Chester

Groups

Coronavirus Precautions

All group activities have been postponed or cancelled except where they can take place via electronic communication. To find out what is happening in a specific group you can contact the coordinator via the link on each group's page below.

Chester U3A has approximately 90 Study & Interest groups. They are shown in categories below to help find one that might suit you. Each group has a description of their activities on their own group page which can be found by clicking on the group name in the list below. You can also contact a group coordinator through their group's page.

To join a group click on the group name (Information about the group is given at the top of the page). Then contact the group coordinator by clicking on their name and send a message saying you wish to join. Some groups charge a membership fee e.g. to pay for their meeting room.

Groups looking for new members: Craft, Computer Users, Crown Green Bowling, Current Affairs 1, Flower Arranging, Further French, Holistic Therapies, Jazz Appreciation 2, Line Dancing, Literary Appreciation, Local History, Maths for Fun (needs good grasp of maths), Metaphysics for Dummies, Mindfulness Meditation, Music 2, Music Performing, New Experiences, Painting 1, Painting 2, Pickleball, Play Reading, Reading 2, Social Psychology, Story Telling, Table Tennis 2, Whist for Beginners.

Possible new groups: Drama, Gardening (another group), Singing for pleasure (second group), Spanish Intermediate (second group). More info on the Possible new groups page.
Possible short courses: British Sign Language, iPad, Raspberry Pi.

Any queries send a message to the Group Liaison Officer, Kay Lunt.

GDPR- Groups that need to share emails or phone numbers must use the Consent Form. See the Group Coordinators Information page on how to do this.

Group Coordinators are the people that make our groups & U3A work. Help in fulfilling this important role can be found on the Group Coordinators Information page or contact our Group Liaison Officer.

Group Categories

Art and Craft - Art Appreciation, Crafts, Film Appreciation, Flower Arranging, Knitting, Needlecraft, Painting

Health and Leisure - Crown Green Bowling, Cycling, Gardening, Golf, Holistic Therapies, Line Dancing, New Experiences, Pickleball, Racketball, Table Tennis, Walking (numerous groups)

History - Family History, Film History, History, Industrial Heritage, Local History

Languages - French, German, Italian, Spanish (numerous groups)

Literacy - Literary Appreciation, Reading, Play Reading, Story Telling, Writing

Mind Games - Board Games, Bridge, Canasta, Cryptic Crosswords, Current Affairs, Mahjong, Old Grumpies, Scrabble, Social Justice, Whist

Music - Jazz Appreciation, Music, Opera Appreciation, Performing, Singing, Ukulele

Science and Nature - Ancient Wisdoms, Bird Watching, Computing, Environmental Issues, Geology, Maths, Meditation, Photography, Psychology, Popular Science Lectures, Science