u3a

Yate & Sodbury District

Groups

About Groups

Our members come together in groups to study and enjoy any subject or pastime which they find interesting. Most of our groups are run by members and meet on a regular weekly or monthly basis, in local venues or in members’ homes.

Information about each group is included in the links to the individual group pages below. If you are interested in joining a group please contact the group leader by clicking on their name in the group information.

Suggestions for new groups are welcomed. Ideas are advertised to try to attract sufficient potential members to initiate a planning meeting and get a group established. Members wishing to form a new group should contact one of the Group Co-ordinators via the Executive page.

Group Leaders

Additional information about being a group leader and policies used by our u3a are contained in an additional Group Leaders Page.

    Groups listed alphabetically

    • Art
      Status: Waiting list
      Weekly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
      Except August
    • Artificial Intelligence
      Status: Active
      Monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm
      2nd Thursday of month
    • Badminton - Fridays
      Status: Waiting list
      Weekly on Friday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    • Badminton - Monday AM
      Status: Waiting list
      Weekly on Monday mornings 11:00 am-1:00 pm
      members can play for one or two hours.
    • Badminton Monday PM
      Status: Full
      Weekly on Monday afternoons 4:00 pm-6:00 pm
    • Badminton Tuesday pm
      Status: Active
      Weekly on Tuesday afternoons 12:00 pm-2:00 pm
    • Ballroom & Latin
      Status: Active
      Weekly on Monday afternoons 4:00 pm-5:00 pm
    • Book Club 1
      Status: Active
      Monthly on Monday evenings 7:15 pm
    • Book Club 2
      Status: Full
      Monthly on Tuesday afternoons
      First Tues of month, various locations
    • Book Club 3
      Status: Waiting list
      Monthly on Thursday mornings
      Fourth Thursday of the month
    • Book Group 4
      Status: Waiting list
      Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:30 am
      The second Wednesday of each month.
    • Card Making
      Status: Active
      Fortnightly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
      Fortnightly, Chestnut Room
    • Church Visits
      Status: Active
      Monthly on Monday afternoons
    • Classical Concerts
      Status: Active
    • Classical Music Listening
      Status: Active
      Monthly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
      2nd Friday of month
    • Clay Pigeon Group
      Status: Active
      day and time to be agreed
    • Contract Whist
      Status: Active
      Weekly on Tuesday afternoons 1:30 pm-4:00 pm
    • Creative Writing Group 1
      Status: Waiting list
      Fortnightly on Monday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
      2nd & 4th Monday of month
    • Creative Writing Group 2
      Status: Active
      Fortnightly mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    • Crib Group
      Status: Active
      Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 1:00 pm
    • Crochet Group
      Status: Active
      Monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
      3rd Thursday of the month
    • Cycling Group
      Status: Active
      On Thursday mornings 10:00 am
      Every Thursday morning 10am (weather dependent) in front of Chipping Sodbury Waitrose.
    • Discovering Villages
      Status: Full
      Monthly 10:15 am
      3rd Thursday or Friday of each month
    • Discovering Villages Group 2
      Status: Waiting list
      Monthly 10:15 am
      Second Thursday of each month
    • DIY & Hobbies
      Status: Waiting list
      Weekly on Wednesday mornings 9:00 am-12:00 pm
      Other times are available for extended projects and workshop access for members who are sufficiently trained.
    • Earth Sciences and Geology
      Status: Active
      Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 3:00 pm-4:30 pm
      1st Tuesday of the month
    • Eating Out
      Status: Full
      Monthly on Friday evenings
      2nd Friday of the month
    • Family History
      Status: Waiting list
      Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
      3rd Monday of the month, upstairs in the cinema. Please arrive from 13:50 to sign-in and order refreshments so that we can start promptly at 14:00.
    • Folk Singing
      Status: Active
      Weekly on Monday mornings 10:00 am
    • French - Complete Beginners
      Status: Active
      Weekly on Tuesday mornings 11:00 am-12:00 pm
    • French - Intermediate
      Status: Active
      Weekly on Tuesday afternoons 1:35 pm-2:35 pm
    • French - Post Beginners
      Status: Active
      Weekly on Tuesday afternoons 12:30 pm-1:30 pm
    • French Conversation
      Status: Active
      Weekly on Tuesday afternoons 4:00 pm-5:30 pm
    • Garden Visits
      Status: Active
      Monthly on Monday mornings 10:00 am
      First Monday of the month.
    • Global Diners
      Status: Waiting list
      Monthly on Friday evenings
    • Greeks & Romans
      Status: Active
      Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm
      2nd Monday of month
    • History & Social Studies - 1
      Status: Active
      On Wednesday mornings 10:00 am
      Every third Wednesday
    • History & Social Studies - 2
      Status: Active
      Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
      Every 2nd Wednesday of the month
    • History of Language - 1
      Status: Active
      Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
      First Tuesday of the month
    • Indoor Kurling - 1
      Status: Full
      Fortnightly on Thursday afternoons
      1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month
    • Indoor Kurling - 2
      Status: Active
      Fortnightly on Thursday afternoons 2:30 pm-4:30 pm
      2nd and 4th Thursdays
    • Indoor Kurling - 3
      Status: Active
      Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
      1st, 3rd & 5th Tuesdays of the month (if there is a 5th).
    • Indoor Kurling - 4
      Status: Active
      Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
      2nd & 4th Tuesdays of the month
    • Jazz Appreciation
      Status: Active
      Monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm
      2nd Thursday of the month
    • Knitting
      Status: Active
      Monthly on Tuesday evenings 7:00 pm-9:00 pm
      3rd Tuesday of the month.
    • Latin
      Status: Active
      Fortnightly on Monday afternoons
      1st and 3rd Mondays of the month. We meet in members' homes.
    • Lunch Club
      Status: Full
      Monthly on Thursday afternoons 12:00 pm
      2nd Thursday in the month
    • Mahjong 1 (Thursday Afternoon)
      Status: Full
      Weekly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
      We start playing at 14:00 so please arrive from 13:45, to set-up and sign-in.
    • Mahjong 2 (Thursday morning)
      Status: Waiting list
      Weekly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
      We start playing at 10:00 so please arrive from 09:45, to sign-in and set-up.
    • Midweek Lunch Group
      Status: Full
      Monthly afternoons 1:00 pm
      Last Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday of the month TBA.
    • Motorcycling
      Status: Active
      Monthly on Tuesday mornings
      2nd Tuesday of the month
    • New members
      Status: Active
      Monthly on Friday afternoons 3:00 pm-4:00 pm
    • Philosophy
      Status: Active
      Fortnightly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-11:30 am
    • Photography
      Status: Active
      Monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
      1st Thursday of the month
    • Pickleball
      Status: Waiting list
      Weekly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    • Pickleball 2
      Status: Waiting list
      Weekly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    • Pickleball 3
      Status: Waiting list
      Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 1:00 pm-3:00 pm
    • Pickleball 4
      Status: Waiting list
      Weekly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    • Pickleball 5
      Status: Waiting list
      Weekly on Tuesday afternoons 1:00 pm-3:00 pm
    • Pilates
      Status: Active
      Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 1:00 pm-4:30 pm
      Online: Wed 08:30am
    • Play Reading
      Status: Active
      Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am
      2nd Wednesday in the month
    • Play Reading 2
      Status: Full
      On Wednesday afternoons
      3rd Wednesday of the month
    • Playing Music for Fun
      Status: Active
      On Thursday afternoons 4:00 pm-5:30 pm
    • Poetry
      Status: Waiting list
      On Wednesday mornings 10:30 am
      Last Wednesday in the month
    • Quilting, Patchwork and Needlecraft
      Status: Active
      On Monday mornings 9:30 am-12:30 pm
      1st and 3rd Mondays of the month
    • Quiz Group
      Status: Full
      Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:30 pm
      1st Tuesday of each month
    • Racketball
      Status: Active
      Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:00 pm
      also Friday 2-3pm
    • Recorders
      Status: Active
      Fortnightly on Friday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    • Refreshments
      Status: Active
      When required
    • Rock Music Appreciation, Old and New
      Status: Active
      Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
      Second Monday of the Month
    • Science and Technology
      Status: Active
    • Scrabble
      Status: Active
      Weekly on Monday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    • Sea Shanty Singing
      Status: Active
      Weekly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    • Sewing and Crafts
      Status: Active
      Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
      2nd Tuesday of the month
    • Short Mat Bowling
      Status: Active
      On Monday afternoons 2:00 pm
    • Spanish Beginners
      Status: Active
      Weekly on Monday mornings 9:00 am-10:30 am
    • Spanish Intermediate
      Status: Active
      Weekly on Monday mornings 10:30 am-12:30 pm
    • Supper Club
      Status: Active
      Monthly on Tuesday evenings 7:00 pm
      2nd Tuesday in the month
    • Supper Club 2
      Status: Waiting list
      Monthly on Tuesday evenings
      Second Tuesday of month, occasionally a different day
    • Supper Club 3
      Status: Full
      Monthly on Wednesday evenings
      3rd Wednesday of the month
    • Table Tennis 1
      Status: Waiting list
      Weekly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    • Table Tennis 2
      Status: Waiting list
      Weekly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    • Table Tennis 3
      Status: Waiting list
      Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 4:00 pm-6:00 pm
    • Tai Chi 1
      Status: Active
      Weekly on Tuesday mornings 10:15 am-11:15 am
    • Tai Chi 2
      Status: Active
      Weekly on Tuesday mornings 11:15 am-12:15 pm
    • Tai Chi 3
      Status: Active
      Weekly on Tuesday mornings 9:15 am-10:15 am
    • Tai Chi 4
      Status: Active
      Weekly on Tuesday mornings 12:15 pm-1:15 pm
    • Tai Chi Qigong
      Status: Active
      On Monday afternoons 1:00 pm-3:00 pm
      Two Mondays a month, two groups at 13:00 & 14:00
    • Tap Dancing
      Status: Active
      Weekly on Thursday mornings 11:00 am-12:00 pm
    • Tennis
      Status: Dormant
    • The Lunch Bunch
      Status: Active
      On Thursday afternoons
      Last Thursday of month
    • Theatre Group
      Status: Active
    • Trips and Travel
      Status: Active
    • Ukulele - 1
      Status: Active
      Weekly on Wednesday mornings 10:30 am-12:00 pm
    • Ukulele - 2
      Status: Active
      Weekly on Wednesday mornings 10:30 am
    • Ukulele - 3
      Status: Active
      Fortnightly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
      Alternate Thursday mornings
    • Ukulele 4 (Go Forth)
      Status: Active
      Weekly on Monday mornings 10:00 am
    • Ukulele 5 - Improvers and Absolute Beginners
      Status: Active
      Weekly on Tuesday afternoons 1:00 pm-4:00 pm
    • Veterans' Breakfast
      Status: Active
      Monthly on Friday mornings
      Last Friday of the month
    • WAG1 - Wine Appreciation
      Status: Active
      Monthly on Wednesday evenings 7:30 pm-9:30 pm
      Last Weds Evening of Month
    • WAG3 - Wine Appreciation 3
      Status: Active
      Monthly on Tuesday evenings 7:30 pm
      First Tuesday of month
    • WAG4 - Wine appreciation 4
      Status: Full
      Monthly on Wednesday evenings 7:30 pm
      2nd Wednesday in the month
    • WAG5 - Wine Appreciation group 5
      Status: Active
      Monthly on Tuesday evenings 7:30 pm-9:30 pm
      Third Tuesday of the month.
    • Walking Group
      Status: Active
      Weekly mornings
      Various days in the week
    • WATOO – Wine appreciation 2
      Status: Full
      Monthly on Wednesday evenings 7:00 pm-9:00 pm
      Third Wednesday in the month
    • Whisky Appreciation Group
      Status: Active
      Monthly on Thursday evenings 7:00 pm-9:00 pm
      Third Thursday of the month.
    • Wild Flower Studies
      Status: Active
      On Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm
      Second Wednesday of the month
    • World War 2 Study Group
      Status: Active
      Monthly on Friday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
      We meet on the last Friday of the month in the Armadillo cinema. Please arrive from 09:45 to sign-in and order refreshments so that we can start promptly at 10:00.
    • Yoga 1
      Status: Waiting list
      Weekly on Thursday mornings
    • YOYO / You on Your Own
      Status: Active
      Twice monthly. 2nd Monday of the month 10.15am – 12 noon at Coffee#1, Chipping Sodbury. Last Wednesday of the month 1.30pm – 2.30pm at The Armadillo Centre or Pop Inn Café, Yate