Groups
Richmond U3A currently has around 150 interest groups which are listed below. To find out more about a particular group click on its name to take you to the group's own page. Below the list of groups you will find a weekly timetable.
Groups meet monthly, fortnightly or weekly and generally meet in the daytime.
Prior to joining a group it is essential to contact the Group Leader as we cannot guarantee vacancies. Some groups operate waiting lists and sometimes, if there is enough interest, we are able to start a second group.
We are always keen for new groups to get started. If, after joining, you would like to lead a group, we will give you every encouragement in setting this up. If you are interested in starting a group, please contact the Group Co-ordinator or relevant Section Leader for help and advice.
Group Co-ordinator: | Christopher Barclay | |
Art, Music, & Science: | Graham Shortell | |
Languages | Norma Cook | |
Drama,Literature, History & Philosophy | Jan McCall | |
Recreation | Tricia Abrahamsen |
Most of our groups meet in person, but some meet online using Zoom, Skype, email or other means. To view the schedule for those groups, please see the Beacon Calendar.
Group List | |||
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?Could you start a new Group? Plenty of vacancies! | Plenty of vacancies! | Architecture - Modern Wednesday a.m. Waiting list | Wednesday a.m. Waiting list |
Art - A Taste of Art Wednesday p.m. Vacancies | Wednesday p.m. Vacancies | Art - English Architecture Tuesday Vacancies | Tuesday Vacancies |
Art - Watercolours Wednesday Vacancies | Wednesday Vacancies | Art Workshop Friday p.m. Waiting list | Friday p.m. Waiting list |
Art-Found Art Friday | Friday | Art-Highlights Italian Renaiss Tuesday Vacancies | Tuesday Vacancies |
Badminton 1 Monday p.m. Vacancies | Monday p.m. Vacancies | Badminton 2 Monday p.m. Vacancies | Monday p.m. Vacancies |
Badminton 3 Thursday p.m. Vacancies | Thursday p.m. Vacancies | Bolivia Tuesday p.m. Vacancies | Tuesday p.m. Vacancies |
Book Group - Biographies&More Wednesday a.m. Vacancies | Wednesday a.m. Vacancies | Book Group - Canterbury Tales Thursday a.m. Vacancies | Thursday a.m. Vacancies |
Book Group - Classics Wednesday a.m. Waiting list | Wednesday a.m. Waiting list | Book Group - Literature Tuesday a.m. Vacancies | Tuesday a.m. Vacancies |
Book Group - Members' Choice Tuesday p.m. Vacancies | Tuesday p.m. Vacancies | Book Group -Members’ Choice Wednesday a.m. Waiting list | Wednesday a.m. Waiting list |
Book Group- Alternative Wednesday a.m. Waiting list | Wednesday a.m. Waiting list | Book Grp-Wonderful World of Wednesday a.m. Vacancies | Wednesday a.m. Vacancies |
Bridge 1-Social Thursday p.m. Vacancies | Thursday p.m. Vacancies | Canterbury Tales Thursday Vacancies | Thursday Vacancies |
Choral Music Appreciation Tuesday Vacancies | Tuesday Vacancies | Church Bell Ringing Wednesday a.m. Vacancies | Wednesday a.m. Vacancies |
Cinema Group Vacancies | Vacancies | Classical Music Appreciation Monday p.m. Vacancies | Monday p.m. Vacancies |
Collecting and Collections Wednesday p.m. Vacancies | Wednesday p.m. Vacancies | Cookery-South East Asian Tuesday a.m. Waiting list | Tuesday a.m. Waiting list |
Creative Writing
Tuesday | Tuesday | Cryptic Crosswords 1 Thursday p.m. Waiting list | Thursday p.m. Waiting list |
Cryptic Crosswords 2 Thursday p.m. Vacancies | Thursday p.m. Vacancies | Cryptic Crosswords 3 Thursday p.m. Vacancies | Thursday p.m. Vacancies |
Current Affairs Monday p.m. Waiting list | Monday p.m. Waiting list | Cycling Monday a.m. Vacancies | Monday a.m. Vacancies |
Cycling: Easy Riders Vacancies | Vacancies | Darts Friday p.m. Waiting List | Friday p.m. Waiting List |
Democracy and its Discontent Wednesday p.m. Vacancies | Wednesday p.m. Vacancies | Feng Shui - an introduction Wednesday a.m. Vacancies | Wednesday a.m. Vacancies |
Finding meaning in later years Monday p.m. Vacancies | Monday p.m. Vacancies | Fix It Remotely Vacancies | Vacancies |
Flower Arranging Friday a.m. Vacancy | Friday a.m. Vacancy | French - Talking French 1 Tuesday a.m. Waiting List | Tuesday a.m. Waiting List |
French - Talking French 2 Tuesday a.m. Waiting list | Tuesday a.m. Waiting list | French -Intermed Conversation1 Wednesday a.m. Waiting list | Wednesday a.m. Waiting list |
French -Intermed Conversation2 Friday a.m. Waiting list | Friday a.m. Waiting list | French Advanced Wednesday p.m. Waiting list | Wednesday p.m. Waiting list |
French Book Group (modern) Tuesday a.m. Vacancies | Tuesday a.m. Vacancies | French for Improvers Friday p.m. Vacancies | Friday p.m. Vacancies |
French Literature Monday p.m. Vacancies | Monday p.m. Vacancies | Garden Enthusiasts Monday a.m. Waiting List | Monday a.m. Waiting List |
German Conversation Intermed Thursday Waiting list | Thursday Waiting list | German Intermediate Friday p.m. Waiting list | Friday p.m. Waiting list |
Golf Vacancies | Vacancies | Greek - Classical (Ancient) Monday p.m. Vacancies | Monday p.m. Vacancies |
History - British and European Tuesday p.m. Waiting list | Tuesday p.m. Waiting list | History - Pivotal Wednesday p.m. Waiting list | Wednesday p.m. Waiting list |
History Behind the Headlines 1 Monday p.m. Vacancies | Monday p.m. Vacancies | History Behind the Headlines 2 Thursday a.m. Vacancies | Thursday a.m. Vacancies |
IT - iPad Users Thursday p.m. Vacancies | Thursday p.m. Vacancies | IT Support Vacancies | Vacancies |
Italian - Improvers Thursday a.m. Waiting list | Thursday a.m. Waiting list | Italian - Intermediate Wednesday a.m. Vacancies | Wednesday a.m. Vacancies |
Italian - Talking Italian Wednesday a.m. Waiting list | Wednesday a.m. Waiting list | Italian Advanced Tuesday p.m. Vacancies | Tuesday p.m. Vacancies |
Italian for Beginners Tuesday Vacancies | Tuesday Vacancies | Italian for Pleasure Tuesday a.m. Waiting list | Tuesday a.m. Waiting list |
Italian-Conversation Advanced Thursday a.m. Vacancies | Thursday a.m. Vacancies | Italian-Conversation Intermed Thursday a.m. Vacancies | Thursday a.m. Vacancies |
Kew Gardens Thursday a.m. Vacancies | Thursday a.m. Vacancies | Knit and Natter Tuesday p.m. Vacancies | Tuesday p.m. Vacancies |
Knitting, Crochet and Chat Monday a.m. Vacancies | Monday a.m. Vacancies | Latin - Intermediate Wednesday a.m. Vacancies | Wednesday a.m. Vacancies |
Latin Literature Wednesday a.m. Waiting list | Wednesday a.m. Waiting list | Law: Criminal Thursday p.m. Vacancies | Thursday p.m. Vacancies |
London Explorers Vacancies | Vacancies | Mahjong Friday p.m. Vacancies | Friday p.m. Vacancies |
Mathematical Topics 1 Friday p.m. Vacancies | Friday p.m. Vacancies | Mathematical Topics 2 Friday p.m. Vacancies | Friday p.m. Vacancies |
Meditation:What is it about? Thursday a.m. Vacancies | Thursday a.m. Vacancies | Music - Choral Music Tuesday p.m. Vacancies | Tuesday p.m. Vacancies |
Nordic Walking Thursday a.m. Vacancies | Thursday a.m. Vacancies | Opera for Pleasure 1 Monday p.m. Waiting list | Monday p.m. Waiting list |
Opera for Pleasure 2 Thursday p.m. Waiting List | Thursday p.m. Waiting List | Petanque 1 Vacancies | Vacancies |
Petanque 2 Vacancies | Vacancies | Philosophy-Thoughts & Opinions Tuesday a.m. Waiting list | Tuesday a.m. Waiting list |
Photography Friday p.m. Vacancies | Friday p.m. Vacancies | Play Reading Monday p.m. Vacancies | Monday p.m. Vacancies |
Poetry - Keats the Living Year Friday a.m. Vacancies | Friday a.m. Vacancies | Poetry - since 1900 Tuesday p.m. Vacancies | Tuesday p.m. Vacancies |
Poetry Appreciation Wednesday p.m. Vacancies | Wednesday p.m. Vacancies | Poetry for Pleasure Monday p.m. Waiting list | Monday p.m. Waiting list |
Politics and Current Affairs 1 Tuesday a.m. Vacancies | Tuesday a.m. Vacancies | Politics and Current Affairs 2 Monday p.m. Vacancies | Monday p.m. Vacancies |
Politics on Zoom Tuesday a.m. Vacancies | Tuesday a.m. Vacancies | Psychology and Sociology Monday p.m. Vacancies | Monday p.m. Vacancies |
Pub Lunches Wednesday p.m. Vacancies | Wednesday p.m. Vacancies | Railway Journeys Waiting list | Waiting list |
Rambling - London Thursday Waiting list | Thursday Waiting list | Rambling - River Walks 1 Wednesday a.m. Vacancies | Wednesday a.m. Vacancies |
Rambling - River Walks 2 Thursday a.m. Vacancies | Thursday a.m. Vacancies | Rambling-Gentle Walk+lunch Friday Vacancies | Friday Vacancies |
Science and Metaphysics Friday p.m. Vacancies | Friday p.m. Vacancies | Scrabble 1 Monday p.m. Waiting list | Monday p.m. Waiting list |
Scrabble 2 Tuesday p.m. Waiting list | Tuesday p.m. Waiting list | Scrabble 3 Thursday p.m. Vacancies | Thursday p.m. Vacancies |
Shakespeare Tuesday a.m. Vacancies | Tuesday a.m. Vacancies | Shakespeare - Study to Stage Thursday a.m. Vacancies | Thursday a.m. Vacancies |
Shakespeare for Pleasure Friday p.m. Vacancies | Friday p.m. Vacancies | Simply Social Richmond 2 Monday monthly | Monday monthly |
Simply Social: Richmond Monday a.m. Vacancies | Monday a.m. Vacancies | Simply Social: St Margarets Tuesday p.m. Waiting list | Tuesday p.m. Waiting list |
Singing for Pleasure Thursday p.m. Waiting list | Thursday p.m. Waiting list | Snooker Thursday p.m. Vacancies | Thursday p.m. Vacancies |
Spanish Conversation Wednesday Vacancies | Wednesday Vacancies | Spanish Conversation Advanced Wednesday p.m. Waiting List | Wednesday p.m. Waiting List |
SpanishConversation Intermed 1 Wednesday p.m. Waiting List | Wednesday p.m. Waiting List | SpanishConversation Intermed 3 Wednesday a.m. Vacancies | Wednesday a.m. Vacancies |
SpanishConversation Intermed2 Tuesday a.m. Waiting list | Tuesday a.m. Waiting list | Stamp and Postal History Monday a.m. Vacancies | Monday a.m. Vacancies |
Table Tennis 1 Thursday p.m. Waiting list | Thursday p.m. Waiting list | Table Tennis 2 Tuesday p.m. Waiting list | Tuesday p.m. Waiting list |
Table Tennis 3 Thursday p.m. Waiting List | Thursday p.m. Waiting List | Tap Dancing Monday a.m. Waiting List | Monday a.m. Waiting List |
Tennis Tuesday a.m. Also Fri Vacancies | Tuesday a.m. Also Fri Vacancies | Theatre - Orange Tree Saturday p.m. Vacancies | Saturday p.m. Vacancies |
Theatre Matinees & Drama Vacancies | Vacancies | Tomorrow's World Monday p.m. Vacancies | Monday p.m. Vacancies |
Ukulele 1 Friday a.m. Waiting list | Friday a.m. Waiting list | Ukulele 2 Wednesday a.m. Vacancies | Wednesday a.m. Vacancies |
Walking Netball Vacancies | Vacancies | Wanderlust and Wisdom Friday a.m. Waiting list | Friday a.m. Waiting list |
Weekenders Vacancies | Vacancies | Wine Tasting Wednesday p.m. Vacancies | Wednesday p.m. Vacancies |
Writing for Pleasure Tuesday p.m. Waiting list | Tuesday p.m. Waiting list |
Timetable Summary | ||
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Day | Morning | Afternoon |
Monday | Cycling Garden Enthusiasts Knitting, Crochet and Chat Simply Social: Richmond Stamp and Postal History Tap Dancing | Badminton 1 Badminton 2 Classical Music Appreciation Current Affairs Finding meaning in later years French Literature Greek - Classical (Ancient) History Behind the Headlines 1 Opera for Pleasure 1 Play Reading Poetry for Pleasure Politics and Current Affairs 2 Psychology and Sociology Scrabble 1 Tomorrow's World |
Tuesday | Book Group - Literature Cookery-South East Asian French - Talking French 1 French - Talking French 2 French Book Group (modern) Italian for Pleasure Philosophy-Thoughts & Opinions Politics and Current Affairs 1 Politics on Zoom Shakespeare SpanishConversation Intermed2 Tennis | Bolivia Book Group - Members' Choice History - British and European Italian Advanced Knit and Natter Music - Choral Music Poetry - since 1900 Scrabble 2 Simply Social: St Margarets Table Tennis 2 Writing for Pleasure |
Wednesday | Architecture - Modern Book Group - Biographies&More Book Group - Classics Book Group -Members’ Choice Book Group- Alternative Book Grp-Wonderful World of Church Bell Ringing Feng Shui - an introduction French -Intermed Conversation1 Italian - Intermediate Italian - Talking Italian Latin - Intermediate Latin Literature Rambling - River Walks 1 SpanishConversation Intermed 3 Ukulele 2 | Art - A Taste of Art Collecting and Collections Democracy and its Discontent French Advanced History - Pivotal Poetry Appreciation Pub Lunches Spanish Conversation Advanced SpanishConversation Intermed 1 Wine Tasting |
Thursday | Book Group - Canterbury Tales History Behind the Headlines 2 Italian - Improvers Italian-Conversation Advanced Italian-Conversation Intermed Kew Gardens Meditation:What is it about? Nordic Walking Rambling - River Walks 2 Shakespeare - Study to Stage | Badminton 3 Bridge 1-Social Cryptic Crosswords 1 Cryptic Crosswords 2 Cryptic Crosswords 3 IT - iPad Users Law: Criminal Opera for Pleasure 2 Scrabble 3 Singing for Pleasure Snooker Table Tennis 1 Table Tennis 3 |
Friday | Flower Arranging French -Intermed Conversation2 Poetry - Keats the Living Year Ukulele 1 Wanderlust and Wisdom | Art Workshop Darts French for Improvers German Intermediate Mahjong Mathematical Topics 1 Mathematical Topics 2 Photography Science and Metaphysics Shakespeare for Pleasure |
Saturday | Theatre - Orange Tree |