Making friends in a new city (for work)

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Previous post I said DS is moving to a new city for working life (not London).

He has absolutely no idea how to make friends.

Does he have friends in the place that you're moving from?

DS has friends in the current city we live yes.

Doesn't know a single person in his soon to be new city

My DS joined a gym and a squash club. Inadvertently he became involved in helping out at a homeless shelter (assisted a person who had become incapacitated) and has made a couple of good friends from the staff there, they pub quiz together.
Other than that, he has made friends of colleagues although they are all at least 10 years older.

When I moved countries I made friends by joining a sports club, in my case tennis although it is a multi-sports club. It provided an excellent pool of people from all sorts of backgrounds and ages to become friendly with which was the foundation of my new life.

I recommend it to anyone seeking new friends. Ultimately it lead to me meeting DP through friends I made there.

DS has friends in the current city we live yes

That's really good. He knows how to make friends and keep them.

Joining a gym or sports clubs is good advice as PPs have mentioned.

Also agree with doing some volunteering in an area that he's interested in.

These friendships are from university.

Is he musical at all? Lots of opportunities to sing or play instruments with other folk

What are his interests? Does he like any sport?

He wants to start doing kick boxing.

Thank you all for your replies :)

He wants to start doing kick boxing

That's really positive. He won't make friends straightaway but he'll be learning a new skill and getting fit which will both make him feel better.

Would he read How to Win a friends and Influence People if he's anxious?

Colleagues are the first port of call, but then, as others have said, it is a case of joining any sort of club / class / society / group that do something he enjoys doing.

Would he be interested in joining any kind of running club, or something like that where he will automatically meet new people?

He's not really into running haha. Defo wants to start doing some proper martial arts though.

He was also big into labour party youth activism and did it through uni. Yes he is looking at "young labour" activities in his new city.