Over 1300 Members invite you to join us
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No longer working full-time gives us back time to enjoy things we left behind, or the opportunity to try something new. Stay physically and mentally active! Meet new friends! Have some fun!
There is plenty of choice even if you can't immediately join a particular group, we have over 100 from which to choose: Poster
For members on their own | a Friendship group - see Elmbridge Friends | |
Art and Craft groups | A Flower Painting group,a Photography group, a gift making Crafts group, a Card Making group | |
a Needlecraft group | ||
A Film Appreciation group | ||
Music groups | Two Jazz Appreciation groups | |
A Band | ||
Language groups | Eight French and five German groups, | |
Two Italian groups and two Spanish groups | ||
Games and Puzzle groups | Eight Bridge groups, three Scrabble groups | |
Two Rummikub groups and Mah-Jong | ||
A Card Games group and a Jigsaws group | ||
General Interest groups | Two Current Affairs and two Geopolitics groups | |
Two History groups, a Military History group, | ||
Biography, two Philosophy and Exploring Modern Spirituality groups | ||
Two Wine Appreciation Groups | ||
Science groups | Exploring Maths | |
Sports groups | Five Table Tennis, two Bowls, two Petanque/Boules and five Pickleball groups | |
Croquet, Golf | ||
Physical Activity groups | Circle Dancing, English Country Dancing, Line Dancing and Pilates groups | |
Eight walking groups (two Country Rambles and six short walks groups) | ||
Cycling | ||
an Adventurous Activities group | ||
Reading, Writing and Discussion | Six Book Reading groups, a Play Reading group | |
Two Discussion groups, Two Write Your Own Life Story groups and a group for Members On Their Own | ||
Open the Groups page to see more details
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Other Activities
Monthly Meetings and Talks Face to face and some recorded for later viewing | Usually with a Guest speaker |
Theatre Trips | |
Day Trips | See Events |
Open the Events page to see our programme of events
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Monthly emailed Bulletins from Elmbridge U3A and from the Third Age Trust | |
Elmbridge U3A newsletter three times a year | |
Third Age Trust magazine five times a year | |
A members only Facebook group | |
A Third Age Trust podcast |
About Us
We are affiliated to the Third Age Trust and are an independent charity but part of a network of many u3as in the UK and the wider world. The u3a was created for and is run by "third agers", retired and semi-retired people. Across the UK, u3a members are learning, staying active and having fun in later life. It’s local, social, friendly, low-cost and open to all.
We are entirely run by volunteers. To see what the Third Age Trust has to offer, click on U3A National website.
Elmbridge U3A has over 1300 members to welcome you. We offer a wide range of opportunities for social contact and participation in interesting activities. Our motto is Learn, Laugh, Live. The pandemic has affected us but it has certainly not stopped us!
To join Elmbridge u3a click this Join Elmbridge u3a. You do not need to be an Elmbridge Resident.
Open the Members page to find out about our closed Facebook group and to access some of our manuals, guides, policies, reports and other information. Existing members can access Beacon, our internal administrative system, and renew their membership.
To find out about Zoom and on-line meetings, open the Zoom page.
We do promote some affiliates (see the Affiliations page) and those organisations with which we we have a working relationship e.g. Elmbridge Council. We do not promote any other outside activities or charities.
Open the Contact page to see a list of our officers and to send us an enquiry.
We also have a YouTube channel on which we post (copyright and Speaker permission willing) our monthly talks and some other material. See YouTube#