In person
Watching only takes you so far. These are the UK organisations running men's work in the room — initiatory weekends, ongoing circles, nature-based retreats. Dates move, so each one links straight to the organiser's own calendar.
8 listings
The best-known initiatory men's weekend in the UK. Small groups, no phones, deep work on accountability, shadow and purpose, with optional follow-on I-Groups afterwards.
Cost: Sliding scale, bursaries available
Dates and bookingPeer-led circles that meet regularly for check-ins and structured emotional work. The most practical entry point if a full weekend feels like too much too soon.
Cost: Usually free or low-cost
Dates and bookingRites-of-passage weekends and long-term mentoring for young men aged 18–25, many of them in or leaving the criminal justice system. Also recruits and trains volunteer mentors.
Breathwork, movement, conflict work and men's council over several days. More embodiment-led and physical than the classic circle format.
Structured work on anger, shame and relational patterns from the creator whose talks already sit in the WISR library. Good if you want a curriculum rather than a one-off weekend.
Free, no-referral peer talking groups for men over 18. Not depth work, but the single easiest room in the country to walk into on a bad week.
Cost: Free
Dates and bookingMeditation-led men's retreats under canvas. Quieter and more contemplative than initiatory weekends — closer to the Stoic end of the curriculum than the shadow-work end.
Wilderness rites of passage, solo time and council in the Bill Plotkin lineage. Best suited to men mid-transition who want space rather than instruction.
WISR isn't affiliated with any of these organisations and takes no commission. Listings are reviewed by hand every so often — always confirm dates, cost and suitability with the organiser before booking. Know something that belongs here? It can be added.