Ealing

Groups

For GENERAL enquiries concerning Interest Groups contact the Interest Groups Co-ordinator, Tim Carter.

At present we have over 40 Interest Groups as listed below. Each group has a Convener whose function is to act as administrator or leader in its various activities and meetings. For information about a Specific Group, including how to contact the Convener, click on the GROUP NAME in the BOXED LIST at the BOTTOM of this page.

Groups meet in members homes or at other venues. Largely because of space constraints, there is a limit to the number of members that each group can accommodate. To learn if space is available contact the group Convener. If there is sufficient demand and if a member offers her or himself as Convener a second group can be initiated.

In addition, we also occasionally offer short courses of up to 10 sessions led or tutored by a member or associate. For example, in the last couple of years we have run 3 separate Film Studies courses. If you could offer a course covering some aspect of your expertise or knowledge, please contact the Chairman.

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NEW GROUPS

In the Winter Term 2020 a new Book Group – Book Circle 5 – will start. This will be run in a different format from the other Book Circles. This Group will not read a single book each month but rather will ask each member to bring along details of a book they have enjoyed recently. The idea is to “publicize” books to a wider audience and get members thinking of new areas of reading. We will have equal emphasis on Fiction and Non-fiction. If you are interested please contact the convenors, Georgine and Tim Carter, via the Groups List below.

Two new Groups started up in the Autumn Term 2019, which were:

• Jazz and Blues Appreciation, Convenor: Phil Hart
• Chess, Convenor: Jeremy Fraser,

See the relevant Group page for more details on these groups.

Other New Groups
We are always on the lookout for possibilities to start new groups. At the New Members Coffee Morning in Spring 2019 there was some interest expressed in 3 other new groups - Antiques, Intermediate French and Pilates.
If you feel you would be interested in acting as Convenor for any of these potential new groups, please email the Interest Groups Co-ordinator, Tim Carter, contact him at 020 8579 3729 or speak to him at a Thursday meeting.

Do you have the interests, skills and experience to help form any other new Interest Groups? All of our Group Conveners are volunteers, motivated by commitment to a particular area of activity and learning. Will you volunteer to form a new group? If so, please email the Interest Groups Co-ordinator, Tim Carter, contact him at 020 8579 3729 or speak to him at a Thursday meeting.

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NEWS FROM THE GROUPS

1. BOOK CIRCLE 5 group
This group currently has vacancies - see the Group page for more details.

2. PHILOSOPHY group
This group is now meeting at a new venue, the Kings Arms pub in Ealing - see the Group page for more details.

3. SCIENCE group
This group is now meeting at a new venue, the Kings Arms pub in Ealing - see the Group page for more details.

4. MEDITATION WITH MUSIC group
Unfortunately Mr and Mrs Sethi, who have run this Group for a number of years, would now like to hand over to another Convenor. If you feel you would like to take over this Group please contact the Interest Groups Co-ordinator, Tim Carter or Mr Sethi direct to discuss this opportunity. Without a new convenor, unfortunately this Group may have to close.

5. MUSIC 2 group
This group currently has spaces for new members - see the Group page for details.

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CLICK on the Group Name BELOW for further information on that Group, including how to contact the CONVENER