We are fortunate in East Anglia; our group meets at least 4 times a year in members’ homes for a friendly appreciation of each other’s work as well as a meal and an opportunity to ‘put the world right’. We also have occasional days out to photograph a location (usually with a good fish and chips cafe).

If you are interested in forming a group, Helen Cullens has written a piece on how she went about setting up a group in her local area – reproduced below.

A member in the West Country is looking to form a group;
email chairman@creativegroup.rps.org for your details to be passed to him.

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RPS CREATIVE GROUP
HOW TO START A SMALL AREA OR HOME GROUP

If you would like to start a small group in your area, meeting in members’ homes and talking about creative photography here is how I did it:
Ask the membership secretary for a list of the current members in your county or within say 20 miles of your home (large towns with a large photographic club will probably have enough members of the RPS if not the Creative group to form a sub group).
Send out a questionnaire from you: it is easier to do this as not everyone uses e-mail.
I asked people:
   Were they interested in forming a group?
   If so, when i.e. day and time?
   Would they host a meeting?
Everyone replied and we found a time and day that suited everyone and we have been meeting ever since.
The instigator may at first have to host the meetings and organise them, but if you have 6 meetings a year as we do it is not an onerous task.
We go on outings occasionally and have a set subject for work at meetings.
I have got an enormous amount of pleasure out of our meetings and everyone has improved their photography.
Helen Cullens LRPS of the Hertfordshire Group.