Groups

What?

One of the main benefits of joining the u3a is the opportunity to participate in our special Interest Groups which bring together members with similar interests or those looking to get into something different. We have a wide variety of interest groups running very successfully – you can use the list on this page to find out more about each one.

A group isn’t a course of study, it is a group of members learning from each other and they themselves are in control of what goes on. Sometimes there may be an external speaker or, more rarely, an expert tutor but the principle stays the same: we learn from each other.

When?

Each group meets, on average, once or twice a month, usually in central Cardiff but occasionally in fellow members’ homes.

Who?

As the compère of the ‘Good Old Days’ would say: Mainly Yourselves.

Groups do not have to include an expert on the chosen subject, as all members learn from each other, or join together to research their interests. Whilst a member has to be nominated as a convenor or facilitator for each group, they are only as an administrator, that person does not have to be any more experienced in the subject of interest than the rest of the group.

All Things Welsh

2nd Friday of the month at 10.30 am

Art Appreciation

3rd Thursday of the month at 1.00pm

Book Group

2nd Tuesday of the month at 10:30

Bridge Group

Mondays at 10am

Bus Pass Thursdays

Monthly on Thursdays (times vary)

Canasta

2nd and 4th Wednesdays of month at 10am

Change and Transition in the Third Age

2nd and 4th Wednesday at 10am

Change and Transition in the Third Age 2

2nd and 4th Wednesday at 1.30pm

Circle Dance

2nd & 4th Tuesdays of month at 11am

Craft and Card-Making

4th Friday of the month at 11am

Current Affairs Discussion

Fortnightly on Mondays at 10.30am

Cycling

Dates/Destinations by arrangement.

Digital matters

2nd and 4th Thursdays at 2pm

Dungeons and Dragons

Game 1: 1st Wed & 3rd Wed of the month. Game 2: 2nd & 4th Thurs of the month

Enjoying Science

1st Wednesday of the month at 2pm

Events and Outings

Various

Film

Second Monday and fourth Thursday of the month at 1.30pm

Folk Singing

2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month at 10am

French Conversation

2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month at 11am

French Conversation for Beginners

First and third Tuesday of the month at 2pm

Gardening

4th Tuesday of month at 2pm

German Conversation

1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month at 10:45am

History Group

2nd and 4th Wednesdays at 2pm

Italian Conversation

1st and 3rd Wednesdays at 10:30am

Life Stories

2nd Thursday of the month

Literature Through the Ages

4th Thursday of the month at 2pm

Local History

3rd Friday of the month

Mahjong and Scrabble

2nd Tuesday of the month at 11.00am

Music Appreciation

3rd Wednesday of the month at 2:00pm

Non-Fiction Book Group

1st Tuesday of the month at 2pm

Painting for Pleasure

1st and 3rd Wednesday at 11am

Philosophy, Spirituality and Science

4th Tuesday of the month at 10:30am

Photography Group (Morning)

2nd and 4th Wednesdays at 10am

Practical Photography

1st and 3rd Wednesdays at 2pm

Prose & Poetry

3rd Thursday of month at 2pm

Recorders

Fortnightly on Wednesdays at 2pm

Roath Park Walk and Coffee

Fridays at 11am

Singing for Pleasure

2nd and 4th Mondays of month at 1pm

Slow Train Coming

1st Thursday of the month

Spanish Conversation

Wednesdays at 10.30am

Sunday Lunch Group

1st Sunday of month at 1pm

Tabletop Games

1st Friday of the month at 10.30am

The Inquirers

Relaunch meeting Tuesday 27th August at 10.30am

The Lightroom Pantry

Third Thursday of the month at 12:00 noon

Ukulele

Fortnightly on Mondays at 10.30am

Walking Group

1st and 3rd Tuesdays of month at 10:30

Wednesday Coffee

Wednesdays at 11.45am

Welsh – Cymraeg

Every Tuesday at 10.30am

Wordsmiths

Alternate Thursday mornings at 10.30 am

Writers Enjoying Words

Fortnightly on Mondays at 10am

The following groups have operated in the past but are currently not active. If you are interested in helping to restart one of these groups please contact the Interest Groups coordinator.

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