Groups

Membership of Waterlooville u3a gives access to a wide variety of interest/activity 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 by category

Architecture

Arts & Craft

  • 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
  • Collectables
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    1st Tuesday
  • 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
  • Film Club
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    3rd Tuesday
  • Fun with Watercolours
    Weekly on Thursday afternoons 1:00 pm-4:00 pm
    Every Thursday afternoon
  • Knitting
    Fortnightly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    1st & 3rd Wednesday
  • 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
    On Monday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    Twice a month
  • 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
  • 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
  • Weaving & Felting
    Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    1st & 3rd Tuesday afternoon
  • Wood Turning
    Weekly on Friday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm

Cards, Board Games & Quizzing

  • Backgammon
    Fortnightly on Monday mornings 10:30 am-12:30 pm
    1st & 3rd Monday 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
  • Bridge
    Weekly on Friday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    Friday morning
  • 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
  • Cribbage
    Fortnightly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    2nd & 4th Tuesday
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Scrabble
    Fortnightly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    1st & 3rd Thursday afternoon

Engineering & Science

  • Maths Puzzles
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    4th Tuesday
  • Radio Hams
    Variable meeting times
  • Science
    Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    4th Thursday morning

Food & Drink

Health & Fitness

History & Society

Languages

Literature

  • 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
  • Books 6
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    4th Thursday afternoon
  • Creative Writing
    Monthly on Monday mornings 10:00 am-11:30 am
    1st or 2nd Monday morning
  • Poetry
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd Wednesday afternoon

Music

Natural History

  • Birdwatchers
    Monthly on Saturday mornings 9:30 am-12:00 pm
    Last Saturday morning
  • 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
  • The Potting Shed
    We meet on variable dates and times

New Groups

  • Archaeology 1
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    1st Tuesday morning

Out & About

Sport

  • Badminton 1 - Improvers
    Fortnightly on Wednesday afternoons 1:00 pm-3:00 pm
    1st & 3rd Wednesday afternoon
  • Badminton 2 - Beginners
    Fortnightly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    2nd & 4th Thursday morning
  • Cycling
    Weekly on Thursday mornings 9:15 am-12:30 pm
  • Snooker 1
    Weekly on Monday afternoons 1:00 pm-4:00 pm
  • Snooker 2
    Fortnightly on Thursday afternoons 1:00 pm-3:00 pm
    1st & 3rd Thursday
  • Table Tennis 1
    Fortnightly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd & 4th Thursday
  • Table Tennis 2
    Fortnightly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    1st & 3rd Friday
  • Table Tennis 3
    Fortnightly on Friday afternoons 1:45 pm-3:45 pm
    2nd & 4th Friday
  • Ten Pin Bowling
    Weekly on Thursday afternoons 1:45 pm-4:00 pm