Groups

Membership of Waterlooville u3a gives access to a wide variety of Interest Groups. You can learn and develop new skills, or share yours with others - it is a two-way street. Joining an activity group is the perfect way of keeping your brain and body active with a bunch of friendly like-minded people.

Our groups meet in various venues around the local area, ranging from members' homes to local halls/rooms and are informal and friendly.

Details of the times and location of group meetings may be found by following the links to the individual groups below - some meet weekly, others fortnightly or monthly.

If group meetings involve any costs, such as room hire, speaker, instructor, etc. group members are expected to contribute equally to cover those costs. In most cases, members pay for a number of sessions in advance (as with non-u3a groups) although others are on a pay-as-you-go basis - it depends on the nature of the group activity.

Group enquiries can be made in several ways :
Email groups@waterloovilleu3a.org.uk
Visit the Groups Table at any Coffee Morning or General Meeting
Use our Contacts page

If the group is full, your name can be added to the Waiting List and you will be offered a space when you reach the top of the list.

u3a works on the principle of cooperative self help. All our groups are run voluntarily by members themselves. So if you have an interest why not share it? It only takes two or three people with similar interests to form a group and then others will join in. Everyone in the group helps each other and shares their knowledge.

Groups listed alphabetically

  • 1A Sample group
    Monthly on Monday mornings 9:30 am-12:00 pm
    3rd Monday morning
  • Archaeology
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    1st Tuesday morning
  • Art Appreciation
    Monthly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd Friday afternoon
  • Art History 1
    Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    2nd Wednesday morning
  • Art History 2
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    1st Tuesday afternoon
  • Art in the Afternoon
    Fortnightly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd & 4th Monday afternoon
  • Backgammon
    Fortnightly on Monday mornings 10:30 am-12:30 pm
    1st & 3rd Monday morning
  • Badminton Improvers
    Fortnightly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    1st & 3rd Wednesday afternoon
  • Birdwatchers
    Monthly on Saturday mornings 9:30 am-12:00 pm
    Last Saturday morning
  • Board Games (Modern)
    Fortnightly on Monday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
    1st & 3rd Monday afternoon
  • Board Games 2
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    3rd Monday afternoon
  • Books (Page Turners)
    Monthly on Friday afternoons 2:30 pm-4:00 pm
    1st Friday afternoon
  • Books 1 (Reading)
    Monthly on Monday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    3rd Monday morning
  • Books 2 (Friday)
    Monthly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    4th Friday afternoon
  • Books 4
    Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    3rd Wednesday morning
  • Books 5
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd Thursday afternoon
  • Bridge
    Weekly on Friday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    Friday morning
  • Buildings Appreciation
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:30 am-12:00 pm
    4th Tuesday morning
  • Bus Trippers
    Our trips out take place on variable days and times - we like to live dangerously!
  • Canasta 1
    Fortnightly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    1st & 3rd Wednesday
  • Canasta 2
    Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd & 4th Tuesday
  • Canasta 3
    Fortnightly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd & 4th Monday
  • Card Games
    Fortnightly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    2nd & 4th Wednesday
  • Carry on French
    Weekly on Monday mornings 9:45 am-11:15 am
  • Collectables
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    1st Tuesday
  • Cookery & Baking
    Monthly on Saturday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    Dates agreed by the group
  • Country & Western music
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    Last Wednesday
  • Craft
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
    1st Wednesday
  • Creative Writing
    Monthly on Monday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    1st or 2nd Monday morning
  • Cribbage
    Fortnightly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    2nd & 4th Tuesday
  • Current Affairs 1
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd Wednesday
  • Current Affairs 2
    Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    2nd Thursday
  • Cycling
    Fortnightly on Thursday mornings 9:30 am-12:00 pm
    1st & 3rd Thursday
  • Dining Out
    11:30 am-3:00 pm
    2nd Wednesday & 4th Sunday lunchtime
  • Drawing 1
    Weekly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
  • Drawing 2
    Fortnightly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    1st & 3rd Tuesday
  • Folk Roots Appreciation
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
  • French Beginners
    Monthly on Friday afternoons 2:30 pm-4:00 pm
    4th Friday
  • French Conversation 1
    Weekly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
  • French Conversation 2
    Fortnightly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    1st & 3rd Wednesday
  • French Conversation 3
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
  • French Les Moyens
    Weekly on Thursday mornings 10:30 am-12:00 pm
  • French Refreshers
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    4th Monday
  • Fun French
    Fortnightly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd & 4th Wednesday
  • Fun with Watercolours
    Weekly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    Every Thursday afternoon
  • Genealogy (Family History)
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    1st Thursday afternoon
  • Geology 1
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd Monday afternoon
  • Geology 2
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    1st Monday afternoon
  • German (Intermediate)
    Monthly on Monday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
  • German Conversation
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 3:45 pm-5:15 pm
    1st Tuesday
  • Knitting
    Fortnightly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    1st & 3rd Wednesday
  • Learn Guitar and Sing
    Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd & 4th Tuesday
  • Line Dancing For Fun
    Fortnightly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-11:00 am
    1st & 3rd Tuesday
  • Line Dancing Improvers
    Weekly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:00 pm
  • Local History 1
    Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd Wednesday afternoon
  • Lunch Club
    Variable meeting venues and dates
  • Mah Jong 1
    Fortnightly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    1st & 3rd Tuesday
  • Mah Jong 2
    Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd & 4th Tuesday
  • Maths Puzzles
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    4th Tuesday
  • Members On Their Own (MOTO) 1
    Monthly - days/times vary
  • Members On Their Own (MOTO) 4
    Monthly - days/times vary
  • Modern History 1 (from 1485)
    Fortnightly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
  • Modern History 2 (from 1485)
    Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    1st & 3rd Tuesday
  • Music - Popular
    Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    2nd Thursday afternoon
  • Music Appreciation
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd Tuesday afternoon
  • Painting 2
    Weekly on Monday mornings 9:30 am-12:00 pm
  • Photography 1
    Fortnightly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    2nd & 4th Tuesday morning
  • Photography 2
    Fortnightly on Monday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
  • Photography 3
    Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd & 4th Tuesday afternoon
  • Photography 4
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd Monday afternoon
  • Pilates 1
    Weekly on Monday mornings 9:55 am-10:55 am
  • Pilates 2
    Weekly on Monday mornings 11:10 am-12:10 pm
  • Pilates 3
    Weekly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-11:00 am
  • Pilates 4
    Weekly on Thursday mornings 11:15 am-12:15 pm
  • Pilates 5
    Weekly on Monday mornings 10:00 am-11:00 am
  • Poetry
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd Wednesday afternoon
  • Quizzers 1
    Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:30 am-12:30 pm
    2nd Thursday
  • Quizzers 2
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd Wednesday
  • Radio Hams
    Variable meeting times
  • Rummikub 1
    Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    1st & 3rd Tuesday
  • Rummikub 2
    Fortnightly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd & 4th Wednesday
  • Science
    Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    4th Thursday morning
  • Scrabble
    Fortnightly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    1st & 3rd Thursday afternoon
  • Sewing
    Weekly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
  • Sewing B
    Monthly on Friday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    2nd Friday
  • Singing For Pleasure
    Fortnightly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
    1st & 3rd Wednesday
  • Snooker 1
    Weekly on Monday afternoons 1:00 pm-4:00 pm
  • Snooker 2
    Fortnightly on Thursday afternoons 1:00 pm-4:00 pm
    1st & 3rd Thursday
  • Spanish Conversation
    Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
  • Sunday Diners
    Monthly on Sunday afternoons 12:30 pm
    2nd Sunday lunchtime
  • Table Tennis
    Fortnightly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd & 4th Thursday
  • Table Tennis (Beginners)
    Fortnightly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    1st & 3rd Friday
  • Tai Chi 1 - Improvers
    Weekly on Friday afternoons 12:30 pm-1:30 pm
  • Tai Chi 2 - Improvers
    Weekly on Thursdays 10:00 am-11:00 am
  • Ten Pin Bowling
    Weekly on Thursday afternoons 1:45 pm-4:00 pm
  • The Potting Shed
    We meet on variable dates and times
  • Ukulele
    Weekly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
  • Walking - Stragglers 1
    Fortnightly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    1st & 3rd Tuesday
  • Walking - Stragglers 3
    Fortnightly on Friday mornings 11:00 am-2:00 pm
  • Walking - Striders 1
    Fortnightly on Friday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    2nd & 4th Friday
  • Walking - Striders 2
    Fortnightly on Monday afternoons 1:30 pm
    1st & 3rd Monday
  • Walking - Striders 3
    Fortnightly on Friday mornings 10:15 am-1:00 pm
    Alternate Friday mornings
  • Walking - Strollers 1
    Fortnightly on Friday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    1st & 3rd Friday morning
  • Walking - Strollers 2
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    3rd Tuesday morning
  • Walking - Strollers 3
    Fortnightly on Friday mornings 10:30 am-1:00 pm
    Alternate Friday morning
  • Weaving & Felting
    Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    1st & 3rd Tuesday afternoon
  • Weekenders
    Fortnightly
    1st Saturday & 3rd Wednesday
  • Wine Appreciation 2
    Monthly on Monday evenings 7:30 pm-9:30 pm
    2nd Monday
  • Wine Appreciation 3
    Monthly on Tuesday evenings 7:00 pm-9:00 pm
    1st Tuesday