Plymouth u3a Interest Groups
(subject to change, correct as of 29th November 2024)
Members can also access the current Groups Directory via the Members Information page (password required).
New Groups
Provisional new Groups looking for members to join. Contact the Groups Coordinator if you are interested.
Beginners Spanish
Current Groups
The Status of each group is indicated as follows:
O indicates a group that is open to new members;
W indicates a group that has a waiting list;
F indicates a group that is full and is not accepting new members.
Antiques and Collectables O
Anything Maritime and Military O
Art – Sketching Outdoors O
Book Club F
Building Visits W
Canasta and Bolivia O
Card Making O
Computer Help O
Computers and IT Help Desk O
Country Dancing O
Facebook for Plymouth u3a O
Family History F
Features and Facts O
French Conversation 1 O
French Conversation 2 O
From Script to Screen O
Garden Visits O
Gardening Together O
Genealogy O
German Conversation O
History of Art F
Italian Conversation O
Knit and Natter O
Lip-reading O
Literature O
Looking at Art PM O
Mahjong O
Mathematics F
Medieval History O
Meditation O
Meet and Mix O
Moving On after Bereavement O
MUD Walks O
Music Appreciation O
Myths and Legends O
Natural History Ramblers O
Needles O
Philology O
Philosophical Discussion O
Photography O
Play Reading O
Play the Blues Too W
Poetry O
Portuguese O
Quizzes and Quizzing O
Recorder Consort O
Rummikub O
Russian Conversation O
Shared Learning O
Social Bridge 1 O
Spanish 1 F
Spanish Conversation (Advanced) O
Spanish Culture, Basic Spanish F
Spanish Improvers O
Sunday Lunches O
Swimming O
The Borrowers F
The Film Unit O
The Hive (volunteers group) O
University Events O
Walking – Intermediate O
Walking – Longer Walks O
Walking – Short Walks W
Weekenders O
Wildlife O
Wine Appreciation 1 O
Wine Appreciation 2 F
Wine Appreciation 3 O
Wine Appreciation 4 F
Wordpress O
World Religions O
Writers W
Yoga O
Plymouth u3a Groups Monthly Schedule
The Schedule is an outline timetable of group meetings each month.
| DAY | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon am | Portuguese Swimming | IT Help Desk Spanish Conversation - Advanced Swimming The Hive (volunteer group) | Literature 1 Portuguese Swimming | Lip-reading (Zoom) Spanish Conversation - Advanced Swimming |
| Mon pm | Book Club Spanish Culture & Basic | Spanish Culture & Basic Spanish Wine Appreciation 4 Building Visits Painting and drawing for fun | Rummikub | History of Art Painting and drawing for fun |
| Tue am | World Religions Walking (Short) Sketching Outdoors Yoga | French Conversation 1 Meditation Recorder Natural History Ramblers Yoga | Sketching Outdoors Yoga | French Conversation 1 Meditation Recorder Consort Natural History Ramblers Yoga Shared Learning |
| Tue pm | Photography Myths & Legends Spanish Improvers Philosophy Discussion Card Making | Classic Films Social Bridge Maths | Spanish Improvers Wine Appreciation 2 Philosophy Discussion | Philology Script to Screen* |
| Wed am | Canasta & Bolivia Poetry Play Reading Science & Tech. | Canasta & Bolivia Intermediate Walks | Canasta & Bolivia Family History | Canasta & Bolivia |
| Wed pm | Gardening together Knit & Natter Writers Group Mahjong | Ancient History Gardening together Mahjong | Gardening together Medieval History Needles Mahjong | Gardening together Wine Appreciation 3 Mahjong |
| Thu am | MUD Walks Italian Conversation Lipreading | Anything Maritime & Military Walking (Long) The Borrowers | Italian Conversation Looking at Art 1 Antiques and Collectables | Walking (Long) Wildlife |
| Thu pm | German Conversation Wine Appreciation 1 | Bridge Social 2 Looking at Art | Features & Facts | |
| Fri am | Genealogy WordPress Russian Conversation | Musical Appreciation Quizzes and Quizzing | Walking (Short) Russian Conversation | Garden Visits French Conversation 2 |
| Fri pm | Spanish 1 Country Dancing | Country Dancing Social Bridge Spanish 1 | ||
| Sat am | Weekenders | Meet and Mix | ||
| Sun pm | Sunday Lunch |
Other groups which don’t fit into the 4 week timetable – see newsletter and Groups Information for further details.
Play the Blues Too and German Conversation – meet fortnightly, every other Thursday pm.
* From Script to Screen meets last Tuesday of the month.
A few groups are meeting using Zoom. Please check with the group leader for up to date information.