Groups
Guildford U3A have more than 110 Groups. They are listed alphabetically below and can also be found by category using the links on the right. For more details of where they meet, see LOCATIONS.
COVID-19 PANDEMIC
A small number of our groups are continuing to use Zoom and you will need to contact the group leader for details of how to join these meetings. If you need information about setting up and using Zoom, please look first at our Guide to Zoom video created by David Pearce. If you still have questions, please contact zoomhelp@guildfordu3a.org.uk
Contact Information for Groups
Please contact individual group leaders, their names and in most cases an email link can be found on the group web pages. Where no email link is given please leave a message with our telephone forwarding service 01483 323631 giving your name, a contact number or email address and the name of the group about which you are enquiring.
Changes to groups may occur at any time during the year. We try to keep these web pages up to date so please check them and don't rely on the printed prospectus or the printable downloads, they may not be up to date.
| Group List | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Astronomy and Space Science Wednesday p.m. | Wednesday p.m. | Backgammon Tuesday p.m. | Tuesday p.m. |
| Badminton Monday p.m. | Monday p.m. | Birdwatching | |
| Book and Dining Group | Book Choice 1 Monday p.m. | Monday p.m. | |
| Book Choice 2 Monday a.m. | Monday a.m. | Book Choice 3 Monday p.m. | Monday p.m. |
| Book Lovers Tuesday p.m. | Tuesday p.m. | Boules 1 Tuesday p.m. | Tuesday p.m. |
| Boules 2 Tuesday p.m. | Tuesday p.m. | Bridge (Intermediate Class) Friday a.m. | Friday a.m. |
| Bridge (Intro to Duplicate) A Tuesday p.m. | Tuesday p.m. | Bridge (Intro to Duplicate) B Tuesday p.m. | Tuesday p.m. |
| Bridge (Supervised Intermed.) Thursday a.m. | Thursday a.m. | Bridge (Top Duplicate Club) Wednesday a.m. | Wednesday a.m. |
| Bridge-Beginners & Soc. Class Tuesday a.m. | Tuesday a.m. | Brush up your Shakespeare Thursday a.m. | Thursday a.m. |
| Card-making and Papercraft Thursday p.m. | Thursday p.m. | Cathedrals of England & France Wednesday p.m. | Wednesday p.m. |
| Chamber Music Tuesday p.m. | Tuesday p.m. | Chess Tuesday p.m. | Tuesday p.m. |
| Chi Gung Friday a.m. | Friday a.m. | Church Bell Ringing Wednesday a.m. | Wednesday a.m. |
| Classical Literature Wednesday p.m. | Wednesday p.m. | Concert Choice Friday p.m. | Friday p.m. |
| Contemporary Issues Thursday p.m. | Thursday p.m. | Digital Living Thursday p.m. | Thursday p.m. |
| Discussion Group Tuesday p.m. | Tuesday p.m. | Engineering Group Thursday p.m. | Thursday p.m. |
| Ensemble Friday p.m. | Friday p.m. | Exploring Local History 1 Tuesday a.m. | Tuesday a.m. |
| Exploring Local History 2 Friday p.m. | Friday p.m. | First Aid Saturday a.m. | Saturday a.m. |
| Flash Fiction Wednesday p.m. | Wednesday p.m. | Flower Arranging (Improvers) Monday p.m. | Monday p.m. |
| Flower Arranging for the Home Monday p.m. | Monday p.m. | French (Advanced Conversation) Tuesday a.m. | Tuesday a.m. |
| French (Advanced) Tuesday a.m. | Tuesday a.m. | French (Beginners Plus) Tuesday a.m. | Tuesday a.m. |
| French (Improvers/Social) Thursday a.m. | Thursday a.m. | French (Int. Conversation) Wednesday a.m. | Wednesday a.m. |
| French (Pre-Intermediate) Wednesday p.m. | Wednesday p.m. | Genealogy Thursday a.m. | Thursday a.m. |
| Geocaching Tuesday a.m. | Tuesday a.m. | German (Adv. Conversation) Thursday a.m. | Thursday a.m. |
| German (Beginners Plus) Tuesday a.m. | Tuesday a.m. | German (Everyday German) Thursday a.m. | Thursday a.m. |
| German (Intermediate) Monday a.m. | Monday a.m. | German (Pre-Intermediate) Thursday a.m. | Thursday a.m. |
| International Folk Dancing Friday p.m. | Friday p.m. | Intro. to Digital Devices Thursday p.m. | Thursday p.m. |
| Italian (Absolute Beginners) Thursday p.m. | Thursday p.m. | Italian (Beginners Plus) Monday a.m. | Monday a.m. |
| Italian (Improvers) Wednesday a.m. | Wednesday a.m. | Italian (Intermediate Plus) Thursday a.m. | Thursday a.m. |
| Italian (Intermediate) Wednesday a.m. | Wednesday a.m. | Jazz Tuesday p.m. | Tuesday p.m. |
| Keep Fit – Medau Class 1 Monday a.m. | Monday a.m. | Keep Fit – Medau Class 2 Monday a.m. | Monday a.m. |
| Knit, Natter, Crochet, Chatter Thursday a.m. | Thursday a.m. | Latin Friday a.m. | Friday a.m. |
| Line Dancing Thursday p.m. | Thursday p.m. | Memoir Writing Thursday p.m. | Thursday p.m. |
| Modern History Thursday p.m. | Thursday p.m. | MOTO | |
| Natural History & Environment Thursday p.m. | Thursday p.m. | Nuffield Health Better Mobilit Tuesday p.m. | Tuesday p.m. |
| Outings and Theatre Visits | Painting 1 Monday a.m. | Monday a.m. | |
| Painting 2 Wednesday a.m. | Wednesday a.m. | Personal Gardens Monday p.m. | Monday p.m. |
| Philosophy Wednesday p.m. | Wednesday p.m. | Photography Wednesday p.m. | Wednesday p.m. |
| Play Reading | Poetry Monday p.m. | Monday p.m. | |
| Pubs & Churches 1 | Pubs and Churches 2 Friday a.m. | Friday a.m. | |
| Pubs and Churches 3 Friday a.m. | Friday a.m. | Recorder Group (Intermediate) Tuesday a.m. 2nd and 4th weeks of month | Tuesday a.m. 2nd and 4th weeks of month |
| Rummikub Wednesday p.m. | Wednesday p.m. | Russian (Beginners Plus) Monday a.m. | Monday a.m. |
| Russian (Intermediate) Monday a.m. | Monday a.m. | Science Forum Tuesday p.m. | Tuesday p.m. |
| Scrabble Wednesday p.m. | Wednesday p.m. | Shalford Art Group Thursday p.m. | Thursday p.m. |
| Simple Meditation for Health Tuesday p.m. | Tuesday p.m. | Singing For Fun Wednesday p.m. | Wednesday p.m. |
| Singing Group 1 Monday a.m. | Monday a.m. | Sir Gawain and Company Tuesday p.m. | Tuesday p.m. |
| Snooker Thursday p.m. | Thursday p.m. | Social Anthropology Monday p.m. | Monday p.m. |
| Social Anthropology Visits | Spanish (Adv. Conversation) Tuesday a.m. | Tuesday a.m. | |
| Spanish (Beginners Plus) Tuesday a.m. | Tuesday a.m. | Spanish (Beginners) Tuesday a.m. | Tuesday a.m. |
| Spanish (Intermediate) Tuesday a.m. | Tuesday a.m. | Table Tennis Wednesday p.m. | Wednesday p.m. |
| Target Shooting Wednesday p.m. | Wednesday p.m. | Tennis Thursday a.m. | Thursday a.m. |
| The Art of Calligraphy Wednesday a.m. | Wednesday a.m. | The Chaucer Group Wednesday p.m. | Wednesday p.m. |
| The Novels of Jane Austen Thursday a.m. | Thursday a.m. | The Quiz Group | |
| The Wednesday Art Group Wednesday p.m. | Wednesday p.m. | Ukulele Friday p.m. | Friday p.m. |
| Walking (all day) Wednesday | Wednesday | Walking 1 (short) Wednesday a.m. | Wednesday a.m. |
| Walking 2 (short) Tuesday a.m. | Tuesday a.m. | Walking 3 (short) Thursday a.m. | Thursday a.m. |
| Walking 4 (short) Thursday a.m. | Thursday a.m. | Walks Long Morning Wednesday a.m. | Wednesday a.m. |
| Writers´ Workshop Monday p.m. | Monday p.m. | Yoga 1 Friday a.m. | Friday a.m. |
| Yoga 2 Tuesday a.m. | Tuesday a.m. | ||
| Timetable Summary | ||
|---|---|---|
| Day | Morning | Afternoon |
| Monday | Book Choice 2 German (Intermediate) Italian (Beginners Plus) Keep Fit – Medau Class 1 Keep Fit – Medau Class 2 Painting 1 Russian (Beginners Plus) Russian (Intermediate) Singing Group 1 | Badminton Book Choice 1 Book Choice 3 Flower Arranging (Improvers) Flower Arranging for the Home Personal Gardens Poetry Social Anthropology Writers´ Workshop |
| Tuesday | Bridge-Beginners & Soc. Class Exploring Local History 1 French (Advanced Conversation) French (Advanced) French (Beginners Plus) Geocaching German (Beginners Plus) Recorder Group (Intermediate) Spanish (Adv. Conversation) Spanish (Beginners Plus) Spanish (Beginners) Spanish (Intermediate) Walking 2 (short) Yoga 2 | Backgammon Book Lovers Boules 1 Boules 2 Bridge (Intro to Duplicate) A Bridge (Intro to Duplicate) B Chamber Music Chess Discussion Group Jazz Nuffield Health Better Mobilit Science Forum Simple Meditation for Health Sir Gawain and Company |
| Wednesday | Bridge (Top Duplicate Club) Church Bell Ringing French (Int. Conversation) Italian (Improvers) Italian (Intermediate) Painting 2 The Art of Calligraphy Walking 1 (short) Walks Long Morning | Astronomy and Space Science Cathedrals of England & France Classical Literature Flash Fiction French (Pre-Intermediate) Philosophy Photography Rummikub Scrabble Singing For Fun Table Tennis Target Shooting The Chaucer Group The Wednesday Art Group |
| Thursday | Bridge (Supervised Intermed.) Brush up your Shakespeare French (Improvers/Social) Genealogy German (Adv. Conversation) German (Everyday German) German (Pre-Intermediate) Italian (Intermediate Plus) Knit, Natter, Crochet, Chatter Tennis The Novels of Jane Austen Walking 3 (short) Walking 4 (short) | Card-making and Papercraft Contemporary Issues Digital Living Engineering Group Intro. to Digital Devices Italian (Absolute Beginners) Line Dancing Memoir Writing Modern History Natural History & Environment Shalford Art Group Snooker |
| Friday | Bridge (Intermediate Class) Chi Gung Latin Pubs and Churches 2 Pubs and Churches 3 Yoga 1 | Concert Choice Ensemble Exploring Local History 2 International Folk Dancing Ukulele |
| Saturday | First Aid | |