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
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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