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 …

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 …

The purpose of this group is to speak Spanish and have fun whilst enjoying all things Hispanic (language, food, wine, cinema, dancing, art etc.) with fellow aficionados! We are meeting more or less regularly, at least once a month, and trying to have a variety of activities in Leamington Spa, Warwick, Stratford, Coventry, ... in the area. The group is open to Spanish speakers of all levels but is not intended to be a class. Come along and have a go. We have a good mix of learners and native spea …

Star Singles - start meeting new people! Free to join and attend events in Birmingham, UK. New to the city?  Recently single? Or perhaps you just want to go out at the weekend! If that sounds like you, come and join us.  You can use a nickname. Mingle with new friends, come and go when you please. Bored with dating sites?  We suggest you come and socialise instead... Most of us are 20s & 30s, and we visit the best venues. Started in 2011, all of our members are recent and decent, with pics! We h …

There is no membership fee for joining this group. If you are a young person who enjoys meeting people in the region's finest traditional pubs and bars serving good handpulled beers and ciders or serving fine wines or even ports, then this is the group for you. We aim to meet once or twice per month initially, varying the venue to try out different pubs abd bars in Birmingham, Walsall, Harborne, Sutton Coldfield, Moseley, Dudley, Lichfield, Wolverhampton, Bromsgrove, and all the other accessible …

Well, here is a meetup with a difference! Do any of the following statements describe you? ** Free thinker with an open mind ** ** Ability to think ‘outside the box’ ** ** An interest in ‘non-mainstream’ subjects ** ** A sense that there is a lot more going on in the world than meets the eye ** ** A curiosity for ‘alternative’ information and hidden knowledge ** ** An interest in uncovering secrets and digging a little deeper...** If so, then The Esoteric, Mysticism, Consciousness & Paranormal …

Wine is one of life's great pleasures. The Coventry Wine Group will meet monthly at Blue Bistro on Spon Street to listen to guest speakers, sample wines and enjoy each other's company. We will be arranging for an (optional) course as an introduction to wine tasting - let us know if you're interested. An oenophile is a wine lover, by the way!

Hello and welcome to The Jewellery Quarter Bookwormers Group! Do you like meeting authors, discussing books, making new friends or maybe want ideas for your next read? Then why not join us at the next meeting! This is brand new and we want to get together a friendly group of people who like to meet authors, socialise and discuss books, in a handy town centre venue.

Are you tired of internet dating? Forget one-at-a-time dating, why not increase your options and have much more fun at the same time. Manchester Dine and Date club is where single people can meet each other in relaxed groups on fun nights out. Now as a Dine & Date Club member, you can organise your own meetups and use the club to build a great social life in venues and areas of your choice. You can ask other members out for drinks, walks, dinner, casino nights or anything you can think of. There …

This is a group for people interested in Culture and the Arts, including: literature, poetry, theatre, independent and World cinema, philosophy, art, music...We can go to cultural events, such as: theatre, cinema, talks, concerts and art galleries, in and around Walsall / the West Midlands. We can also have informal events such as meals and drinks out, where we can meet like-minded people.

Do you like tasting good wine or wish you knew more about it ? I’ve just moved to Nottingham from France and I’d like to start a group for wine lovers over here. The idea is simple. Members would get together on a monthly basis for a wine tasting session. On average 6 to 8 tasting size glasses of wine would be served around a theme which would change each month i.e. it might be great Bordeaux whites, Champagne versus Sparkling wines, or Pinot from around the world…To keep an open mind and to rem …

You have probably heard that the Dolomites, in north-east Italy, were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The gentle hills covered with woods and lawns, the hundreds of ski slopes (thousands of kilometers!), the pink jaw-dropping vertical rock walls, the blushing of the rocks at sunset ("ensoradira") are well known in the whole world. But there's a lot more. The culture of hospitality, the family-led hotels, the fantastic food and wines, the peculiar local language ("Ladino", derived from Lat …

This is THE group to expand your language abilities! All attendees will be given a label to indicate the languages they speak or want to practice - so simply look for someone with a label that matches yours, and your conversation starts! All levels welcome. At the first meeting we covered native speakers of English, Arabic, Catalan, French, German, Italian, Malay, Mandarin, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Urdu, Lithuanian - and we even managed to match up 2 Welsh speakers to pra …

The Lillies WI is one of the “next generation/lite” Women’s Institute groups, offering activities that are more relevant to the lives of modern women. We don’t sing “Jerusalem” but we do like jam, preferably in a cake! At our monthly, evening meetings we have taster sessions of crafts and activities, and talks from guest speakers. Our meetings calendar for 2013 includes: indian head massage; The Lillies bake-off; survival skills training; garden party; tea cosy & jewellery making; and wine tasti …

I am a relatively new craft lover, who is interested in meeting up with other like-minded people in the local area to have a drink / cake / sew / knit / crochet with. I have searched high and low for a group to join in the local area and have found nothing closer than Warrington - so hopefully there are others like me out there who'd like to set something up! I am keen to organise a weekly evening meet-up, to allow people time and space to get projects going, share knowledge, drink wine, and pot …

Let's get together the English and the French and everyone else who would like to network in a friendly environment with French Wine, Cheese and more... We can network, relax, enjoy Wine and the food while getting to know one another. We meet monthly on the Tuesday before the last week of the month, 6PM-8PM at the Grosvenor Casino Fiveways Broad Street Birmingham B15 1AY. We charge £5 per person with free parking for the casino, situated at the back. You will need to bring an id.

Do you have a passion for Asian food? be it Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Malaysian, Singaporean plus many more. Do you enjoy meeting new people and discovering new places to eat in Birmingham in a fun and social environment? Then you've come to the right place, so let's start enjoying some great Asian food together! About the Club: As this is a start-up group I am hoping to get into contact with restaurants and organise private tasting events and exclusive dinners at amazing venu …