Members of the Berkshire local peer support group sitting around a table

Local peer support groups

Our Retina UK Peer Support Group network offers information and support via regular meetings both online or in-person.

Groups meet in person or virtually and are a welcoming, safe and friendly place for people to share experiences, tips and information and form friendships.

Our local peer support groups meet online or in-person at different venues around the UK. If there isn’t one currently in your area, please get in touch with Mark Baxter, our Information and Support Coordinator. You can email him at [email protected] or call him on 07889 595783.

Local Peer Support Groups

  • Belfast
  • Berkshire
  • Bristol, Bath & Wilts
  • Buckinghamshire
  • Dorset & South West
  • East Midlands
  • Edinburgh
  • Glasgow
  • Hampshire
  • Isle of Wight
  • London & South East (formerly Kent)
  • Manchester
  • Merseyside in collaboration with SocialEyes
  • South Yorkshire
  • Tyne & Wear in collaboration with Northern Alliance VIP’s
  • West Midlands

Online & Focused Interest Groups

  • *NEW* Women’s Peer Support Group
  • *NEW* Parent’s & Carer’s Peer Support Group
  • *NEW* Young Adults Peer Support Group
  • Men’s Peer Support Group
  • National Peer Support Group
  • Scotland Peer Support Group
  • Wales Peer Support Group
  • *NEW* ‘Talking’ Home & Garden
  • *NEW* ‘Talking’ Creative Arts
  • ‘Talking’ Travel
  • ‘Talking’ Tech – Sponsored by EMVI – EMpowering the Visually Impaired

EMVI logo with link to website

 

EMVI: A Mobile Visual Assistant Designed by

and for the Visually Impaired

 

 

More information about upcoming events can be found in our Events Calendar.

 

Upcoming Local Peer Support Groups

Women’s Peer Support Group

Tuesday 26 August 2025, 7.00pm - 8.00pm - via Zoom - Please come and join our facilitators Danielle and Perm for our latest Women's Peer Support Group get together and social catch up.

Men’s Peer Support Group

Wednesday 27 August 2025, 7.00pm - 8.30pm - via Zoom - Come and join us for our latest Men's Peer Support Group online social catch up.

‘Talking’ Creative Arts Peer Support Group

Thursday 28 August 2025, 7.00pm - 8.00pm - via Zoom - Please come and join facilitators Steve Cox and Mark Baxter for our second 'Talking' Creative Arts meeting where will be joined by a speaker from London art studio, Colour and Clay.

Edinburgh Local Peer Support Group

Saturday 13 September 2025, 11.00am - 1.00pm - In-person - Come and join Valerie and the group when we return to the Festival Theatre in Edinburgh to hear from guest speakers Graham Gunning & Fraser Fleming from TripleTapTech.

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