I hope this is okay to post! So my mum retired and joined the Womens Institute. For those not in the UK, its a social group for women and they organise events and do activities and it looks really neat and fun and has become a bit of a support network for her! They have a beer group, go on walks, do activity sessions and such.

Is there anything like this for men? My dad is such a people person, he loves to socialise and be around for his friends! And he's expressed that its a shame there isn't something like the WI for men. Is there anything like this for men in the UK? Or something he could look for? Part of the great thing about the WI is that the stuff they do is really varied rather than being a specific interest club.

He worries so much about being alone and not having friends (even though he has some great friends - he has some hang ups and anxiety around this kind of thing), and he is just an all round great person, if there was something I could suggest to him in this vein I would be so grateful!