Groups
This is a general list of groups that are currently available to Members. Newer groups are listed on the New Groups page with Prospective new groups shown on a separate page.
Please click on a group name of your choice for more information.
To obtain further details please contact the Group Leaders.
Their Telephone Numbers are shown in the Quick Reference Guide in the Newsletter, near the back, or where permission has been given, on the website. In some instances they can be contacted by email, by clicking on the link on the appropriate page
If you cannot contact a group, please Email us via the 'CONTACT' page, or phone Marie Catling
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Do you have a talent or a special interest?
Are you prepared to share your expertise with others who may be interested?
Do you want to learn more about something and are prepared to work with others to do so?
It is all about sharing learning experiences. Northampton u3a, like other u3as, is a learning cooperative which draws upon the knowledge, experience and skills of its own members to organise and provide interest groups in accordance with the wishes of the membership. The teachers learn and the learners teach.
See Prospective New Groups where help is specially requested. You don't have to be an expert, only interested and willing to help. Lots of guidance and help is available to assist Group Leaders.
Please contact Marie to offer assistance or to suggest a new group.
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Group leaders / Co-ordinators can access or download the Northampton u3a Group Leaders handbook June 2021 and Group Register blank by clicking these links or the ones on the right.
New forms for Group Leaders to meet the new requirements for recording group income/expenditure are available for the following
• Group Leader accounts sheet – pdf – to be completed manually
• Group Leader Accounts spreadsheet – Excel – to be used as a live spreadsheet
• Group Accounts Summary – WORD
Group List | |||
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Archaeology Thursday a.m. 3rd Thursday | Thursday a.m. 3rd Thursday | Astronomy Tuesday p.m. 2nd Tuesday | Tuesday p.m. 2nd Tuesday |
Ballroom dancing Friday a.m. Weekly | Friday a.m. Weekly | Bird watching Tuesday a.m. 1st Tuesday | Tuesday a.m. 1st Tuesday |
Book Exchange By email | By email | Book Reading 1 Monday a.m. 1st Monday | Monday a.m. 1st Monday |
Book Reading 2 Tuesday p.m. 2nd Tuesday | Tuesday p.m. 2nd Tuesday | Book Reading 3 Saturday p.m. 1st Saturday | Saturday p.m. 1st Saturday |
Book Reading 4 Wednesday p.m. 3rd Wednesday | Wednesday p.m. 3rd Wednesday | Books and Natter Monday p.m. 3rd Monday | Monday p.m. 3rd Monday |
Bowling (Short Mat 2) Friday p.m. Weekly | Friday p.m. Weekly | Bowling (Short mat) Tuesday p.m. Weekly except last in month | Tuesday p.m. Weekly except last in month |
Bowling (Ten pin) Thursday p.m. 2nd Thurs Sept-July | Thursday p.m. 2nd Thurs Sept-July | Bridge 1 Monday p.m. Weekly | Monday p.m. Weekly |
Bridge for Beginners Tuesday p.m. Weekly | Tuesday p.m. Weekly | British History 1 Friday a.m. 3rd Friday | Friday a.m. 3rd Friday |
British History 2 Thursday a.m. 3rd Thursday | Thursday a.m. 3rd Thursday | Card Making Monday p.m. 2nd Monday | Monday p.m. 2nd Monday |
Card Making & Home Crafts 1 Tuesday p.m. 2nd Tuesday | Tuesday p.m. 2nd Tuesday | Card Making & Home Crafts 2 Tuesday p.m. 3rd Tuesday | Tuesday p.m. 3rd Tuesday |
Charles Dickens Monday a.m. 2nd Monday | Monday a.m. 2nd Monday | Coffee Afternoon Tuesday p.m. Weekly | Tuesday p.m. Weekly |
Conversational German Tuesday a.m. Weekly | Tuesday a.m. Weekly | Country Dancing Wednesday a.m. Weekly | Wednesday a.m. Weekly |
Creative Writing 1 Tuesday a.m. 1st Tuesday | Tuesday a.m. 1st Tuesday | Cribbage Wednesday p.m. Weekly | Wednesday p.m. Weekly |
Crochet Tuesday p.m. 1st Tuesday | Tuesday p.m. 1st Tuesday | Croquet Monday a.m. 2nd Monday | Monday a.m. 2nd Monday |
Cycling Thursday a.m. Apr-Oct Weekly: Nov-Mar Fortni | Thursday a.m. Apr-Oct Weekly: Nov-Mar Fortni | Decorative Arts Wednesday a.m. Last Wednesday | Wednesday a.m. Last Wednesday |
Discussion 1 Wednesday a.m. 2nd Wednesday | Wednesday a.m. 2nd Wednesday | Discussion Group 3 Monday p.m. 4th Monday | Monday p.m. 4th Monday |
Dixielanders Jazz Band Tuesday p.m. Fortnightly | Tuesday p.m. Fortnightly | Early Civilisations Monday p.m. 4th Monday | Monday p.m. 4th Monday |
Exploring London Tuesday a.m. 2nd Tuesday occasionally | Tuesday a.m. 2nd Tuesday occasionally | Family History Wednesday p.m. 1st Wednesday | Wednesday p.m. 1st Wednesday |
Flower Arranging Monday p.m. 2nd Monday | Monday p.m. 2nd Monday | French for Improvers Monday a.m. Fortnightly | Monday a.m. Fortnightly |
French Revisited Wednesday p.m. Weekly | Wednesday p.m. Weekly | Gardening Wednesday a.m. 3rd Wednesday | Wednesday a.m. 3rd Wednesday |
Genealogy 2 Thursday a.m. 1st Thursday | Thursday a.m. 1st Thursday | Genealogy 4 Tuesday a.m. 3rd Tuesday | Tuesday a.m. 3rd Tuesday |
Geology Thursday a.m. 1st Thursday | Thursday a.m. 1st Thursday | German Tuesday a.m. Weekly | Tuesday a.m. Weekly |
Golf Thursday a.m. Weekly | Thursday a.m. Weekly | Historic Northampton Wednesday a.m. 2nd Wednesday | Wednesday a.m. 2nd Wednesday |
History of Architecture 1 Monday a.m. 1st Monday | Monday a.m. 1st Monday | History of Art Thursday a.m. 2nd Thursday | Thursday a.m. 2nd Thursday |
History of Art 2 Thursday a.m. 4th Thursday | Thursday a.m. 4th Thursday | History of Railways Thursday a.m. 2nd Thursday | Thursday a.m. 2nd Thursday |
History of World War I Wednesday p.m. 2nd Wednesday | Wednesday p.m. 2nd Wednesday | Knit and Natter Thursday a.m. 2nd & 4th Thursdays | Thursday a.m. 2nd & 4th Thursdays |
Latin Wednesday p.m. 2nd & 4th Wednesdays | Wednesday p.m. 2nd & 4th Wednesdays | Local History 2 Friday a.m. 1st Friday | Friday a.m. 1st Friday |
MahJong Monday p.m. Fortnightly | Monday p.m. Fortnightly | Meet n' Eat Thursday p.m. 2nd Thursday | Thursday p.m. 2nd Thursday |
Microscope Users Friday a.m. 1st Friday | Friday a.m. 1st Friday | Moral Maze - Discussion Group Tuesday a.m. 3rd Tuesday | Tuesday a.m. 3rd Tuesday |
Music (Classical) Appreciation Thursday p.m. 1st Thursday | Thursday p.m. 1st Thursday | Music from Pop to Rock Monday p.m. 2nd Monday | Monday p.m. 2nd Monday |
Music Performing Beginners Wednesday p.m. 2nd & 4th Wednesdays | Wednesday p.m. 2nd & 4th Wednesdays | Musical Performing Group Wednesday p.m. 2nd & 4th Wednesdays | Wednesday p.m. 2nd & 4th Wednesdays |
Mythology Friday a.m. 4th Friday | Friday a.m. 4th Friday | Nature Tuesday a.m. 2nd Tuesday | Tuesday a.m. 2nd Tuesday |
New Experiences Thursday a.m. 4th Thursday | Thursday a.m. 4th Thursday | Nordic Pole Walking Friday a.m. 3rd Friday | Friday a.m. 3rd Friday |
Opera Appreciation Monday p.m. 3rd Monday | Monday p.m. 3rd Monday | Philosophy Tuesday a.m. 2nd Tuesday | Tuesday a.m. 2nd Tuesday |
Photography Understanding Monday a.m. 4th Monday | Monday a.m. 4th Monday | Play Reading 1 Wednesday a.m. Weekly | Wednesday a.m. Weekly |
Poetry Monday a.m. 3rd Tuesday | Monday a.m. 3rd Tuesday | Psychology 1 Friday p.m. 4th Friday | Friday p.m. 4th Friday |
Psychology 2 Monday p.m. 3rd Monday | Monday p.m. 3rd Monday | Psychology 3 Thursday p.m. 3rd Thursday | Thursday p.m. 3rd Thursday |
Public Speaking /Story Telling Monday a.m. 3rd Monday | Monday a.m. 3rd Monday | Quilting Tuesday p.m. 1st Tuesday | Tuesday p.m. 1st Tuesday |
Quiz Monday p.m. 4th Monday | Monday p.m. 4th Monday | Ramblers Friday a.m. 4th Friday | Friday a.m. 4th Friday |
Saturday Supper Saturday p.m. 3rd Saturday | Saturday p.m. 3rd Saturday | Science Wednesday a.m. 1st Wednesday | Wednesday a.m. 1st Wednesday |
Scrabble 1 Tuesday p.m. Weekly | Tuesday p.m. Weekly | Scrabble 2 Thursday a.m. Fortnightly | Thursday a.m. Fortnightly |
Shakespeare for Pleasure Monday a.m. 2nd Monday | Monday a.m. 2nd Monday | Singing Extra Thursday a.m. Fortnightly | Thursday a.m. Fortnightly |
Singing for Fun Friday a.m. 1st Friday | Friday a.m. 1st Friday | Skittles Wednesday p.m. Weekly 12.00 Noon | Wednesday p.m. Weekly 12.00 Noon |
Spanish Beginners/Intermediate Tuesday a.m. Fortnightly | Tuesday a.m. Fortnightly | Spanish Hablamos Espanol Aqui Monday a.m. Fortnightly | Monday a.m. Fortnightly |
Spanish Intermediate Tuesday a.m. Weekly | Tuesday a.m. Weekly | Striders Friday a.m. 2nd Friday | Friday a.m. 2nd Friday |
Strollers Monday a.m. 3rd Monday | Monday a.m. 3rd Monday | Sunday Lunch 1 Sunday p.m. 1st Sunday | Sunday p.m. 1st Sunday |
Sunday Lunch 3 Sunday a.m. 4th Sunday | Sunday a.m. 4th Sunday | Sunday Lunch 4 Sunday p.m. 4th Sunday | Sunday p.m. 4th Sunday |
Swing, Blues & all that Jazz Wednesday p.m. 4th Wednesday | Wednesday p.m. 4th Wednesday | Table Tennis 1 Monday a.m. Weekly | Monday a.m. Weekly |
Table Tennis 2 Wednesday a.m. Weekly | Wednesday a.m. Weekly | Table tennis 3 Tuesday p.m. Weekly | Tuesday p.m. Weekly |
Tai Chi Beginners Thursday a.m. Weekly | Thursday a.m. Weekly | Tai Chi Intermediate Thursday a.m. Weekly | Thursday a.m. Weekly |
Textile Crafts 1 Thursday a.m. 3rd Thursday | Thursday a.m. 3rd Thursday | Theatre for Enthusiasts Monday p.m. 3rd Monday | Monday p.m. 3rd Monday |
Theatre Visits Wednesday p.m. Usually Wednesdays | Wednesday p.m. Usually Wednesdays | Theology - Exploring Ideas Wednesday a.m. 1st Wednesday | Wednesday a.m. 1st Wednesday |
Theology Discussion a Friday a.m. 2nd Friday Zoom | Friday a.m. 2nd Friday Zoom | Theology Discussion b Wednesday p.m. 3rd Wednesday | Wednesday p.m. 3rd Wednesday |
Trips (by coach) See Events/Outings tab | See Events/Outings tab | Ukulele Workshop Tuesday a.m. Fortnightly | Tuesday a.m. Fortnightly |
Vegetable Growing Tuesday p.m. 2nd Tuesday | Tuesday p.m. 2nd Tuesday | Wine Appreciation 1 Friday p.m. Bi-monthly | Friday p.m. Bi-monthly |
Wine Appreciation 2 Friday p.m. 1st Friday | Friday p.m. 1st Friday | Yoga for Posture & Balance Wednesday a.m. 1st & 3rd Wednesdays | Wednesday a.m. 1st & 3rd Wednesdays |
Timetable Summary | ||
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Day | Morning | Afternoon |
Monday | Book Reading 1 Charles Dickens Croquet French for Improvers History of Architecture 1 Photography Understanding Poetry Public Speaking /Story Telling Shakespeare for Pleasure Spanish Hablamos Espanol Aqui Strollers Table Tennis 1 | Books and Natter Bridge 1 Card Making Discussion Group 3 Early Civilisations Flower Arranging MahJong Music from Pop to Rock Opera Appreciation Psychology 2 Quiz Theatre for Enthusiasts |
Tuesday | Bird watching Conversational German Creative Writing 1 Exploring London Genealogy 4 German Moral Maze - Discussion Group Nature Philosophy Spanish Beginners/Intermediate Spanish Intermediate Ukulele Workshop | Astronomy Book Reading 2 Bowling (Short mat) Bridge for Beginners Card Making & Home Crafts 1 Card Making & Home Crafts 2 Coffee Afternoon Crochet Dixielanders Jazz Band Quilting Scrabble 1 Table tennis 3 Vegetable Growing |
Wednesday | Country Dancing Decorative Arts Discussion 1 Gardening Historic Northampton Play Reading 1 Science Table Tennis 2 Theology - Exploring Ideas Yoga for Posture & Balance | Book Reading 4 Cribbage Family History French Revisited History of World War I Latin Music Performing Beginners Musical Performing Group Skittles Swing, Blues & all that Jazz Theatre Visits Theology Discussion b |
Thursday | Archaeology British History 2 Cycling Genealogy 2 Geology Golf History of Art History of Art 2 History of Railways Knit and Natter New Experiences Scrabble 2 Singing Extra Tai Chi Beginners Tai Chi Intermediate Textile Crafts 1 | Bowling (Ten pin) Meet n' Eat Music (Classical) Appreciation Psychology 3 |
Friday | Ballroom dancing British History 1 Local History 2 Microscope Users Mythology Nordic Pole Walking Ramblers Singing for Fun Striders Theology Discussion a | Bowling (Short Mat 2) Psychology 1 Wine Appreciation 1 Wine Appreciation 2 |
Saturday | Book Reading 3 Saturday Supper | |
Sunday | Sunday Lunch 3 | Sunday Lunch 1 Sunday Lunch 4 |