Bridport & District

Groups

Our Groups meet on a variety of schedules. The list below gives the Group names and the pattern of meetings. Click on a Group name to learn more or to get in touch with the Group Leader. If the group you are interested in is listed below as "full", it is still worth contacting the group leader to see whether you might be added to the waiting list. If you have a more general query, or are interested in leading a Group, do get in touch with our Group Coordinator, Paul Tebbutt on 01308 425945 or click the Send a Message link above.

Looking for a hall to hire in the local area?

Hoping to start a new group but with nowhere to meet? Outgrown your present meeting place? Bridport Town Council has a list of halls that Groups can hire for their meetings, both in Bridport itself and in the surrounding villages. You can pick up a copy from the Tourist Information Centre in Bucky Doo. It lists 35 different halls with their facilities, gives their maximum capacity and contact phone number.

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Proposed new group: CHESS

If you are already able to play chess or would like to learn and are interested in forming a new group, please contact Beverley Newman on 01308 422893. If there is a sufficient response, a meeting will be arranged to discuss the group's establishment and leadership.

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Proposed New Group - Poetry for Pleasure (2)

U3A member Sue Whipp has volunteered to set up a further "Poetry for Pleasure" group at her home in Bridport on the first Wednesday of each month for approximately one hour, commencing at 4.15pm. It is proposed that each member of the group brings along two poems of their choice for reading and consideration. The nearest parking is available in Rax lane.
If you would like to join the group or require any further information, please call Sue on 01308 423370.

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Proposed New Group - GEOLOGY

One of our members, Vincent Sheppard (a recently retired geoscientist with 35 years' experience in the oil and gas industry) has offered to set-up a geology group. The overall aim of the group will be to enable members to discuss and discover our World Heritage site of the Jurassic Coast and to understand this coastline through geological, first principles and gain a better sense of how our landscape is a direct result of the underlying geology. The proposed structure for the group is set-out below:-

Spring and summer meetings (monthly) to involve field trips (members should be comfortable walking moderate distances on uneven ground to reach field trip sites)
Autumn and winter meetings (monthly) to explore the many geological principles, in order to put them into context on field trips
Group size - up to a maximum of 15 members
If you are interested in joining the group or would like further details, please contact Vincent direct on 01308 485763

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World Faiths Groups

World Faiths Groups 1 and 2 - looking at around 15 world faiths - following the October ‘Open Afternoon’ - are full with a dozen members each. A Waiting List exists for a 3rd group, which will run if a new leader is found - if you would like to volunteer to do this (and to learn how the current groups are run) - please contact John Grantham on 07500-592906

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Proposed new group Functional Spanish (Tutored Group)

U3A Bridport - Proposed new group

Interest has been expressed in establishing a new tutor-led, Spanish language group, subject to the availability of a fluent Spanish speaker amongst the ranks of our U3A membership. If you meet this requirement and would be willing to undertake the role of tutor to the proposed group on a voluntary basis, please email Mike Eveleigh at mike@ademail.co.uk

Proposed structure of the group:

• Maximum 6 students (2 members already interested, 4 more required)
• Quite basic to almost intermediate level
• Meet for 1.5 hours in blocks of 5 weekly sessions each side of school half-terms
• Tuesday mornings preferred (with Friday morning a possibility)
• First 5 weekly block to start mid-September 2019
• Venue most probably at West Bexington home, where parking is available

Tuition proposal:

Influenced by the general wishes of the group and discussion with with tutor/leader but could include:

• Conversation on “what we did over the past week”
• Review of last week's homework
• Some tuition and progress
• Reading
• Set of homework for the week

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The Short Walks Group will be tramping around the countryside on each 2nd Tuesday of the month. The group is lead by Vaughan Skinner. For more information, see their group page

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A Dog-walking group has just started. They will be walking on footpaths around the countryside, to include the coastal paths around Bridport.

For more information, phone leader Jackie Martin on 01308 424399 or see their group page.

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News of Groups

Book Group 6 Friday a.m. monthly 1st Fri, full

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View and Discuss Paintings

A presentation for U3A’s Art History group by Malcolm Cripps at
10.30am on Thursday November 14th at Bradpole Village Hall. The subject is “Romanticism "
(roughly the period from 1780 to 1830.)
Entry 50p. Tea and coffee available.

If you would like to attend a session as a taster please call Malcolm Cripps on 01308 - 422745

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History 2

History 2 has now changed its format, to look at individual historical people who interest us. We’re a small group: each member prepares about a 10 minute summary of someone in history who particularly interests them - or even a famous name in history who they would like to  learn more about. We then chat about them...so there is considerable variety within the hour and a half. Sometimes it leads us to do more reading on the selections later. Historical figures recently studied have included Field Marshall Montgomery, Tony Hancock, Sigmund Freud, Roald Dahl. Fidel Castro and Mikhail Gorbachev.

We meet on the third Friday morning of each month at 10.30am at the George Hotel, central Bridport, over a coffee/tea. We have a few places currently available - if interested please call Gwen Kinghorn on 01308-482270

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For all of the above, see their Group Pages for more information.

If you can help with any of the above or would like to be a member if/when the group starts, please contact Paul Tebbutt, on 01308 425945 or click the Send a Message link.