primarily but is not limited to this as we explore initially rhythms from Africa. Who is Craig Winterburn? Trained as a drum kit player 15yrs. I practiced and played as member with bands such as "The Black and white lovers", "The Desert Wolves", "Too much Texas" and later with gui …

What is Techmeetups? TechMeetups has been setup to create a global network of Tech communities from San Francisco to Sydney. We believe that Tech communities are isolated and great things can be achieved if we connect within our cities and outside our borders. Our goal is to create a global Tech cluster of over 50 inter-connected Tech communities by 2013. Our global community started out with the launch of the London Silicon Roundabout Tech community in December 2010. Following it's success in …

Manchester Arduino has moved to Facebook. Please keep up-to-date by joining the Facebook page and following us on Twitter. A meet up based in Manchester for all those interested in the Arduino prototyping platform. From creatives, designers, programmers, engineers, artists, makers, hackers and inventors, to students and do-it-yourselfers. And that’s just for starters. @Arduino_Mcr is an opportunity to regularly meet the rapidly growing Manchester Arduino community to share ideas, advice, stori …

A group for Open Rights Group in Manchester. What we are up to next The next focus is to spread the word about the Open Rights Group / Big Brother Watch event for Labour delegates. http://www.labour.org.uk/annual_conference_2012 ORG / BBW event: in Manchester Central, Central 3. Monday 1st October at 2.30pm – 3.45pm About Us Have a read of the Manchester Mule article on the new Manchester ORG. http://manchestermule.com/article/digital-rights-activists-set-up-in-manchester

This is a group for those who are new to D&D in the Manchester Area, and are looking to find a gaming group to organise a game with. As a beginner to the game myself, the group is primarily looking for others in a similar position who would like to try the game out for the first time, although we are still open to those of all skills and abilities! For those unfamiliar with D&D, but have a slight interest, it can be primarily classified as a strategic role-playing game, similar to video games su …

ProductTank Manchester provides an opportunity for Product Managers in Manchester and the North to exchange ideas and experiences about Product Design, Development and Management, Business Modelling, Metrics, User Experience and all the other things that get us excited. Events include talks from guest speakers on topics around product management, networking opportunities, and a good old-fashioned chin-wag over a beer or two. We're open to companies big and small. We also welcome early-stage tech …

This group is for anyone in or near manchester who is passionate about contributing towards personal development and passionate about contribution in itself. Each month we invite successful people from a variety of backgrounds and professions who want to give back to the community by contributing their knowledge and wisdom and their own personal stories of life to inspire us and empower us to create real and often measurable personal tranformation in many areas of our lives. We do this so we cr …

Health 2.0 Manchester is a meetup group focused on innovations in the delivery of healthcare and health related technology. This group is dedicated to creating a community around  digital healthcare in Manchester as part of the international Health 2.0 movement. This community  aims to share, discuss, showcase and develop ideas to improve patient care. If you are interested in the intersection of health care and information and communication technology, this is a community for you. Technology en …

MANCHESTER R R is an open source data analysis and statistical programming language and environment for statistical computing and graphics. R is a free implementation of the “S” language that is currently available on most platforms. It can be obtained from the R project website and is maintained and developed by a community of users. Manchester R is an opportunity for people to learn and to share information about R. The sessions consists of 3-4 short presentations followed by a networking sess …

G.A.G. Network Manchester G.A.G is a network for professional queer artists, ‘fag hags & stags’ based in the North West. The group meets once a month in Manchester for a drinks to socialize, network and share ideas for individual and group development. The group was set up to create a network for gay visual artists to make new friends, share ideas, work in collaboration and to share support of individual and group exhibitions and other events. G.A.G organises an annual European city weekend excu …

"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming -- WOW-- What a Ride!" Join adventures with likeminded people. In Manchester, UK and abroad: from kayaking & surfing weekends to ski & watersports holidays and big overseas expeditions. We also meet up once a month to listen to an inspiring talk from an explorer and have a few beers. Bear Gryll …

It is a group of Polish artists that are based in Manchester and beyond. You could be a filmmaker, photographer, video editor, animator, graphics designer or even web master. Whoever you are - you are welcome to come around and talk about your ideas and work you've done. Plus - you will have a chance to speak in your native language with fellow natives. Feel free to bring friends with you, even if they are not necessarily from Poland - we all can speak in English too after all. Manchester has a …

Manchester LGBT Professional Networking events provide an opportunity for like-minded professionals living or working in the Manchester area to meetup over a drink and nibbles. These must-attend evenings are a chance to establish new contacts, meet up with existing peers, and share experiences and best practice. The monthly Manchester LGBT Professional Networking evenings offer an experience different from the sector-specific and irregular events which dominate in Manchester. To this end Manches …

Are You into PHOTOGRAPHY? Do You want to learn? Improve your skills? Learn to see more? Meet new people with same interest? If your answer is YES feel free to join to the Manchester PHOTOGRAPHY group. You will have chance to learn new things, share skills attend photo walks and workshops. Gain inside knowledge of how to work better with your subjects, to compose, create and produce extraordinary images. This Meetup group is for the photography enthusiast; photographers of all ages and skill leve …

The Apache Cassandra Project develops a highly scalable second-generation distributed database, bringing together Dynamo's fully distributed design and Bigtable's ColumnFamily-based data model. The Manchester Apache Cassandra User Group is a highly awesome meetup group, bringing together cool people distributed across Manchester to talk about our favorite NoSQL implementation, Apache Cassandra.