Group News
We currently have around 90 Interest Groups, of which many have spaces to fill – something for everyone! Groups shaded grey in the table at the foot of the page are full, but all others should have spaces.
Since September, a number of new groups have started up, including an additional Pickleball group, taking the current total to 5! We also now have ‘Law and the Layperson’ and a lively Backgammon group. If you don't see what you want here, why not consider starting it yourself? Remember, a u3a is run by and for its members. You don't have to be an academic expert - contact our Groups Coordinator to find out more!
The groups have provided schedules of where and when they plan to meet during the year. These group schedules have been collated into a Groups Programme for 2023/24 which is downloadable from the '2023-24 Groups Programme' link to the right of the page.
The vast majority of groups are categorised as Standard groups (receiving financial support for 32 hours/year for venue rental) while those groups running for 33-60 hours/year are categorised as Standard + groups. Members belonging to Standard + groups pay a larger annual membership fee. There are references to the category of each group throughout the webpages on the website.
To join a new or existing group, contact the Group Leader in advance. Clicking on a group's name in the table below will take you to their web page. Then clicking on the Group Leader's name in the web page will enable you to send a message. Some leaders lead more than one group so please make sure you include the group's name in your message. Groups are alphabetical but go left, right, left, right across the table.
Even if a group is shown as full, it's worth contacting the Group Leader, as you may be able to join a waiting list.
Groups marked (+) are Standard + groups.
Please scroll to the bottom of the page to see an overview of our groups arranged by the day they meet.
GROUP LEADERS - SEE LINKS IN THE RIGHT HAND COLUMN OF THIS PAGE FOR ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED.
Group List | |||
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Adventures in Music Tuesday a.m. | Tuesday a.m. | Ancient World Monday p.m. | Monday p.m. |
Antiques Appreciation & Collec | Art - Oil Painting (+) Wednesday p.m. | Wednesday p.m. | |
Art - Painting - Basic 2 Wednesday a.m. | Wednesday a.m. | Art - Painting for pleasure Monday a.m. | Monday a.m. |
Art and Philosophy Thursday a.m. | Thursday a.m. | Backgammon Tuesday a.m. | Tuesday a.m. |
Board and Card Games Friday p.m. | Friday p.m. | Bridge - Gentle Duplicate Thursday a.m. | Thursday a.m. |
Bridge 1 (Duplicate) (+) Monday p.m. | Monday p.m. | Bridge 2 (Rubber/Chicago) (+) Monday p.m. Weekly | Monday p.m. Weekly |
Bridge 3 Chicago + Thursday p.m. | Thursday p.m. | Choir Wednesday a.m. | Wednesday a.m. |
Computing - Automation Thursday p.m. | Thursday p.m. | Computing-Basic Thursday a.m. | Thursday a.m. |
Crafts Tuesday p.m. | Tuesday p.m. | Crafts 2 Tuesday p.m. | Tuesday p.m. |
Creative Writing Friday p.m. | Friday p.m. | Croquet Wednesday a.m. | Wednesday a.m. |
Cryptic Crosswords Thursday a.m. | Thursday a.m. | Cycling - Long Monday a.m. | Monday a.m. |
Cycling - Short Monday a.m. | Monday a.m. | Dancing - Belly dancing Monday p.m. | Monday p.m. |
Dancing - Line Beginners Monday p.m. | Monday p.m. | Dancing - Line Improvers Monday p.m. | Monday p.m. |
Dancing - Spanish Dancing Tuesday p.m. | Tuesday p.m. | Dancing - Tap Beginners Friday p.m. | Friday p.m. |
Dancing - Tap Improvers Friday p.m. | Friday p.m. | Discussion 1 Friday a.m. | Friday a.m. |
Discussion 2 Friday a.m. | Friday a.m. | Economics Discussion Group Monday p.m. | Monday p.m. |
Film Appreciation (+) Monday p.m. | Monday p.m. | French - Continuers Tuesday a.m. | Tuesday a.m. |
French - Culture & Conversat'n Tuesday a.m. | Tuesday a.m. | French - Intermediate Thursday p.m. | Thursday p.m. |
French - Year 3 (+) Monday a.m. | Monday a.m. | French back to Basics Monday p.m. | Monday p.m. |
Garden Club Monday a.m. | Monday a.m. | Genealogy Group Monday p.m. | Monday p.m. |
German - Conversation Tuesday a.m. | Tuesday a.m. | German - Improvers Wednesday p.m. | Wednesday p.m. |
German - Intermediate Monday p.m. | Monday p.m. | History's People Friday a.m. | Friday a.m. |
Italian - Intermediate Friday p.m. | Friday p.m. | Jazz and Big Bands Thursday p.m. | Thursday p.m. |
Law for the Layperson Thursday a.m. | Thursday a.m. | Local History 1 Tuesday a.m. | Tuesday a.m. |
Local History 2 Wednesday p.m. | Wednesday p.m. | Local History 3 Wednesday p.m. | Wednesday p.m. |
Lunch Club Friday | Friday | Mindfulness and Meditation Thursday a.m. | Thursday a.m. |
On-line Discussion Friday and Mondays | Friday and Mondays | Philosophy Wednesday a.m. | Wednesday a.m. |
Photography - Audio Visual Wednesday a.m. | Wednesday a.m. | Photography - Practical Tuesday a.m. | Tuesday a.m. |
Pickleball 1 (+) Monday p.m. | Monday p.m. | Pickleball 2 (+) Tuesday p.m. | Tuesday p.m. |
Pickleball 3 (+) Tuesday p.m. | Tuesday p.m. | Pickleball 4 (+) Monday p.m. | Monday p.m. |
Pickleball 5 Wednesday p.m. | Wednesday p.m. | Pickleball 6 | |
Play Reading 1 Wednesday p.m. | Wednesday p.m. | Play Reading 2 Tuesday a.m. | Tuesday a.m. |
Poetry Circle Thursday a.m. | Thursday a.m. | Poetry for Enjoyment Thursday a.m. | Thursday a.m. |
Poetry for Pleasure Thursday p.m. | Thursday p.m. | Reading - Modern Novels Tuesday p.m. | Tuesday p.m. |
Reading 1 Tuesday p.m. | Tuesday p.m. | Reading 2 Monday a.m. monthly | Monday a.m. monthly |
Revealing our History Tuesday p.m. | Tuesday p.m. | Science & Technology Monday a.m. | Monday a.m. |
Sewing Thursday a.m. | Thursday a.m. | Shakespeareans Tuesday a.m. | Tuesday a.m. |
Short Mat Bowling 1 Monday p.m. | Monday p.m. | Short Mat Bowling 2 Tuesday p.m. | Tuesday p.m. |
Short Mat Bowling 3 Tuesday p.m. | Tuesday p.m. | Short Mat Bowling 4 Monday p.m. | Monday p.m. |
Short Mat Bowling 5 Wednesday a.m. | Wednesday a.m. | Short Mat Bowling 6 Wednesday a.m. | Wednesday a.m. |
Spanish - Intermediate Tuesday a.m. | Tuesday a.m. | Table Tennis Thursday p.m. | Thursday p.m. |
Table Tennis 2 Thursday p.m. | Thursday p.m. | Test
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Transport and Machinery Wednesday p.m. Monthly | Wednesday p.m. Monthly | Travel Monday p.m. Monthly/See 'Events' for trips | Monday p.m. Monthly/See 'Events' for trips |
Ukulele Thursday p.m. | Thursday p.m. | Walking Group 1 Friday a.m. | Friday a.m. |
Walking Group 2 Thursday a.m. | Thursday a.m. | Walking Holiday-St Ives 2023 September 2 - 9 2023 | September 2 - 9 2023 |
Walks - Short Friday a.m. | Friday a.m. | Walks 10 Miles+ Tuesday a.m. | Tuesday a.m. |
Timetable Summary | ||
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Day | Morning | Afternoon |
Monday | Art - Painting for pleasure Cycling - Long Cycling - Short French - Year 3 (+) Garden Club Reading 2 Science & Technology | Ancient World Bridge 1 (Duplicate) (+) Bridge 2 (Rubber/Chicago) (+) Dancing - Belly dancing Dancing - Line Beginners Dancing - Line Improvers Economics Discussion Group Film Appreciation (+) French back to Basics Genealogy Group German - Intermediate Pickleball 1 (+) Pickleball 4 (+) Short Mat Bowling 1 Short Mat Bowling 4 Travel |
Tuesday | Adventures in Music Backgammon French - Continuers French - Culture & Conversat'n German - Conversation Local History 1 Photography - Practical Play Reading 2 Shakespeareans Spanish - Intermediate Walks 10 Miles+ | Crafts Crafts 2 Dancing - Spanish Dancing Pickleball 2 (+) Pickleball 3 (+) Reading - Modern Novels Reading 1 Revealing our History Short Mat Bowling 2 Short Mat Bowling 3 |
Wednesday | Art - Painting - Basic 2 Choir Croquet Philosophy Photography - Audio Visual Short Mat Bowling 5 Short Mat Bowling 6 | Art - Oil Painting (+) German - Improvers Local History 2 Local History 3 Pickleball 5 Play Reading 1 Transport and Machinery |
Thursday | Art and Philosophy Bridge - Gentle Duplicate Computing-Basic Cryptic Crosswords Law for the Layperson Mindfulness and Meditation Poetry Circle Poetry for Enjoyment Sewing Walking Group 2 | Bridge 3 Chicago + Computing - Automation French - Intermediate Jazz and Big Bands Poetry for Pleasure Table Tennis Table Tennis 2 Ukulele |
Friday | Discussion 1 Discussion 2 History's People Walking Group 1 Walks - Short | Board and Card Games Creative Writing Dancing - Tap Beginners Dancing - Tap Improvers Italian - Intermediate |