Groups
This is a general list of groups that are currently available to Members. Newer groups are listed on the New Groups page with Prospective new groups shown on a separate page.
Please click on a group name of your choice for more information.
To obtain further details please contact the Group Leaders.
Their Telephone Numbers are shown in the Quick Reference Guide in the Newsletter, near the back, or where permission has been given, on the website. In some instances they can be contacted by email, by clicking on the link on the appropriate page
If you cannot contact a group, please Email us via the 'CONTACT' page, or phone Jane Evans on 07784 766440
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Do you have a talent or a special interest?
Are you prepared to share your expertise with others who may be interested?
Do you want to learn more about something and are prepared to work with others to do so?
It is all about sharing learning experiences. Northampton u3a, like other u3as, is a learning cooperative which draws upon the knowledge, experience and skills of its own members to organise and provide interest groups in accordance with the wishes of the membership. The teachers learn and the learners teach.
See Prospective New Groups where help is specially requested. You don't have to be an expert, only interested and willing to help. Lots of guidance and help is available to assist Group Leaders.
Please contact Jane to offer assistance or to suggest a new group.
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Group leaders / Co-ordinators can access or download the Northampton u3a Group Leaders handbook and Group Register blank by clicking these links or the ones on the right.
New forms for Group Leaders to meet the new requirements for recording group income/expenditure are available for the following
• Group Leader accounts sheet – pdf – to be completed manually
• Group Leader Accounts spreadsheet – Excel – to be used as a live spreadsheet
• Group Accounts Summary – WORD
Updated 0523
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It is essential that members attending Groups are safe when participating in u3a activities. To assist Group leaders to take reasonable precautions to prevent accidents, the Third Age Trust have developed a simple Risk Assessment protocol to guide Group leaders to consider safety. This is available to all u3a members on the national website at https://www.u3a.org.uk/advice/u3a - Support to u3as/Risk Assessments/Risk Assessment FAQs. You need to register on the site to get access. It is recommended that Group Leaders read the overview in the FAQ section first before selecting the risk assessment form most applicable to their group.
An Incident Report form to be completed in the event of an Incident occurring, may be downloaded by clicking the link.
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Archaeology Thursday a.m. 3rd Thursday | Thursday a.m. 3rd Thursday | Architecture 1 Monday a.m. 1st Monday | Monday a.m. 1st Monday |
Armchair Holidays Monday a.m. 2nd Monday | Monday a.m. 2nd Monday | Art Thursday p.m. Weekly | Thursday p.m. Weekly |
Astronomy Tuesday p.m. 2nd Tuesday | Tuesday p.m. 2nd Tuesday | Ballroom dancing Friday a.m. Weekly | Friday a.m. Weekly |
Bird watching Tuesday a.m. 1st Tuesday | Tuesday a.m. 1st Tuesday | Book Reading 1 Monday p.m. 1st Monday | Monday p.m. 1st Monday |
Book Reading 2 Tuesday p.m. 2nd Tuesday | Tuesday p.m. 2nd Tuesday | Book Reading 3 Saturday p.m. 1st Saturday | Saturday p.m. 1st Saturday |
Book Reading 4 Wednesday p.m. 3rd Wednesday | Wednesday p.m. 3rd Wednesday | Books and Natter Monday p.m. 3rd Monday | Monday p.m. 3rd Monday |
Bowling (Short Mat 2) Friday p.m. Weekly | Friday p.m. Weekly | Bowling (Short mat) Tuesday p.m. Weekly except last in month | Tuesday p.m. Weekly except last in month |
Bowling (Ten pin) Thursday p.m. 2nd Thurs Sept-July | Thursday p.m. 2nd Thurs Sept-July | Bridge 1 Monday p.m. Weekly | Monday p.m. Weekly |
Bridge for Beginners Tuesday p.m. Weekly | Tuesday p.m. Weekly | British History 1 Friday a.m. 3rd Friday | Friday a.m. 3rd Friday |
British History 2 Thursday a.m. 3rd Thursday | Thursday a.m. 3rd Thursday | British History 3 Thursday p.m. 4th Thursday | Thursday p.m. 4th Thursday |
Canasta Friday p.m. Weekly | Friday p.m. Weekly | Card Making Monday p.m. 2nd Monday | Monday p.m. 2nd Monday |
Card Making & Home Crafts 1 Tuesday p.m. 2nd Tuesday | Tuesday p.m. 2nd Tuesday | Card Making & Home Crafts 2 Tuesday p.m. 3rd Tuesday | Tuesday p.m. 3rd Tuesday |
Charles Dickens Monday a.m. 2nd Monday | Monday a.m. 2nd Monday | Coffee Afternoon Tuesday p.m. Weekly | Tuesday p.m. Weekly |
Coffee Morning Thursday a.m. Weekly | Thursday a.m. Weekly | Country Dancing Wednesday a.m. Weekly | Wednesday a.m. Weekly |
Creative Writing 1 Tuesday a.m. 1st Tuesday | Tuesday a.m. 1st Tuesday | Creative Writing 2 Monday a.m. 1st Monday | Monday a.m. 1st Monday |
Cribbage Wednesday p.m. Weekly | Wednesday p.m. Weekly | Crochet Monday a.m. 2nd Monday | Monday a.m. 2nd Monday |
Croquet Monday a.m. 2nd Monday | Monday a.m. 2nd Monday | Cycling Thursday a.m. Most Thursdays 10.30 | Thursday a.m. Most Thursdays 10.30 |
Decorative Arts Wednesday a.m. Last Wednesday | Wednesday a.m. Last Wednesday | Discussion 1 Wednesday a.m. 2nd Wednesday | Wednesday a.m. 2nd Wednesday |
Discussion Group 3 Monday p.m. 4th Monday | Monday p.m. 4th Monday | Dixielanders Jazz Band Tuesday p.m. Fortnightly | Tuesday p.m. Fortnightly |
Early Civilisations Monday p.m. 4th Monday | Monday p.m. 4th Monday | Exploring Churches of Northant Wednesday a.m. 3rd Wed - May-Oct | Wednesday a.m. 3rd Wed - May-Oct |
Family History Wednesday p.m. 1st Wednesday | Wednesday p.m. 1st Wednesday | Flower Arranging Monday p.m. 2nd Monday | Monday p.m. 2nd Monday |
French for Improvers Monday a.m. Fortnightly | Monday a.m. Fortnightly | French Revisited Wednesday p.m. Weekly | Wednesday p.m. Weekly |
Gardening Wednesday a.m. 3rd Wednesday | Wednesday a.m. 3rd Wednesday | Genealogy 1 Friday a.m. 2nd Friday | Friday a.m. 2nd Friday |
Genealogy 2 Thursday a.m. 1st Thursday | Thursday a.m. 1st Thursday | Genealogy 4 Tuesday p.m. 3rd Tuesday | Tuesday p.m. 3rd Tuesday |
Geology Thursday a.m. 1st Thursday | Thursday a.m. 1st Thursday | Golf Thursday a.m. Weekly | Thursday a.m. Weekly |
Have Pass Will Travel Wednesday a.m. 1st Wednesday | Wednesday a.m. 1st Wednesday | Historic Northampton Wednesday a.m. 2nd Wednesday | Wednesday a.m. 2nd Wednesday |
History of Art Thursday a.m. 2nd Thursday | Thursday a.m. 2nd Thursday | History of Art 2 Thursday a.m. 4th Thursday | Thursday a.m. 4th Thursday |
History of Railways Thursday a.m. 2nd Thursday | Thursday a.m. 2nd Thursday | Holiday Annually | Annually |
Ideas and Ideologies Wednesday p.m. 3rd Wednesday | Wednesday p.m. 3rd Wednesday | James Joyce’s Ulysses Thursday p.m. 3rd Thursday | Thursday p.m. 3rd Thursday |
Knit and Natter Thursday a.m. 2nd & 4th Thursdays | Thursday a.m. 2nd & 4th Thursdays | Latin Wednesday p.m. 2nd & 4th Wednesdays | Wednesday p.m. 2nd & 4th Wednesdays |
Lets Learn Latin Tuesday p.m. 1st & 3rd Tuesdays | Tuesday p.m. 1st & 3rd Tuesdays | Local History 1 Friday a.m. 1st Friday | Friday a.m. 1st Friday |
Local History 2 Friday a.m. 1st Friday | Friday a.m. 1st Friday | MahJong Monday p.m. Fortnightly | Monday p.m. Fortnightly |
Meet n' Eat Thursday p.m. 2nd Thursday | Thursday p.m. 2nd Thursday | Microscope Users Friday a.m. 1st Friday | Friday a.m. 1st Friday |
Moral Maze 1 Discussion Group Thursday a.m. 3rd Thursday | Thursday a.m. 3rd Thursday | Moral Maze 2 Discussion Group
Wednesday a.m. 1st Wednesday | Wednesday a.m. 1st Wednesday |
Music (Classical) Appreciation Thursday p.m. 1st Thursday | Thursday p.m. 1st Thursday | Music from Pop to Rock Monday p.m. 2nd Monday | Monday p.m. 2nd Monday |
Music Performing Beginners Wednesday p.m. 2nd & 4th Wednesdays | Wednesday p.m. 2nd & 4th Wednesdays | Musical Performing Group Wednesday p.m. 2nd & 4th Wednesdays | Wednesday p.m. 2nd & 4th Wednesdays |
Mythology Friday a.m. 4th Friday | Friday a.m. 4th Friday | Nature Tuesday a.m. 2nd Tuesday | Tuesday a.m. 2nd Tuesday |
New Experiences Thursday a.m. 4th Wednesday | Thursday a.m. 4th Wednesday | Nordic Pole Walking Friday a.m. Weekly | Friday a.m. Weekly |
Opera Appreciation Monday p.m. 3rd Monday | Monday p.m. 3rd Monday | Philosophy Tuesday a.m. 2nd Tuesday | Tuesday a.m. 2nd Tuesday |
Photography for Fun Monday a.m. 4th Monday | Monday a.m. 4th Monday | Piston Heads Monday p.m. 3rd Monday | Monday p.m. 3rd Monday |
Poetry Tuesday a.m. 3rd Tuesday | Tuesday a.m. 3rd Tuesday | Psychology Friday p.m. 1st Friday | Friday p.m. 1st Friday |
Quilting Tuesday p.m. 1st Tuesday | Tuesday p.m. 1st Tuesday | Quiz Monday p.m. 4th Monday | Monday p.m. 4th Monday |
Ramblers Friday a.m. 4th Friday | Friday a.m. 4th Friday | Saturday Supper Club Saturday p.m. 2nd Saturday | Saturday p.m. 2nd Saturday |
Science Wednesday a.m. 1st Wednesday | Wednesday a.m. 1st Wednesday | Scrabble Wednesday p.m. Weekly | Wednesday p.m. Weekly |
Shakespeare for Pleasure Monday a.m. 2nd Monday | Monday a.m. 2nd Monday | Singing Extra Thursday a.m. 3rd Thursday | Thursday a.m. 3rd Thursday |
Singing for Fun Friday a.m. 1st Friday | Friday a.m. 1st Friday | Skittles Wednesday p.m. Weekly 12.00 Noon | Wednesday p.m. Weekly 12.00 Noon |
Spanish Hablamos Espanol Aqui Monday a.m. Fortnightly | Monday a.m. Fortnightly | Spanish Intermediate Wednesday p.m. 2nd & 4th Wednesdays | Wednesday p.m. 2nd & 4th Wednesdays |
Striders Friday a.m. 2nd Friday | Friday a.m. 2nd Friday | Strollers Monday a.m. 3rd Monday | Monday a.m. 3rd Monday |
Sunday Lunch 1 Sunday p.m. 1st Sunday | Sunday p.m. 1st Sunday | Sunday Lunch 3 Sunday a.m. 4th Sunday | Sunday a.m. 4th Sunday |
Sunday Lunch 4 Sunday p.m. 4th Sunday | Sunday p.m. 4th Sunday | Table Tennis 1 Monday a.m. Weekly | Monday a.m. Weekly |
Table Tennis 2 Wednesday a.m. Weekly | Wednesday a.m. Weekly | Table tennis 3 Tuesday p.m. Weekly | Tuesday p.m. Weekly |
Tai Chi 1 Thursday a.m. Weekly | Thursday a.m. Weekly | Tai Chi 2 (for advanced work) Thursday a.m. Weekly | Thursday a.m. Weekly |
Theatre for Enthusiasts Monday p.m. 3rd Monday | Monday p.m. 3rd Monday | Theatre Visits Wednesday p.m. Usually Wednesdays | Wednesday p.m. Usually Wednesdays |
Trips (by coach) See Events/Outings tab | See Events/Outings tab | Ukulele Beginners Thursday p.m. Fortnightly | Thursday p.m. Fortnightly |
Ukulele Workshop Tuesday a.m. Fortnightly | Tuesday a.m. Fortnightly | Vegetable Growing Tuesday p.m. 2nd Tuesday | Tuesday p.m. 2nd Tuesday |
Wine Appreciation 1 Friday p.m. 1st Friday | Friday p.m. 1st Friday | Wine Appreciation 2 Friday p.m. Bi-monthly 1st Friday | Friday p.m. Bi-monthly 1st Friday |
Wine Appreciation 3 Friday p.m. Bi monthly last Friday | Friday p.m. Bi monthly last Friday | xyz
Wednesday p.m. Annually | Wednesday p.m. Annually |
Timetable Summary | ||
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Day | Morning | Afternoon |
Monday | Architecture 1 Armchair Holidays Charles Dickens Creative Writing 2 Crochet Croquet French for Improvers Photography for Fun Shakespeare for Pleasure Spanish Hablamos Espanol Aqui Strollers Table Tennis 1 | Book Reading 1 Books and Natter Bridge 1 Card Making Discussion Group 3 Early Civilisations Flower Arranging MahJong Music from Pop to Rock Opera Appreciation Piston Heads Quiz Theatre for Enthusiasts |
Tuesday | Bird watching Creative Writing 1 Nature Philosophy Poetry Ukulele Workshop | Astronomy Book Reading 2 Bowling (Short mat) Bridge for Beginners Card Making & Home Crafts 1 Card Making & Home Crafts 2 Coffee Afternoon Dixielanders Jazz Band Genealogy 4 Lets Learn Latin Quilting Table tennis 3 Vegetable Growing |
Wednesday | Country Dancing Decorative Arts Discussion 1 Exploring Churches of Northant Gardening Have Pass Will Travel Historic Northampton Moral Maze 2 Discussion Group Science Table Tennis 2 | Book Reading 4 Cribbage Family History French Revisited Ideas and Ideologies Latin Music Performing Beginners Musical Performing Group Scrabble Skittles Spanish Intermediate Theatre Visits xyz |
Thursday | Archaeology British History 2 Coffee Morning Cycling Genealogy 2 Geology Golf History of Art History of Art 2 History of Railways Knit and Natter Moral Maze 1 Discussion Group New Experiences Singing Extra Tai Chi 1 Tai Chi 2 (for advanced work) | Art Bowling (Ten pin) British History 3 James Joyce’s Ulysses Meet n' Eat Music (Classical) Appreciation Ukulele Beginners |
Friday | Ballroom dancing British History 1 Genealogy 1 Local History 1 Local History 2 Microscope Users Mythology Nordic Pole Walking Ramblers Singing for Fun Striders | Bowling (Short Mat 2) Canasta Psychology Wine Appreciation 1 Wine Appreciation 2 Wine Appreciation 3 |
Saturday | Book Reading 3 Saturday Supper Club | |
Sunday | Sunday Lunch 3 | Sunday Lunch 1 Sunday Lunch 4 |