Welcome

If you have reached the point at which you have finished working full-time or raising your family and have time to pursue your interests or just try something new, the Cardiff u3a is for you.  We have a ‘university’ of members who draw upon their knowledge and experience to teach and learn from each other but there are no qualifications to pass – it is just for pleasure.

These aren’t courses or formal training, just groups of people who get together regularly for mutual interest in a subject such as history or singing or practicing a language and many other areas of interest. People who believe that learning is its own reward.

See the link About the Cardiff u3a for more details.

Want to Get Involved or Help Out? Cardiff u3a Needs You!

Your Chance to Help – Cardiff u3a Committee. A message from your Chair.

See also our Situations Vacant page which has details of volunteer positions within the Cardiff u3a organisation and the wider u3a movement.


Latest news

Cardiff u3a Christmas Lunch 2025

Date: Friday 5th December Time: 12.30pm for 1.00pm Venue: Clayton Hotel, St Mary Street, CF10 1GD. Booking deadline: Wednesday 15th October. Booking details are on the booking form and in the email sent to members on Sunday 3rd August 2025. Two versions of the form are available by clicking on the title of this item.

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Our next monthly meetings

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11th November 2025 at 14:00

Little Boy Sweeps

Les Hales

Despite the invention in the early nineteenth century of a machine to clean chimneys, master sweeps still sent little boys up flues. The talk will explain the involvement of the ...

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9th December 2025 at 14:00

Cardiff u3a AGM 2025

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The AGM will be followed by entertainment by several Cardiff u3a groups

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Latest Interest Group Updates

Books by Members

Writers Enjoying Words

Another new book from David Hiscox: American Peckers American Peckers is an unusual, genre-bending philosophical mystery set in the afterlife, where the boundaries between truth and legacy blur. When a ...

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Books by Members

A new book from David Hiscox: A Journey to the East: On the Hippy Trail. In the early 1970s, with a backpack and a thirst for discovery, the author boards ...

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Digital Matters

No show for DM at “Meet the Groups”

This is just a short post to let you know that Digital Matters will not be present at “Meet the Groups” on October 14th. This is not because we can’t ...

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Craft and Card-Making

Poppies, Cards and a Sari

What a lot of variety; getting the poppy display ready for November, designing cards and making and trying out a sari. All in a morning’s meeting!

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Improv Comedy and Drama

Next Workshop: noon, Tuesday, 21st October

Places are reserved for group members to ensure fairness and optimum Workshop size. However, you can still contact us in order to request spare places and taster sessions prior to ...

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Photography

Seeing Double?

The Photography Group last week reviewed the images that some of them had two weeks previously taken at Llantrisant where in addition to enjoying each others company and wondering at ...

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