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
Some groups are unable to meet during the Covid-19 pandemic, but many are doing so, taking account of the prevailing government guidance. To see which groups are currently active please click on the pictures on the right to enlarge them. If you are unsure about using Zoom to participate in one of your groups, the helpful Help for Zoom guide published by Ilkley & District u3a, may help you.
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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 u3aAs, 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 2019 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 account spreadsheet version – Excel – to be used as a live spreadsheet
• Group Summary sheet – WORD
Group List | |||
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Ancient Egyptian History Monday p.m. 3rd Monday | Monday p.m. 3rd Monday | Archaeology Thursday a.m. 3rd Thursday | Thursday a.m. 3rd Thursday |
Art – Drawing & Paintings Thursday a.m. 2nd Thursday | Thursday a.m. 2nd Thursday | Art Workshop 1 Wednesday p.m. Weekly | Wednesday p.m. Weekly |
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 p.m. 1st Monday | Monday p.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 |
Canasta 1 Monday p.m. Weekly | Monday p.m. Weekly | Canasta 2 Thursday p.m. Weekly (usually) | Thursday p.m. Weekly (usually) |
Card Making Monday p.m. 2nd Monday | Monday p.m. 2nd Monday | Card Making & Home Crafts Tuesday p.m. 2nd Tuesday | Tuesday p.m. 2nd Tuesday |
Charles Dickens Monday a.m. 2nd Monday | Monday a.m. 2nd Monday | Coffee Morning / Lunch Tuesday a.m. Weekly | Tuesday a.m. Weekly |
Composers & their Music Tuesday p.m. Weekly | Tuesday p.m. Weekly | Computer Users Tuesday p.m. 3rd Tuesay | Tuesday p.m. 3rd Tuesay |
Conversational German Tuesday a.m. Weekly | Tuesday a.m. Weekly | Country Dancing Wednesday a.m. Weekly | Wednesday a.m. Weekly |
Crafts and Card making Monday p.m. 1st Monday | Monday p.m. 1st Monday | Creative Writing 1 Tuesday a.m. 1st Tuesday | Tuesday a.m. 1st Tuesday |
Cribbage Wednesday p.m. Weekly | Wednesday p.m. Weekly | Crochet Thursday a.m. 2nd Thursday | Thursday a.m. 2nd Thursday |
Cryptic Crosswords Tuesday a.m. 2nd Tuesday | Tuesday a.m. 2nd Tuesday | 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 Group 1 Wednesday a.m. Fortnightly | Wednesday a.m. Fortnightly |
Discussion Group 3 Monday p.m. 4th Monday | Monday p.m. 4th Monday | Early Civilisations Monday p.m. 4th Monday | Monday p.m. 4th Monday |
Exploring London Tuesday a.m. 2nd Tuesday | Tuesday a.m. 2nd Tuesday | Family History Wednesday p.m. 1st Wednesday | Wednesday p.m. 1st Wednesday |
Flower Arranging Monday p.m. 2nd Monday | Monday p.m. 2nd Monday | Flower Arranging 2 Monday p.m. 3rd Monday | Monday p.m. 3rd Monday |
French Monday p.m. Weekly | Monday p.m. Weekly | 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 Architecture 2 Monday a.m. 3rd Monday | Monday a.m. 3rd Monday |
History of Architecture 3 Tuesday p.m. 2nd Tuesday | Tuesday p.m. 2nd Tuesday | 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 Popular Song Thursday p.m. 3rd Thursday | Thursday p.m. 3rd 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 |
Jazz Band Tuesday p.m. 1st and 3rd Tuesday | Tuesday p.m. 1st and 3rd Tuesday | Jewellery Essentials Workshop Thursday a.m. Occasionally as announced | Thursday a.m. Occasionally as announced |
Knit and Natter Thursday a.m. 2nd & 4th Thursdays | Thursday a.m. 2nd & 4th Thursdays | Knitting Circle Thursday p.m. 1st & 3rd on ZOOM | Thursday p.m. 1st & 3rd on ZOOM |
Latin Wednesday p.m. 2nd & 4th Wednesdays | Wednesday p.m. 2nd & 4th Wednesdays | Leathercraft 1 Wednesday a.m. Weekly | Wednesday a.m. Weekly |
Leathercraft 2 Wednesday p.m. Weekly | Wednesday p.m. Weekly | Local History Wednesday a.m. 3rd Wednesday | Wednesday a.m. 3rd Wednesday |
Local History 2 Friday a.m. 1st Friday | Friday a.m. 1st Friday | Luncheon Club Friday p.m. 2nd & last Fridays | Friday p.m. 2nd & last Fridays |
MahJong Monday p.m. 2nd & 4th Mondays | Monday p.m. 2nd & 4th Mondays | Meditation Thursday a.m. 1st & 3rd Thursdays | Thursday a.m. 1st & 3rd Thursdays |
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 |
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 |
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 Plus Ballet Highlights Wednesday p.m. 2nd & last Wednesdays | Wednesday p.m. 2nd & last Wednesdays |
Photography (Digital) Wednesday p.m. 2nd Wednesday | Wednesday p.m. 2nd Wednesday | Play Reading 1 Wednesday a.m. Weekly | Wednesday a.m. Weekly |
Play Reading 2 Monday p.m. 1st Monday | Monday p.m. 1st Monday | Poetry Monday p.m. 1st Monday | Monday p.m. 1st Monday |
Poetry 2 Monday a.m. 3rd Monday | Monday a.m. 3rd Monday | Practical Philosophy 1 Tuesday a.m. 2nd Tuesday | Tuesday a.m. 2nd Tuesday |
Practical Philosophy 2 Wednesday a.m. 3rd Wednesday | Wednesday a.m. 3rd Wednesday | Psychology Monday p.m. 3rd Wednesday | Monday p.m. 3rd Wednesday |
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. 2nd Monday evening | Monday p.m. 2nd Monday evening | Quiz 2 Wednesday On line by email | Wednesday On line by email |
R&D Theatre Monday p.m. 3rd Monday | Monday p.m. 3rd Monday | Rambling Friday a.m. Last Friday | Friday a.m. Last Friday |
Saturday Supper Saturday p.m. 2nd Saturday | Saturday p.m. 2nd Saturday | Science Wednesday a.m. 1st Wednesday | Wednesday a.m. 1st Wednesday |
Scrabble Tuesday p.m. Weekly | Tuesday p.m. Weekly | Shakespeare Text & Context Friday a.m. 1st Friday | Friday a.m. 1st Friday |
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 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 Sunday p.m. 2nd Sunday | Sunday p.m. 2nd 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 |
Sunday Lunch Plus Sunday p.m. 1st Sunday | Sunday p.m. 1st 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 Thursday a.m. Weekly | Thursday a.m. Weekly |
Tai Chi Beginners Thursday a.m. Weekly | Thursday a.m. Weekly | Textile Craft 2 Friday p.m. 1st & 3rd Fridays | Friday p.m. 1st & 3rd Fridays |
Textile Crafts 1 Thursday a.m. 3rd Thursday | Thursday a.m. 3rd Thursday | Theatre Visits - Milton Keynes 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 Friday a.m. 2nd Friday | Friday a.m. 2nd Friday |
Travel Memory Lane Friday p.m. 3rd Friday | Friday p.m. 3rd Friday | 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 Friday p.m. Bi-monthly | Friday p.m. Bi-monthly |
Timetable Summary | ||
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Day | Morning | Afternoon |
Monday | Charles Dickens French for Improvers History of Architecture 1 History of Architecture 2 Poetry 2 Public Speaking /Story Telling Shakespeare for Pleasure Spanish Hablamos Espanol Aqui Strollers Table Tennis 1 | Ancient Egyptian History Book Reading 1 Books and Natter Bridge 1 Canasta 1 Card Making Crafts and Card making Discussion Group 3 Early Civilisations Flower Arranging Flower Arranging 2 French MahJong Music from Pop to Rock Play Reading 2 Poetry Psychology Quiz R&D Theatre |
Tuesday | Bird watching Coffee Morning / Lunch Conversational German Creative Writing 1 Cryptic Crosswords Exploring London Genealogy 4 German Nature Practical Philosophy 1 Spanish Beginners Spanish Intermediate Ukulele Workshop | Astronomy Book Reading 2 Bowling (Short mat) Bridge for Beginners Card Making & Home Crafts Composers & their Music Computer Users History of Architecture 3 Jazz Band Quilting Scrabble Table tennis 3 Vegetable Growing |
Wednesday | Country Dancing Decorative Arts Discussion Group 1 Gardening Historic Northampton Leathercraft 1 Local History Play Reading 1 Practical Philosophy 2 Science Table Tennis 2 Theology - Exploring Ideas | Art Workshop 1 Book Reading 4 Cribbage Family History French Revisited History of World War I Latin Leathercraft 2 Musical Performing Group Opera Plus Ballet Highlights Photography (Digital) Skittles Swing, Blues & all that Jazz Theatre Visits - Milton Keynes |
Thursday | Archaeology Art – Drawing & Paintings British History 2 Crochet Cycling Genealogy 2 Geology Golf History of Art History of Art 2 History of Railways Jewellery Essentials Workshop Knit and Natter Meditation New Experiences Singing Extra Tai Chi Tai Chi Beginners Textile Crafts 1 | Bowling (Ten pin) Canasta 2 History of Popular Song Knitting Circle Meet n' Eat Music (Classical) Appreciation |
Friday | Ballroom dancing British History 1 Local History 2 Microscope Users Mythology Nordic Pole Walking Rambling Shakespeare Text & Context Singing for Fun Striders Theology Discussion | Bowling (Short Mat 2) Luncheon Club Textile Craft 2 Travel Memory Lane Wine Appreciation |
Saturday | Book Reading 3 Saturday Supper | |
Sunday | Sunday Lunch 3 | Sunday Lunch Sunday lunch 4 Sunday Lunch Plus |