Bridport & District

Groups

GROUPS
Bridport U3A has been developing an expanding new range of ‘AT HOME GROUPS’ for our use during this most uncertain period, for fun and to keep interest and momentum going if/as we cannot meet successfully as we are used to e.g. in pubs, members’ homes etc. But this does mean we can expand the ‘places available’ to include more members, so there are places in all these currently:
1. ‘At Home – Art History’ – Monthly project, via email. A choice of artists is given monthly and you select a couple of their paintings that impress you and comment on why. All contributions are circulated by email to other participants at the end of the month. Places.
2. ‘At Home – Birdwatching’ – Share individual bird sightings visually via ‘WhatsApp’ with other members of the group. Places.
3. ‘At Home – Board Games’ – Suggest and learn about challenging Board Games for 1 or 2 people - e.g. Sequence, Rummikub, Chess. Your ideas please! Places.
4. ‘At Home – Broadcasting’ – Interesting programmes on e.g. Art, Music, Current Affairs, Politics and World issues are published each Saturday a.m. for the week ahead on the Website for Radio and TV. Chance for members to compare views on occasional special broadcasts. Places.
5. ‘At Home – Classical Music’ – Via email, weekly, a member’s personal selection of one or two moving pieces of music is sent to you, together with a brief commentary and the link(s) to the YouTube recordings. Places.
6. ‘At Home – Creative Writing’ – Via email you can be sent information at least monthly about creative writing, hints, sources of help etc. and a topic for writing a story. Members of the group can then share their work/ideas. Places.
7. ‘At Home – Limerick Club’ – Weekly challenge placed on website every Saturday! Results published there, (see them now) and a new challenge, the following Saturday. Places.
8. ‘At Home – Non-Fiction Club’ – Just 6 books a year. Reading in September ‘How to feed a Dictator’ (e.g. Idi Amin, Pol-Pot etc. as seen through the eyes of their chefs). Members’ views will be emailed to all participants – optional extra ‘Zoom’ discussion. Places.
9. ‘At Home – Opera’ - Each month one or two top operas/recordings from e.g. ROH, Glyndebourne etc. that can be viewed free on-line are identified and we meet subsequently on ‘Zoom’ monthly to share our views on them. You don’t have to be an expert! Places.
10. ’At Home – Politics 1 Discussion - The subject of the monthly discussion is confirmed to members a few days before the Zoom session. One or two places.
11. ‘At Home – Puzzles for Fun’ – Monthly, 4 puzzles are sent out and you email answers back. One example: (a) Find a word using the 3 letters given – to be used in that sequence. e.g. If you are given ‘chs’ an answer could be ‘matchsticks’. Try: (i) rtb (ii) mth (iii) mpl (iv) thm (v) ckn (vi) ckw (vii) ygr (viii) dst (ix) wkw (x) byr. Places.
12. ’At Home - Thomas Hardy Poetry’ – Each month, two or three of Hardy’s poems are selected for us to look at and to express our views on. The results are then circulated by email to all participating. You don’t have to be an expert! Places.
13. ‘At Home – World Faiths’ – Read a chapter(s) weekly on a different religion and discuss your views with participants on ‘Zoom’. Possibility of new course. Places.
14. ‘At Home – World Service Archive’ – Research and share links to truly outstanding human interest stories from around the world in BBC’s huge ‘Outlook’ archive. Recent ones include Mohammad Ali’s daughter, Nigel Owens and Director of film ‘Il Postino’. (You could be listening to any of these in 15 seconds’ time by going to the At Home – World Service Archive below now). Places.
Why not start a new ‘At Home’ group, or adapt an existing group to make it work from Home? Please let Paul Tebbutt know your plan - email him a message by clicking top-right.
Please click on the ‘Groups List’ chart below to find more about the individual ‘At Home’ group(s) here that interest you: