My son decided against going to Uni after A levels, although his A2 results were a bit disappointing anyway. Instead he looked for a traineeship/apprenticeship. He has landed a role with a small local company as a trainee and does day release at college working towards a degree. The job seems good and of course he has a clearly defined path towards degree and qualification without incurring the debt. all of that is positive. THe problem he has is that ALL of his friends from 6th form went off to Uni, he had a full social calendar with his group and now they are not around for long periods. The company he works for he is considerably younger than his colleagues, so this doesn't really offer a social outlet and similarly the others on his college course are generally 4-5 years older (he is 18).
He does play a couple of sports, but in both cases the teams he plays for are largely devoid of lads 18-21.
Can anyone suggest local 'social' groups for this age group....i.e those who have 'notgonetouni', something that may offer 18-21 year olds locally who did not go away to uni a route to meeting up and doing social things together.