November 2019
Creative Writing 1
Meets on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 2.00pm in a member’s home in Bude. What do we do? We write short stories and sometimes do little exercises that help with inspiration, plots and layouts. And, we chat a lot! The stories, written at home, vary in length, usually from 500 to 1000 words. They are fairly short because we each read them to the group and receive short written comments from them. The criteria for comments are set…
Find out more »Wild Flower
Meets on the 3rd Friday of each month in a member’s home with many field trips. Our walks/wanders are gentle and cover varying habitats, moorland, cliff, marsh, meadows etc., so that members can find a great variety of wild flowers in different seasons. We learn how to look and not walk past the tiniest flower and how to set about identifying from a simple Flora. We have access to the skills of a true botanist who is willing to help…
Find out more »Scrabble 1
We meet on the first and third Friday of each month at 2:00pm at a member's home. The fascination of words and the fun of board games make this a very popular group.
Find out more »Social Bridge
The Social Bridge group is growing slowly. We continue to enjoy modest success in attracting people, typically who played bridge years ago and want to keep the grey cells active by taking it up again in a non-competitive and friendly environment where bidding and play can be discussed constructively. We particularly welcome those who enjoy a stress-free, good-tempered game of rubber bridge without the pressure and high emotion of some club duplicate play! We aim to meet in a member’s home…
Find out more »Hands On Day
Meets on the 3rd Wednesday of each month from 10.00am to 4.00pm in various member’s homes. If you have some project that you never seem to have time to complete this group is for you. You can spend a whole day or half a day on things like researching, writing, painting and all types of handcrafts without the usual distractions of everyday life and in a convivial atmosphere. Please note: Since there are only a couple of people coming to"…
Find out more »Discussion
Meets on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 2.15pm in a member’s home. Subjects for discussion may either be planned in advance or dealt with spontaneously. The atmosphere is relaxed and informal, and not without humour! No subject is too controversial to discuss.
Find out more »Creative Writing 2
Meets on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 2.30pm in a member’s home in Holsworthy. Our key group objective is to improve our skills across the gamut of creative writing. As part of our learning process we rely on peer review, consequently all members must have email access. To encourage creativity we have also engaged in publishing the fruits of our increasing skills through our joint publishing enterprise - Old Oak Publications. Our works are available through e-publishing and…
Find out more »Psychology
Meets on the 3rd Wednesday each month at 2.30pm in a member’s home in Holsworthy. We explore all aspects of psychology. Topics are suggested by members. The members have varied expertise but mainly share an interest in what makes us tick.
Find out more »Singing for Fun
We meet on the 2nd and 4th Friday of each month at 2:30pm at a member's home. We always have fun and enjoy all types of music. Remember that music and singing are good for you and can even improve your health. We visit Fairfield Residential Home on the 1st Monday of each month where the residents look forward to singing along from our song sheets.
Find out more »Scrabble 2/Word Games
We meet on the fourth Monday of the month at 2:30pm at a member's home. Scrabble with other word games added, such as Quiddler, Upwords and Boggle. Fun and friendly afternoons.
Find out more »Serendipity 1
We meet on the 4th Wednesday of each month at 2:30pm at a member’s home, with occasional trips out. Serendipity can be defined as the gift of making fortunate discoveries by accident, so this group was conceived back in 2006 with the aim ‘to support, enable and encourage the exploration of an idea or project and to be inspired by one another to try something unexpected and different’. We only plan a month or possibly two ahead and are extremely…
Find out more »Serendipity 2
Meets on the last Thursday of each month at 2.30pm in a member’s home or out on a field trip. Serendipity is the discovery, by chance, of pleasing and/or interesting things! So, in our Serendipity 2 Group, we don’t plan things too far ahead. We are open to members’ suggestions and then learn a great deal at our meetings about our local landscapes, community and sometimes ourselves from either visiting places or doing something constructive, for instance crafts or discussion…
Find out more »Photography 1
We meet on the last Friday of each month at 10:30am at a member's home. A different subject is chosen each month and it is interesting to see the many different interpretations that members present. This group will suit all levels of expertise (or none) and is a perfect opportunity to learn from others which is, of course, what U3A is all about.
Find out more »December 2019
News and Views
We meet on the first Tuesday of each month at 10:30am to 12 noon at a member's home. The concept is informal discussion on current affairs. Attributes required for this group are an enquiring mind, the willingness to share, to listen and have fun.
Find out more »Poetry – Close Reading
Meets on the 1st Thursday of each month at 10.30am in a member’s home. Despite the rather dry-sounding name of our group, we are kept young and lively by the excitement of looking into poems as if they were deep rock-pools, with different things swimming around inside them. We take it in turns to choose a poet, and then select half a dozen or so of their poems, with every member having a chance to look at them in advance…
Find out more »History of Art
Meets on the 1st Thursday of each month at 2.00pm in a member’s home in Bude. We study, present, look at and discuss paintings by established artists worldwide. Twice a year we visit local gallery art exhibitions, usually between a lunch and afternoon tea at our chosen venue. Our yearly ‘Fakes’ exhibition is in December rendering ‘our take’ on the work we have looked at during the year.
Find out more »Scrabble 1
We meet on the first and third Friday of each month at 2:00pm at a member's home. The fascination of words and the fun of board games make this a very popular group.
Find out more »Social Bridge
The Social Bridge group is growing slowly. We continue to enjoy modest success in attracting people, typically who played bridge years ago and want to keep the grey cells active by taking it up again in a non-competitive and friendly environment where bidding and play can be discussed constructively. We particularly welcome those who enjoy a stress-free, good-tempered game of rubber bridge without the pressure and high emotion of some club duplicate play! We aim to meet in a member’s home…
Find out more »Sharing Music
We meet on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 2:30pm in a member's home. We have a schedule for each of the monthly meetings from September to July (taking a break in August to allow members time to indulge in holiday pursuits). A small ‘steering committee’ composes the yearly schedule, including the many requests from members that have been submitted. Many of the monthly meetings are ‘Free for All’ with everyone encouraged to bring two or more of their…
Find out more »Book Club
We meet on the second Wednesday of each month at 2:30pm in a member's home in the Holsworthy area. We source our books from Bude Library’s Book Group Collection, reading one of their recommendations each month. We are a relaxed, friendly group who share responsibility for leading each meeting by researching the author etc. and we learn from each other, sometimes giving a book or author a second read after our discussions.
Find out more »Poetry
Meets on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 2.30pm in a member’s home. This group is always free choice. Members bring along any poem that they think others will enjoy.
Find out more »Creative Writing 1
Meets on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 2.00pm in a member’s home in Bude. What do we do? We write short stories and sometimes do little exercises that help with inspiration, plots and layouts. And, we chat a lot! The stories, written at home, vary in length, usually from 500 to 1000 words. They are fairly short because we each read them to the group and receive short written comments from them. The criteria for comments are set…
Find out more »Singing for Fun
We meet on the 2nd and 4th Friday of each month at 2:30pm at a member's home. We always have fun and enjoy all types of music. Remember that music and singing are good for you and can even improve your health. We visit Fairfield Residential Home on the 1st Monday of each month where the residents look forward to singing along from our song sheets.
Find out more »Discussion
Meets on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 2.15pm in a member’s home. Subjects for discussion may either be planned in advance or dealt with spontaneously. The atmosphere is relaxed and informal, and not without humour! No subject is too controversial to discuss.
Find out more »Hands On Day
Meets on the 3rd Wednesday of each month from 10.00am to 4.00pm in various member’s homes. If you have some project that you never seem to have time to complete this group is for you. You can spend a whole day or half a day on things like researching, writing, painting and all types of handcrafts without the usual distractions of everyday life and in a convivial atmosphere. Please note: Since there are only a couple of people coming to"…
Find out more »Creative Writing 2
Meets on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 2.30pm in a member’s home in Holsworthy. Our key group objective is to improve our skills across the gamut of creative writing. As part of our learning process we rely on peer review, consequently all members must have email access. To encourage creativity we have also engaged in publishing the fruits of our increasing skills through our joint publishing enterprise - Old Oak Publications. Our works are available through e-publishing and…
Find out more »Psychology
Meets on the 3rd Wednesday each month at 2.30pm in a member’s home in Holsworthy. We explore all aspects of psychology. Topics are suggested by members. The members have varied expertise but mainly share an interest in what makes us tick.
Find out more »Wild Flower
Meets on the 3rd Friday of each month in a member’s home with many field trips. Our walks/wanders are gentle and cover varying habitats, moorland, cliff, marsh, meadows etc., so that members can find a great variety of wild flowers in different seasons. We learn how to look and not walk past the tiniest flower and how to set about identifying from a simple Flora. We have access to the skills of a true botanist who is willing to help…
Find out more »Scrabble 1
We meet on the first and third Friday of each month at 2:00pm at a member's home. The fascination of words and the fun of board games make this a very popular group.
Find out more »Social Bridge
The Social Bridge group is growing slowly. We continue to enjoy modest success in attracting people, typically who played bridge years ago and want to keep the grey cells active by taking it up again in a non-competitive and friendly environment where bidding and play can be discussed constructively. We particularly welcome those who enjoy a stress-free, good-tempered game of rubber bridge without the pressure and high emotion of some club duplicate play! We aim to meet in a member’s home…
Find out more »Scrabble 2/Word Games
We meet on the fourth Monday of the month at 2:30pm at a member's home. Scrabble with other word games added, such as Quiddler, Upwords and Boggle. Fun and friendly afternoons.
Find out more »Serendipity 1
We meet on the 4th Wednesday of each month at 2:30pm at a member’s home, with occasional trips out. Serendipity can be defined as the gift of making fortunate discoveries by accident, so this group was conceived back in 2006 with the aim ‘to support, enable and encourage the exploration of an idea or project and to be inspired by one another to try something unexpected and different’. We only plan a month or possibly two ahead and are extremely…
Find out more »Serendipity 2
Meets on the last Thursday of each month at 2.30pm in a member’s home or out on a field trip. Serendipity is the discovery, by chance, of pleasing and/or interesting things! So, in our Serendipity 2 Group, we don’t plan things too far ahead. We are open to members’ suggestions and then learn a great deal at our meetings about our local landscapes, community and sometimes ourselves from either visiting places or doing something constructive, for instance crafts or discussion…
Find out more »Photography 1
We meet on the last Friday of each month at 10:30am at a member's home. A different subject is chosen each month and it is interesting to see the many different interpretations that members present. This group will suit all levels of expertise (or none) and is a perfect opportunity to learn from others which is, of course, what U3A is all about.
Find out more »Singing for Fun
We meet on the 2nd and 4th Friday of each month at 2:30pm at a member's home. We always have fun and enjoy all types of music. Remember that music and singing are good for you and can even improve your health. We visit Fairfield Residential Home on the 1st Monday of each month where the residents look forward to singing along from our song sheets.
Find out more »January 2020
Poetry – Close Reading
Meets on the 1st Thursday of each month at 10.30am in a member’s home. Despite the rather dry-sounding name of our group, we are kept young and lively by the excitement of looking into poems as if they were deep rock-pools, with different things swimming around inside them. We take it in turns to choose a poet, and then select half a dozen or so of their poems, with every member having a chance to look at them in advance…
Find out more »History of Art
Meets on the 1st Thursday of each month at 2.00pm in a member’s home in Bude. We study, present, look at and discuss paintings by established artists worldwide. Twice a year we visit local gallery art exhibitions, usually between a lunch and afternoon tea at our chosen venue. Our yearly ‘Fakes’ exhibition is in December rendering ‘our take’ on the work we have looked at during the year.
Find out more »Scrabble 1
We meet on the first and third Friday of each month at 2:00pm at a member's home. The fascination of words and the fun of board games make this a very popular group.
Find out more »Social Bridge
The Social Bridge group is growing slowly. We continue to enjoy modest success in attracting people, typically who played bridge years ago and want to keep the grey cells active by taking it up again in a non-competitive and friendly environment where bidding and play can be discussed constructively. We particularly welcome those who enjoy a stress-free, good-tempered game of rubber bridge without the pressure and high emotion of some club duplicate play! We aim to meet in a member’s home…
Find out more »News and Views
We meet on the first Tuesday of each month at 10:30am to 12 noon at a member's home. The concept is informal discussion on current affairs. Attributes required for this group are an enquiring mind, the willingness to share, to listen and have fun.
Find out more »Book Club
We meet on the second Wednesday of each month at 2:30pm in a member's home in the Holsworthy area. We source our books from Bude Library’s Book Group Collection, reading one of their recommendations each month. We are a relaxed, friendly group who share responsibility for leading each meeting by researching the author etc. and we learn from each other, sometimes giving a book or author a second read after our discussions.
Find out more »Poetry
Meets on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 2.30pm in a member’s home. This group is always free choice. Members bring along any poem that they think others will enjoy.
Find out more »Creative Writing 1
Meets on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 2.00pm in a member’s home in Bude. What do we do? We write short stories and sometimes do little exercises that help with inspiration, plots and layouts. And, we chat a lot! The stories, written at home, vary in length, usually from 500 to 1000 words. They are fairly short because we each read them to the group and receive short written comments from them. The criteria for comments are set…
Find out more »Singing for Fun
We meet on the 2nd and 4th Friday of each month at 2:30pm at a member's home. We always have fun and enjoy all types of music. Remember that music and singing are good for you and can even improve your health. We visit Fairfield Residential Home on the 1st Monday of each month where the residents look forward to singing along from our song sheets.
Find out more »Sharing Music
We meet on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 2:30pm in a member's home. We have a schedule for each of the monthly meetings from September to July (taking a break in August to allow members time to indulge in holiday pursuits). A small ‘steering committee’ composes the yearly schedule, including the many requests from members that have been submitted. Many of the monthly meetings are ‘Free for All’ with everyone encouraged to bring two or more of their…
Find out more »Creative Writing 2
Meets on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 2.30pm in a member’s home in Holsworthy. Our key group objective is to improve our skills across the gamut of creative writing. As part of our learning process we rely on peer review, consequently all members must have email access. To encourage creativity we have also engaged in publishing the fruits of our increasing skills through our joint publishing enterprise - Old Oak Publications. Our works are available through e-publishing and…
Find out more »Psychology
Meets on the 3rd Wednesday each month at 2.30pm in a member’s home in Holsworthy. We explore all aspects of psychology. Topics are suggested by members. The members have varied expertise but mainly share an interest in what makes us tick.
Find out more »Wild Flower
Meets on the 3rd Friday of each month in a member’s home with many field trips. Our walks/wanders are gentle and cover varying habitats, moorland, cliff, marsh, meadows etc., so that members can find a great variety of wild flowers in different seasons. We learn how to look and not walk past the tiniest flower and how to set about identifying from a simple Flora. We have access to the skills of a true botanist who is willing to help…
Find out more »Scrabble 1
We meet on the first and third Friday of each month at 2:00pm at a member's home. The fascination of words and the fun of board games make this a very popular group.
Find out more »Social Bridge
The Social Bridge group is growing slowly. We continue to enjoy modest success in attracting people, typically who played bridge years ago and want to keep the grey cells active by taking it up again in a non-competitive and friendly environment where bidding and play can be discussed constructively. We particularly welcome those who enjoy a stress-free, good-tempered game of rubber bridge without the pressure and high emotion of some club duplicate play! We aim to meet in a member’s home…
Find out more »Hands On Day
Meets on the 3rd Wednesday of each month from 10.00am to 4.00pm in various member’s homes. If you have some project that you never seem to have time to complete this group is for you. You can spend a whole day or half a day on things like researching, writing, painting and all types of handcrafts without the usual distractions of everyday life and in a convivial atmosphere. Please note: Since there are only a couple of people coming to"…
Find out more »Discussion
Meets on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 2.15pm in a member’s home. Subjects for discussion may either be planned in advance or dealt with spontaneously. The atmosphere is relaxed and informal, and not without humour! No subject is too controversial to discuss.
Find out more »Serendipity 1
We meet on the 4th Wednesday of each month at 2:30pm at a member’s home, with occasional trips out. Serendipity can be defined as the gift of making fortunate discoveries by accident, so this group was conceived back in 2006 with the aim ‘to support, enable and encourage the exploration of an idea or project and to be inspired by one another to try something unexpected and different’. We only plan a month or possibly two ahead and are extremely…
Find out more »Singing for Fun
We meet on the 2nd and 4th Friday of each month at 2:30pm at a member's home. We always have fun and enjoy all types of music. Remember that music and singing are good for you and can even improve your health. We visit Fairfield Residential Home on the 1st Monday of each month where the residents look forward to singing along from our song sheets.
Find out more »Scrabble 2/Word Games
We meet on the fourth Monday of the month at 2:30pm at a member's home. Scrabble with other word games added, such as Quiddler, Upwords and Boggle. Fun and friendly afternoons.
Find out more »Serendipity 2
Meets on the last Thursday of each month at 2.30pm in a member’s home or out on a field trip. Serendipity is the discovery, by chance, of pleasing and/or interesting things! So, in our Serendipity 2 Group, we don’t plan things too far ahead. We are open to members’ suggestions and then learn a great deal at our meetings about our local landscapes, community and sometimes ourselves from either visiting places or doing something constructive, for instance crafts or discussion…
Find out more »Photography 1
We meet on the last Friday of each month at 10:30am at a member's home. A different subject is chosen each month and it is interesting to see the many different interpretations that members present. This group will suit all levels of expertise (or none) and is a perfect opportunity to learn from others which is, of course, what U3A is all about.
Find out more »February 2020
News and Views
We meet on the first Tuesday of each month at 10:30am to 12 noon at a member's home. The concept is informal discussion on current affairs. Attributes required for this group are an enquiring mind, the willingness to share, to listen and have fun.
Find out more »Poetry – Close Reading
Meets on the 1st Thursday of each month at 10.30am in a member’s home. Despite the rather dry-sounding name of our group, we are kept young and lively by the excitement of looking into poems as if they were deep rock-pools, with different things swimming around inside them. We take it in turns to choose a poet, and then select half a dozen or so of their poems, with every member having a chance to look at them in advance…
Find out more »History of Art
Meets on the 1st Thursday of each month at 2.00pm in a member’s home in Bude. We study, present, look at and discuss paintings by established artists worldwide. Twice a year we visit local gallery art exhibitions, usually between a lunch and afternoon tea at our chosen venue. Our yearly ‘Fakes’ exhibition is in December rendering ‘our take’ on the work we have looked at during the year.
Find out more »Scrabble 1
We meet on the first and third Friday of each month at 2:00pm at a member's home. The fascination of words and the fun of board games make this a very popular group.
Find out more »Social Bridge
The Social Bridge group is growing slowly. We continue to enjoy modest success in attracting people, typically who played bridge years ago and want to keep the grey cells active by taking it up again in a non-competitive and friendly environment where bidding and play can be discussed constructively. We particularly welcome those who enjoy a stress-free, good-tempered game of rubber bridge without the pressure and high emotion of some club duplicate play! We aim to meet in a member’s home…
Find out more »Sharing Music
We meet on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 2:30pm in a member's home. We have a schedule for each of the monthly meetings from September to July (taking a break in August to allow members time to indulge in holiday pursuits). A small ‘steering committee’ composes the yearly schedule, including the many requests from members that have been submitted. Many of the monthly meetings are ‘Free for All’ with everyone encouraged to bring two or more of their…
Find out more »Book Club
We meet on the second Wednesday of each month at 2:30pm in a member's home in the Holsworthy area. We source our books from Bude Library’s Book Group Collection, reading one of their recommendations each month. We are a relaxed, friendly group who share responsibility for leading each meeting by researching the author etc. and we learn from each other, sometimes giving a book or author a second read after our discussions.
Find out more »Poetry
Meets on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 2.30pm in a member’s home. This group is always free choice. Members bring along any poem that they think others will enjoy.
Find out more »Creative Writing 1
Meets on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 2.00pm in a member’s home in Bude. What do we do? We write short stories and sometimes do little exercises that help with inspiration, plots and layouts. And, we chat a lot! The stories, written at home, vary in length, usually from 500 to 1000 words. They are fairly short because we each read them to the group and receive short written comments from them. The criteria for comments are set…
Find out more »Singing for Fun
We meet on the 2nd and 4th Friday of each month at 2:30pm at a member's home. We always have fun and enjoy all types of music. Remember that music and singing are good for you and can even improve your health. We visit Fairfield Residential Home on the 1st Monday of each month where the residents look forward to singing along from our song sheets.
Find out more »Hands On Day
Meets on the 3rd Wednesday of each month from 10.00am to 4.00pm in various member’s homes. If you have some project that you never seem to have time to complete this group is for you. You can spend a whole day or half a day on things like researching, writing, painting and all types of handcrafts without the usual distractions of everyday life and in a convivial atmosphere. Please note: Since there are only a couple of people coming to"…
Find out more »Discussion
Meets on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 2.15pm in a member’s home. Subjects for discussion may either be planned in advance or dealt with spontaneously. The atmosphere is relaxed and informal, and not without humour! No subject is too controversial to discuss.
Find out more »Creative Writing 2
Meets on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 2.30pm in a member’s home in Holsworthy. Our key group objective is to improve our skills across the gamut of creative writing. As part of our learning process we rely on peer review, consequently all members must have email access. To encourage creativity we have also engaged in publishing the fruits of our increasing skills through our joint publishing enterprise - Old Oak Publications. Our works are available through e-publishing and…
Find out more »Psychology
Meets on the 3rd Wednesday each month at 2.30pm in a member’s home in Holsworthy. We explore all aspects of psychology. Topics are suggested by members. The members have varied expertise but mainly share an interest in what makes us tick.
Find out more »Wild Flower
Meets on the 3rd Friday of each month in a member’s home with many field trips. Our walks/wanders are gentle and cover varying habitats, moorland, cliff, marsh, meadows etc., so that members can find a great variety of wild flowers in different seasons. We learn how to look and not walk past the tiniest flower and how to set about identifying from a simple Flora. We have access to the skills of a true botanist who is willing to help…
Find out more »Scrabble 1
We meet on the first and third Friday of each month at 2:00pm at a member's home. The fascination of words and the fun of board games make this a very popular group.
Find out more »Social Bridge
The Social Bridge group is growing slowly. We continue to enjoy modest success in attracting people, typically who played bridge years ago and want to keep the grey cells active by taking it up again in a non-competitive and friendly environment where bidding and play can be discussed constructively. We particularly welcome those who enjoy a stress-free, good-tempered game of rubber bridge without the pressure and high emotion of some club duplicate play! We aim to meet in a member’s home…
Find out more »Scrabble 2/Word Games
We meet on the fourth Monday of the month at 2:30pm at a member's home. Scrabble with other word games added, such as Quiddler, Upwords and Boggle. Fun and friendly afternoons.
Find out more »Serendipity 1
We meet on the 4th Wednesday of each month at 2:30pm at a member’s home, with occasional trips out. Serendipity can be defined as the gift of making fortunate discoveries by accident, so this group was conceived back in 2006 with the aim ‘to support, enable and encourage the exploration of an idea or project and to be inspired by one another to try something unexpected and different’. We only plan a month or possibly two ahead and are extremely…
Find out more »Serendipity 2
Meets on the last Thursday of each month at 2.30pm in a member’s home or out on a field trip. Serendipity is the discovery, by chance, of pleasing and/or interesting things! So, in our Serendipity 2 Group, we don’t plan things too far ahead. We are open to members’ suggestions and then learn a great deal at our meetings about our local landscapes, community and sometimes ourselves from either visiting places or doing something constructive, for instance crafts or discussion…
Find out more »Photography 1
We meet on the last Friday of each month at 10:30am at a member's home. A different subject is chosen each month and it is interesting to see the many different interpretations that members present. This group will suit all levels of expertise (or none) and is a perfect opportunity to learn from others which is, of course, what U3A is all about.
Find out more »Singing for Fun
We meet on the 2nd and 4th Friday of each month at 2:30pm at a member's home. We always have fun and enjoy all types of music. Remember that music and singing are good for you and can even improve your health. We visit Fairfield Residential Home on the 1st Monday of each month where the residents look forward to singing along from our song sheets.
Find out more »March 2020
News and Views
We meet on the first Tuesday of each month at 10:30am to 12 noon at a member's home. The concept is informal discussion on current affairs. Attributes required for this group are an enquiring mind, the willingness to share, to listen and have fun.
Find out more »Poetry – Close Reading
Meets on the 1st Thursday of each month at 10.30am in a member’s home. Despite the rather dry-sounding name of our group, we are kept young and lively by the excitement of looking into poems as if they were deep rock-pools, with different things swimming around inside them. We take it in turns to choose a poet, and then select half a dozen or so of their poems, with every member having a chance to look at them in advance…
Find out more »History of Art
Meets on the 1st Thursday of each month at 2.00pm in a member’s home in Bude. We study, present, look at and discuss paintings by established artists worldwide. Twice a year we visit local gallery art exhibitions, usually between a lunch and afternoon tea at our chosen venue. Our yearly ‘Fakes’ exhibition is in December rendering ‘our take’ on the work we have looked at during the year.
Find out more »Scrabble 1
We meet on the first and third Friday of each month at 2:00pm at a member's home. The fascination of words and the fun of board games make this a very popular group.
Find out more »Social Bridge
The Social Bridge group is growing slowly. We continue to enjoy modest success in attracting people, typically who played bridge years ago and want to keep the grey cells active by taking it up again in a non-competitive and friendly environment where bidding and play can be discussed constructively. We particularly welcome those who enjoy a stress-free, good-tempered game of rubber bridge without the pressure and high emotion of some club duplicate play! We aim to meet in a member’s home…
Find out more »Sharing Music
We meet on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 2:30pm in a member's home. We have a schedule for each of the monthly meetings from September to July (taking a break in August to allow members time to indulge in holiday pursuits). A small ‘steering committee’ composes the yearly schedule, including the many requests from members that have been submitted. Many of the monthly meetings are ‘Free for All’ with everyone encouraged to bring two or more of their…
Find out more »Book Club
We meet on the second Wednesday of each month at 2:30pm in a member's home in the Holsworthy area. We source our books from Bude Library’s Book Group Collection, reading one of their recommendations each month. We are a relaxed, friendly group who share responsibility for leading each meeting by researching the author etc. and we learn from each other, sometimes giving a book or author a second read after our discussions.
Find out more »Poetry
Meets on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 2.30pm in a member’s home. This group is always free choice. Members bring along any poem that they think others will enjoy.
Find out more »Creative Writing 1
Meets on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 2.00pm in a member’s home in Bude. What do we do? We write short stories and sometimes do little exercises that help with inspiration, plots and layouts. And, we chat a lot! The stories, written at home, vary in length, usually from 500 to 1000 words. They are fairly short because we each read them to the group and receive short written comments from them. The criteria for comments are set…
Find out more »Singing for Fun
We meet on the 2nd and 4th Friday of each month at 2:30pm at a member's home. We always have fun and enjoy all types of music. Remember that music and singing are good for you and can even improve your health. We visit Fairfield Residential Home on the 1st Monday of each month where the residents look forward to singing along from our song sheets.
Find out more »Discussion
Meets on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 2.15pm in a member’s home. Subjects for discussion may either be planned in advance or dealt with spontaneously. The atmosphere is relaxed and informal, and not without humour! No subject is too controversial to discuss.
Find out more »Hands On Day
Meets on the 3rd Wednesday of each month from 10.00am to 4.00pm in various member’s homes. If you have some project that you never seem to have time to complete this group is for you. You can spend a whole day or half a day on things like researching, writing, painting and all types of handcrafts without the usual distractions of everyday life and in a convivial atmosphere. Please note: Since there are only a couple of people coming to"…
Find out more »Creative Writing 2
Meets on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 2.30pm in a member’s home in Holsworthy. Our key group objective is to improve our skills across the gamut of creative writing. As part of our learning process we rely on peer review, consequently all members must have email access. To encourage creativity we have also engaged in publishing the fruits of our increasing skills through our joint publishing enterprise - Old Oak Publications. Our works are available through e-publishing and…
Find out more »Psychology
Meets on the 3rd Wednesday each month at 2.30pm in a member’s home in Holsworthy. We explore all aspects of psychology. Topics are suggested by members. The members have varied expertise but mainly share an interest in what makes us tick.
Find out more »Wild Flower
Meets on the 3rd Friday of each month in a member’s home with many field trips. Our walks/wanders are gentle and cover varying habitats, moorland, cliff, marsh, meadows etc., so that members can find a great variety of wild flowers in different seasons. We learn how to look and not walk past the tiniest flower and how to set about identifying from a simple Flora. We have access to the skills of a true botanist who is willing to help…
Find out more »Scrabble 1
We meet on the first and third Friday of each month at 2:00pm at a member's home. The fascination of words and the fun of board games make this a very popular group.
Find out more »Social Bridge
The Social Bridge group is growing slowly. We continue to enjoy modest success in attracting people, typically who played bridge years ago and want to keep the grey cells active by taking it up again in a non-competitive and friendly environment where bidding and play can be discussed constructively. We particularly welcome those who enjoy a stress-free, good-tempered game of rubber bridge without the pressure and high emotion of some club duplicate play! We aim to meet in a member’s home…
Find out more »Scrabble 2/Word Games
We meet on the fourth Monday of the month at 2:30pm at a member's home. Scrabble with other word games added, such as Quiddler, Upwords and Boggle. Fun and friendly afternoons.
Find out more »Serendipity 1
We meet on the 4th Wednesday of each month at 2:30pm at a member’s home, with occasional trips out. Serendipity can be defined as the gift of making fortunate discoveries by accident, so this group was conceived back in 2006 with the aim ‘to support, enable and encourage the exploration of an idea or project and to be inspired by one another to try something unexpected and different’. We only plan a month or possibly two ahead and are extremely…
Find out more »Serendipity 2
Meets on the last Thursday of each month at 2.30pm in a member’s home or out on a field trip. Serendipity is the discovery, by chance, of pleasing and/or interesting things! So, in our Serendipity 2 Group, we don’t plan things too far ahead. We are open to members’ suggestions and then learn a great deal at our meetings about our local landscapes, community and sometimes ourselves from either visiting places or doing something constructive, for instance crafts or discussion…
Find out more »Photography 1
We meet on the last Friday of each month at 10:30am at a member's home. A different subject is chosen each month and it is interesting to see the many different interpretations that members present. This group will suit all levels of expertise (or none) and is a perfect opportunity to learn from others which is, of course, what U3A is all about.
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