New Ideas with Manchester Psychology Social Group

Gobi Manchurian burger and onion rings in Hinterland Thursday pic.twitter.com/19VX1LZ5OV

— Matt Tuckey 🇬🇧 (@matthewtuckey) February 15, 2025

 

I revived Manchester Psychology Social Group, the meetup group I was running towards the end of last year in Hinterland, a vegan alcohol-free bar in The Northern Quarter. 

In November things started to die off a bit with the group, so I cancelled the meetings for the foreseeable at that time. 

February rolled around and I emailed the group to ask for their ideas. What worked? What didn’t? Feedback from the group suggested it was too late in the evening and involved a little too much hanging around until 7:30pm. (I’d ran it that late as it was the earliest I could get there after a gym class.) We also needed more ideas, more structure to the group and more plans for the future of it. Plus, it was getting cold, and Christmas was around the corner. It just wasn’t the right time. January I was busy with Veganuary, and following recipes, (plus it was freezing and everyone was broke) so as February rolled around it was time to bring people together again. 

I set up another meetup for Thursday, 6:30pm. We had a good crowd in the main room as something was happening in the back room where we’d previously set up. Some kind of poetry night was on (that I’d have liked to have got involved with had I known). But we had enough space and enough time to order, eat, chat, arrange a structure, and come up with ideas. Among these: When uploading the meetup, I’ll advertise the topic in the on the event page, and make the title a little better and more intriguing. 

Next meeting: Same place and time, Thursday 27th.