grassroot geekery in the UK.

About GeekUp

GeekUp is a community of web designers, web developers, and other tech-minded folk from the UK. It's a grassroots knowledge sharing and networking social for folks involved or interested in the web and technology industry.

Monthly events take place in Chester, Doncaster, Grimsby (East Coast), Hebden Bridge, Lancaster, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, Preston and Sheffield.

Who's GeekUp for?

While the focus for GeekUp is predominately web related anybody involved in the technology industry is more than welcome to attend a GeekUp. The monthly events are free, we just ask that you buy your own beer.

History

GeekUp was founded in 2005 after a meeting of geeks at the Paramount Bar on the corner of Portland Street and Oxford Road in Manchester. Present at the first event were: Andrew Disley, Ben Ward, Paul Farnell and Stephen Henesy.

GeekUp Organisers

@andrewdisley | Andrew Disley: Founder and organiser of GeekUp.
@daveverwer | Dave Verwer: Organiser of GeekUp Chester.
@simon180 | Simon Young: Co organiser of GeekUp Chester.
@stevefrost | Steve Frost: Organiser of GeekUp Doncaster.
@wearebluesky | Richard Hamer: Co organiser of GeekUp Leeds.
@jpgriffin | Jeremy Griffin: Co organiser of GeekUp Leeds.
@tshannon | Thom Shannon: Organiser of GeekUp Liverpool.
@dhardiker | Dan Hardiker: Co-organiser of GeekUp Manchester.
@rubygem | Gemma Cameron: Organiser of GeekUp Nottingham.
@jagusti | Jag Gill: Organiser of GeekUp Sheffield.

Retired GeekUp Organisers

@urbanwide | Deb Bassett: Ex co-organiser of GeekUp Leeds.
@monkeyhelpr | Rob Lee: Ex co-organiser of GeekUp Leeds.
@stuartfrisby | Stuart Frisby: Ex co-organiser of GeekUp Liverpool.
@gpeng | Graham Pengelly: Ex co-organiser of GeekUp Liverpool.
@danielmorris | Daniel Morris: Founder of the PHP Manchester UG and ex co-organiser of the Manchester GeekUp.

GeekUp Helpers

A big Thank You for their continued help and support: