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Rutland

Groups

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Please check with the individual Group Leader for details on specific groups

Our current groups are listed below - you may join as many or as few as you wish.

New suggestions are always welcome! You do not have to be an expert to run a group - all that is needed is interest and enthusiasm.

Please remember that you must be a member of Rutland U3A before you can join any group. See the How to Join page if you would like to join us, or the Contact page if you would like more information.

Some groups have a limit on numbers so there may be a waiting list to join.

Groups are generally self-funded so there may be a small charge for refreshments or to cover the cost of the venue. Where travel is involved, members should pay their share of the costs though we do try to minimise costs.  The Tai Chi group charges a fee per session.

If you are interested in a particular group then please click on the corresponding link below or send an email to the Groups Coordinator.

Groups seeking more members and for up to date information about the process for starting new groups,  click  New groups.

Groups listed alphabetically

  • Acoustic instrument players
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons
    Fortnightly - 1:45pm
  • Art Appreciation 1
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Monday mornings
    Monthly 2nd week 10.00am
  • Art Appreciation 2
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Friday mornings
    2nd Friday of the month at 10am
  • Art Appreciation 3
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday mornings
    4th monthly
  • Astronomy
    Status: Full
    On Wednesday afternoons
    First Wednesday 13:30
  • Badminton
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Sunday mornings
    Weekly 08.45am
  • Badminton
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Wednesday afternoons
    weekly, 8.00pm
  • Birdwatching 1
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Thursday mornings
    Fortnightly, 2nd & 4th, 9.30am
  • Birdwatching 2
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings 9:30 am
    First Tuesday of month plus additional variable meetings most months
  • Book Group
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons
    Monthly 2nd week - 2.15pm
  • Book Group - Evening
    Status: Dormant
    Weekly on Thursday afternoons
    6-weekly, 7.30pm
  • Book Group 2
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday mornings
    Monthly, 2nd week -10.30am
  • Book Group 4
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings
    Monthly 4th, 10.30am
  • Bridge Beginners Plus
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Wednesday afternoons
    Weekly
  • British History
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons
    Monthly, second Tuesday
  • Bus Pass Travels
    Status: Active
    Variable - contact for details
  • Church Visits
    Status: Active
    Variable - contact for details
  • Coffee Club Singles
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Wednesday mornings
    Weekly at 11am
  • Creative Writing 1
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Friday afternoons
    Last Friday of the month at 2.00pm
  • Creative Writing 2
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday afternoons
    Monthly, 3rd
  • Current Affairs 1
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday mornings
    Last Monthly - 10.00am
  • Current Affairs 2
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings
    Monthly, 3rd - 10.00am
  • Dog-walking
    Status: Active
    Variable - contact for details
  • English Country Dancing
    Status: Active
    On Wednesdays
    1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month, 2-4pm
  • Family History 1
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday mornings
    Monthly 3rd week - 10.30am
  • Family History 2
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday afternoons
    Monthly 2nd, 2.00pm
  • French Conversation
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Wednesday mornings 10:15 am-12:15 pm
    Fortnightly - 10.15am
  • French Discussion
    Status: Full
    On Tuesdays
    1st and 3rd Tuesday mornings each month 10.30-12.00
  • Gardening Group
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons
    Monthly 3rd week - 2.00pm
  • Golf
    Status: Active
    On Wednesday mornings
  • History
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons
    Monthly, 3rd week, 1.30pm
  • Indoor Bowls
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Thursday afternoons
    Weekly - 2.00pm
  • Italian - Intermediate
    Status: Active
    On Tuesday afternoons
  • Italian - intermediate
    Status: Full
    Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm
  • Mah Jong
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Wednesday mornings
    Weekly, 9.30am
  • Mindfulness
    Status: Active
    On Wednesday mornings
  • Music Appreciation
    Status: Active
    On Tuesday mornings
    1st Tuesday 10.00am
  • Needlecraft 1
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Wednesday mornings
    Fortnightly, 1st & 3rd 10.30am
  • Needlecraft 2
    Status: Active
    On Tuesday afternoons
    First Tuesday of the month, 14.00-16.00
  • Outside Bowling
    Status: Dormant
    Weekly on Monday afternoons
    Weekly
  • Papercraft Group
    Status: Active
    On Friday afternoons
    second in the month
  • Pétanque
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons
    Fortnightly, 3pm to 5 pm
  • Pétanque 2
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons
    Fortnightly, 3pm to 5pm
  • Photography Group
    Status: Active
    On Thursday mornings
    last Thurs of month 10.00am
  • Pickleball
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Saturday mornings
    Weekly at 10:00am
  • Play Reading 1
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings
    Monthly 3rd Tuesday - 10.00am
  • Play Reading 2
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday mornings
    Monthly 4th Thursday
  • Poetry Writing Group
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:30 am-12:30 pm
    4th Thursday of each month
  • Recorders
    Status: Active
    On Wednesday mornings
    2nd and 4th, 10.00
  • Rummikub 1
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons
    Fortnightly, 2pm
  • Rummikub 2
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
  • Science and Technology
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Friday mornings
    Monthly 3rd week - 10.00am
  • Scrabble Group 1
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Tuesday mornings
    Weekly - 10.00am
  • Scrabble Group 2
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Friday mornings
    Weekly
  • Scrabble Group 3
    Status: Full
    On Wednesday afternoons
    This Group meets the 2nd and 4
  • Social History of 20th Century
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday mornings
    Monthly 3rd 10.00am
  • Spanish - Hablemos Español
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Friday mornings
    Fortnightly - 10.30am
  • Spanish Group 1
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Monday mornings
    Fortnightly - 10.00am
  • Spanish Group 2
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Friday mornings 10:30 am-12:00 pm
    We may have a break at some point in the summer, when many of our members tend to go away
  • Sunday Lunch Group
    Status: Active
    On Sunday afternoons 12:30 pm
    Third Sunday of the month at 12.30
  • Table Tennis
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Monday afternoons
    Weekly - also Wed & Fri
  • Tai Chi
    Status: Waiting list
    On Thursday afternoons
    2.30pm Special arrangements
  • Ukulele Improvers
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Tuesday mornings
    Weekly - 10.30am
  • Walking - The Striders
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings
    Monthly - 3rd 10.30am
  • Walking (Half day - Thursday)
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:30 am
    3rd and LAST Thursdays
  • Walks (Half Day)
    Status: Active
    On Tuesday mornings
    2nd and 4th Tuesday
  • Walks- (Half Day)
    Status: Active
    On Thursday mornings
    3rd Thurs 10.25 am
  • Watercolour
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday afternoons
    1.30pm, 1st and 3rd monthly
  • Wine and wine tasting
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesdays
    Last Wednesday of each month
  • Wine and Wine Tasting 2
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Wednesday evenings
    3rd monthly