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 …

There may be "An App For That", but few places to talk, learn and share how to make mobile applications. Whether you're an experienced developer that wants to talk about new ideas, new to iOS and want to learn from scratch - or just want to know what on earth it's all about, come along.

Want to learn about meditation? Or if you're experienced, want to try an effective and authentic Indian method of meditation? Want to learn about vegetarian cooking? Want to sample an effective collection of yoga postures to help the mind, body and spirit.

Through Shining Souls - Manchester we will Build an Empowered Spiritual Community, where we can meet and learn about ourselves and master our life experiences. Many Souls will be re-united with members of their soul group. All are welcome who feel the energetic pull to start to create the new light communities!  *Are you committed?* The list of our activities are ever increasing.  Below are a few of our regular events. Shining Souls Weekly Meetup - During the 2 hour class we will cover healing t …

About At each event a company presents real business scenarios that they'd like to get you involved in thinking about. You can share ideas, ask questions and in the process you'll get to build contacts and learn more about business. Who is this group for? Whether you are experienced in business, a student or just someone interested in learning about new things you are very welcome to attend and get involved in discussions. A wide range of perspectives helps get debate going. Other Information: …

The Project “No man is an island entire of itself – every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.” John Donne The whole idea started with some inspirational people providing motive and four friends sitting down around a table in a pub in Hackney – the concept of the Ragged University was born… The idea is to update the philanthropic history of the Ragged Schools and aim to bring about the same pragmatic changes that helped build the social fabric of the United Kingdom. Technically, …

The new, fun way to run is coming to Manchester- Join a Lazy Runner Workshop It doesn't matter if you cant run or are a plodder, fun runner, fast runner, marathon or ultra marathon runner- we all have individual issues with our running from time to time and would like to know how to resolve them or get past the running hump! Cant Run?- Learn how to get into running and run right in just one two hour workshop..its amazing These Two Hour Running Workshops will show you how your running and trai …

There's too much talk and not enough action in our industry.  The issues we have been facing over the last 10 years haven't really changed.  This movement aims to bring the creative industry together to take action and raise awareness of the great work that comes out of our region, and more importantly, show client-side marketeers what we can do! Lets stop talent, and marketing budgets moving southwards. Here's a space to share ideas, tips, issues, raise the bar creatively. Lets share our passi …

To many Pagans, their beliefs are more than a religion; they are a way of life, seeking to live in sympathy with nature in today's modern world. Many pagans see themselves as very much a part of nature, not above it. Pagans also advocate self-responsibility; we are responsible for our actions. Due to persecution and misrepresentation it is necessary to define what Pagans are not as well as what they are. Pagans are not sexual deviants, do not worship the devil (are not Satanists), are not evil …

This group is for students and teachers of Excel College past, present and future and friends of Excel College. It is a chance for you to meet and practice your English outside of lessons and of course, make new friends and have fun! We will be telling you about events, nights out, day trips and for those times when you want to go somewhere and just want someone to go with. Come and say hi and join in the next meet-up!

The Manchester Quantified Self meetup (#QSelfUK) is modeled on the Bay Area Quantified Self Show & Tell meetings started in 2008 by Gary Wolf and Kevin Kelly in the Bay Area. Your host for the Manchester meetup is Ian Forrester (@cubicgarden) Aiming to be a regular show and tell for people who take advantage of various personal self-tracking tools and methods to gain more knowledge about themselves, others and the world around them. Come share what you are doing and learn from others.

Based in Audenshaw at Reborn Holistics, Soul Temple Therapies focuses on providing spiritual development meditation sessions and workshops on a range of topics. Our aim is always to create a welcoming space where like minded people can meet, learn, experience and grow. In our frequent meditation sessions, we specialise in delivering powerful guided meditations with a different theme each week. Our workshops intend to take you deeper into your journey of personal and spiritual development explori …

Dear friend, Welcome to Ankh. The place to be for positive people who like to keep things grounded. Connect with other souls on your spiritual path... Come to our transformational meetups, where you can be yourself, learn and share your experiences in a tranquil and safe environment. Ankh is a dogma-free group and open to people of all faiths and cultures! Events take place at various venues in Manchester and are hosted by spiritual coach & author Christoph Spiessens. Topics typically include: - …

This is a group to study and practise Gurdjieff's method of inner development and consciousness known as "the work". You may have just come across his ideas or you may have been reading his books for some time but we can all learn more in a group. Contact the organiser to find out more.

No group is currently available in the Northwest of England which caters for the need of British Muslim Women. My aim is to create a platform which will allow women to come together and share experiences, knowledge and skills. Offer support and networking opportunites. This group has no set guidelines the women whom will join this will make the group what it is. If you have just moved into the area, are bored and want to meet new people, have just converted, want to learn about religion or wan …

Are you a code ninja with two X chromosomes searching for a similar bunch of ladies to drink coffee and discuss code with? You’ve come to the right place. We meet monthly to hear talks from leaders in the field and hack whilst developing our code-fu in the process. What if I don’t code? We are going to be discussing some pretty in-depth, geeky stuff. If you are not deterred by that and are still really excited about coming, you’re more than welcome. If you’re looking for a good place to learn t …

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 …

The North West Tester Gathering is a community of people who are passionate about software testing, test process and agile software development. It is a an informal forum for sharing knowledge and experiences with other like minded individuals from many organisations. Whether you are a budding beginner or battle scared practitioner, all are welcome. We aim to provide a meeting place and hold regular events for anyone involved in testing (mostly) software products. Come and meet fellow testers, s …

This Meetup group is hosted by the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University (UK). We teach Raja Yoga as a way of experiencing peace of mind and a positive approach to life. In addition, we provide a number of events, talks, workshops and seminars for people from all religious and cultural backgrounds to explore their own spirituality and learn life skills of reflection and meditation, derived from Raja Yoga. This has helped thousands of people across the UK develop inner calm, clear thinking an …

A Group for people of any path and spirituality that meets up regular for likeminded people to talk about our interests and at the same time having fun. This is a great group where everyone gets on and friendships are made, A place for us all to mingle in Our Own World. We focus on Paganism Green witchcraft Elementals Sacred places Witchcraft Wicca Magick Earth Based Spirituality Earth Energies God and Goddess  Spirituality Full moon wisdom Moon Phases Faery Nature Lovers And all things related. …

Is this Manchester Spiritual Meetup Group right for you? Find out by answering the following questions... Do you have a deep inner desire to profoundly transform your understanding of yourself, the human experience, and the Universe? Do you want to discover the true purpose of your life  and why you chose to incarnate into physical reality at this dramatic stage in the development of human consciousness? Do you want to know beyond a shadow of a   doubt that you ARE more than your physical …

Organised group events for adults to help you make friends, meet new people, have fun and participate in social, activity and adrenaline activites such as theatre trips, dining out, parties, sports, adrenalin events, weekends away, workshops to learn new skills, group holidays, skiing, you name it, we probably organise it! Fantastic for people new to the area or just those who want to get out and meet new people! We are Membership based but invite new people to come and meet us. Membership is a …

This is the place to meet others with a passion for independent travel. Whether you’re a backpacker passing through Manchester for the night, you’re on a working holiday visa and living in Manchester, or you’re from Manchester and just love (and miss!) backpacking, then this is the meetup group for you. We’re a great group for sharing ideas, information and travel stories. Whether you're looking for inspiration on where to go, what areas of Manchester are good to live in, or where to find work, …

North West Drupal Users Group meet on the first Wednesday of each month to talk about Drupal.

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 Northern UK Young Chinese and International Cultural Club was originally established in Huddersfield, England and titled – “The Huddersfield Chinese Language and Cultural Exchange meetup group” where fantastic cultural exchange platform and social networking was offered to our members in order to bridge the cultural and personal communication between the East and the West. Now with the initial successful accomplishments in Huddersfield, organizer of the group has expanded its influence to th …

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 …

A group for people who speak or want to learn Welsh, in it's conversational form. A good excuse to meet for a drink and practice speaking the language, particularly for those who know some Welsh but are a little rusty. The group is open to people with a basic vocabulary through to full fluency. Manchester has nothing in terms of Welsh language courses, so this group is good alternative if you want to improve your Welsh articulation.