Plymouth u3a Interest Groups
(subject to change, correct as of 6th April 2025)
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 F
Building Visits 2 O
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
Italian Conversation O
Knit and Natter O
Lip-reading O
Looking at Art AM 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 W
Poetry O
Portuguese O
Quizzes and Quizzing O
Recorder Consort O
Rummikub O
Russian Conversation O
Science & Technology 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
Tenpin Bowling 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 O
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 F
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 | Spanish Conversation - Advanced Swimming |
| Mon pm | Book Club Spanish Culture & Basic | Spanish Culture & Basic Spanish Wine Appreciation 4 Building Visits | Rummikub | Building Visits 2 |
| Tue am | World Religions Walking (Short) Sketching Outdoors Yoga | French Conversation 1 Meditation Recorder Natural History Ramblers Yoga Tenpin bowling | Sketching Outdoors Yoga | French Conversation 1 Meditation Recorder Consort Natural History Ramblers Yoga Shared Learning Tenpin bowling |
| Tue pm | Photography Myths & Legends Spanish Improvers Philosophy Discussion Card Making | 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 Moving On after Bereavement | Meet and Mix | Moving On after Bereavement | |
| 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.