Groups
Chester u3a has approximately 80 Study & Interest groups. They are shown in categories below to help find one that might suit you. Each group has a description of their activities on their own group page which can be found by clicking on the group name in the list below. You can also contact the group coordinator via their group's page.
TO JOIN A GROUP click on the group name (Information about the group is given at the top of the page). Contact the group coordinator by clicking on their name and send a message saying you wish to join. Please quote your membership number. Some groups meet in a particular venue. The cost of the venue is shared among the Group members.
We welcome ideas for new groups The Groups Coordinator can help support the establishment a new group.
Possible New Groups
At this stage we are looking for people who are interested in being involved in one or more of these potential new groups.
Once there is enough interest, the Groups Coordinator will contact everyone who has expressed an interest, in order to arrange a set up meeting. At that meeting everyone gets to discuss how the group will work including things like where they meet; date, time and frequency; and who will act as coordinator.
Any queries send a message to Groups Coordinator.
A GROUP COORDINATOR is the member of the group, who volunteers to organise the group. They need not know anything about the subject to be a Group coordinator. They are the organiser of the group. The Trust u3a have a number of Subject advisers (registered members) who will help you start a group and/or help you with ideas for your group. There is a large amount of information available from the Groups coordinator to help the admin in groups. All details on Group Coordinators Information page or contact Groups Coordinator.
ADMIN for Group coordinators, The Beacon Portal is available for Group coordinators to communicate to your group members, amend group details, add/remove members from your group. If you need help to do this contact the Beacon Administrator
Your Chester u3a Committee would like to invite you to this year’s Coordinators’ Lunch
which will be held at Hoole Community Centre, Westminster Road, Hoole, CH2 3AP on
Saturday 23rd November 2024 beginning at 12.00 for 12.30.
Lunch and tea/coffee will be provided.
Look out for requests for numbers towards the end of October. We would love most groups to be represented either by the group leader or a member.
If you don’t already know Hoole Community Centre, you can find out about it by following the link below.
http://www.hoolecommunitycentre.org.uk/
There is some parking on site, but it might be helpful to give some thought to car sharing or using public transport where possible.
GROUP CATEGORIES
Art and Craft - Art Appreciation, Film Appreciation, Needlecraft, Painting
Health and Leisure - Crown Green Bowling, Cycling, Gardening, Golf, Line Dancing, New Experiences, Pickleball, Racketball, Table Tennis, Walking (numerous groups)
History - History, Industrial Heritage, Local History
Languages - French, German, Latin, Italian, Spanish
Literacy - Literary Appreciation, Philosophy, Poetry Appreciation, Reading, Writing
Mind Games - Bridge, Cryptic Crosswords, Current Affairs, jigsaw, Mahjong, Scrabble
Music - Jazz Appreciation, Music, Opera Appreciation, Performing, Ukulele
Science and Nature - Bird Watching, Computing, Photography, Geology, Maths, Meditation, Metaphysics, Psychology, Science, Wine Appreciation
Group List | |||
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Amblers Friday a.m. 4th Friday | Friday a.m. 4th Friday | Art Appreciation 1 Tuesday p.m. 3rd Tuesday each month | Tuesday p.m. 3rd Tuesday each month |
Art Appreciation 2 Wednesday a.m. 3rd Wednesday | Wednesday a.m. 3rd Wednesday | Aviation To be arranged | To be arranged |
Behavioural Psychology Thursday a.m. 3rd Thursday 10:30 | Thursday a.m. 3rd Thursday 10:30 | Bird Watching 1 Monday 1st Monday | Monday 1st Monday |
Bird Watching 3 Wednesday All day once a month | Wednesday All day once a month | Bridge 1 Monday p.m. weekly | Monday p.m. weekly |
Bridge 2 Tuesday p.m. weekly | Tuesday p.m. weekly | Bus Buddies Tuesday a.m. 2nd Tuesday 10:00 to 15:30 | Tuesday a.m. 2nd Tuesday 10:00 to 15:30 |
Canasta Monday p.m. 2-4pm Monday | Monday p.m. 2-4pm Monday | Chester Strummers | |
Computer Users Group Tuesday p.m. 2 - 4pm 2nd Tuesday | Tuesday p.m. 2 - 4pm 2nd Tuesday | Craft Friday a.m. 2nd + 4th Friday | Friday a.m. 2nd + 4th Friday |
Crown Green Bowling Wednesday a.m. April - Sept 10am-1pm | Wednesday a.m. April - Sept 10am-1pm | Cryptic Crossword Puzzlers Friday p.m. Every Friday | Friday p.m. Every Friday |
Current Affairs Monday a.m. 2nd Monday | Monday a.m. 2nd Monday | Cycling Group Friday Every Friday or 1st Monday | Friday Every Friday or 1st Monday |
Dog Walking group | Earth Sciences Tuesday a.m. 4th Tuesday | Tuesday a.m. 4th Tuesday | |
Film Appreciation 1 Monday p.m. Alternate Monday | Monday p.m. Alternate Monday | Film Appreciation 2 Monday p.m. Alternate Monday | Monday p.m. Alternate Monday |
French Conversation 2 Thursday a.m. 1st and 3rd Thursday | Thursday a.m. 1st and 3rd Thursday | French Conversation 3 Thursday Weekly on Zoom/ direct | Thursday Weekly on Zoom/ direct |
French Film Group Thursday 5 or 6 times a year 7.30pm | Thursday 5 or 6 times a year 7.30pm | French Improvers Wednesday p.m. 2nd and 4th Wed | Wednesday p.m. 2nd and 4th Wed |
Friday Walking Friday 1st Friday | Friday 1st Friday | Friday Writers Friday a.m. 2nd Friday of month | Friday a.m. 2nd Friday of month |
Further French Tuesday a.m. 2nd and 4th Tuesday | Tuesday a.m. 2nd and 4th Tuesday | Gardening Monday a.m. 1st Monday | Monday a.m. 1st Monday |
German Conversation Wednesday a.m. weekly | Wednesday a.m. weekly | Golf-Social Thursday a.m. weekly | Thursday a.m. weekly |
History Thursday a.m. 4th Thursday | Thursday a.m. 4th Thursday | Industrial Heritage 1 Thursday 3rd Thursday | Thursday 3rd Thursday |
Industrial Heritage 3 Wednesday 1st Wednesday | Wednesday 1st Wednesday | Italian 2 Monday p.m. 2.30 - 4.30pm | Monday p.m. 2.30 - 4.30pm |
Italian Beginners 1 Thursday p.m. weekly | Thursday p.m. weekly | Italian Improvers Monday p.m. 1st and 3rd Monday | Monday p.m. 1st and 3rd Monday |
Jazz Appreciation 1 Tuesday a.m. 2nd Tuesday | Tuesday a.m. 2nd Tuesday | Jazz Appreciation 2 Friday a.m. Third Friday | Friday a.m. Third Friday |
Jigsaw Thursday p.m. 3rdThursday | Thursday p.m. 3rdThursday | Latin Monday p.m. On zoom, 1st and 3rd Mon 2pm | Monday p.m. On zoom, 1st and 3rd Mon 2pm |
Literary Appreciation 1 Friday a.m. 3rd Friday | Friday a.m. 3rd Friday | Local History Thursday p.m. 1st Thursday | Thursday p.m. 1st Thursday |
Mahjong Friday a.m. 10.00 - 12.00 | Friday a.m. 10.00 - 12.00 | Maths To Be Arranged | To Be Arranged |
Maths 24 To be arranged | To be arranged | Metaphysics for Dummies Friday a.m. Weekly | Friday a.m. Weekly |
Mindfulness Meditation Monday a.m. weekly | Monday a.m. weekly | Multimedia Art Thursday p.m. 14:00 to 16:00 | Thursday p.m. 14:00 to 16:00 |
Music 2 Monday a.m. 2nd Monday | Monday a.m. 2nd Monday | Music 4 Friday p.m. Alternate Fridays | Friday p.m. Alternate Fridays |
Music Performing Friday a.m. Monthly | Friday a.m. Monthly | Music Reading To Be Arranged | To Be Arranged |
Opera Appreciation Thursday a.m. 1st Thursday | Thursday a.m. 1st Thursday | Painting 2 Thursday p.m. weekly | Thursday p.m. weekly |
Photography Monday p.m. 4th Monday 2pm | Monday p.m. 4th Monday 2pm | Pickleball Tuesday p.m. +Thursday am at Westminster Pa | Tuesday p.m. +Thursday am at Westminster Pa |
Poetry Appreciation Tuesday p.m. 3rd Tuesday | Tuesday p.m. 3rd Tuesday | Racketball Tuesday a.m. weekly | Tuesday a.m. weekly |
Reading 1 Wednesday a.m. 4th Wednesday | Wednesday a.m. 4th Wednesday | Reading 2 Friday p.m. 1st Friday monthly | Friday p.m. 1st Friday monthly |
Science Thursday p.m. 2nd Thursday | Thursday p.m. 2nd Thursday | Scrabble Thursday p.m. 2nd Thursday in the month | Thursday p.m. 2nd Thursday in the month |
Social Justice Friday a.m. 10:30am 3rd Friday | Friday a.m. 10:30am 3rd Friday | Social Psychology Tuesday a.m. 2nd Tueday | Tuesday a.m. 2nd Tueday |
Spanish Intermediate Wednesday p.m. weekly | Wednesday p.m. weekly | Table Tennis 2 Monday p.m. 12.30-1.30pm weekly | Monday p.m. 12.30-1.30pm weekly |
Thursday Strollers Thursday a.m. 1st and 3rd Thursday | Thursday a.m. 1st and 3rd Thursday | Tuesday Walking Tuesday 3rd Tuesday | Tuesday 3rd Tuesday |
Ukulele 1 (UKES3A) Wednesday p.m. weekly | Wednesday p.m. weekly | Ukulele 2 (UKES3A) Tuesday p.m. weekly | Tuesday p.m. weekly |
Walking Monday a.m. 1st Friday 3rd Monday | Monday a.m. 1st Friday 3rd Monday | Wednesday Walking Wednesday 2nd Wednesday | Wednesday 2nd Wednesday |
Wine Appreciaion 2 Members houses | Members houses | Wine Appreciation Friday p.m. Last week of month | Friday p.m. Last week of month |
Timetable Summary | ||
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Day | Morning | Afternoon |
Monday | Current Affairs Gardening Mindfulness Meditation Music 2 Walking | Bridge 1 Canasta Film Appreciation 1 Film Appreciation 2 Italian 2 Italian Improvers Latin Photography Table Tennis 2 |
Tuesday | Bus Buddies Earth Sciences Further French Jazz Appreciation 1 Racketball Social Psychology | Art Appreciation 1 Bridge 2 Computer Users Group Pickleball Poetry Appreciation Ukulele 2 (UKES3A) |
Wednesday | Art Appreciation 2 Crown Green Bowling German Conversation Reading 1 | French Improvers Spanish Intermediate Ukulele 1 (UKES3A) |
Thursday | Behavioural Psychology French Conversation 2 Golf-Social History Opera Appreciation Thursday Strollers | Italian Beginners 1 Jigsaw Local History Multimedia Art Painting 2 Science Scrabble |
Friday | Amblers Craft Friday Writers Jazz Appreciation 2 Literary Appreciation 1 Mahjong Metaphysics for Dummies Music Performing Social Justice | Cryptic Crossword Puzzlers Music 4 Reading 2 Wine Appreciation |