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Melton Mowbray

Groups


Group News


New Groups Starting in October
BOARD GAMES
Everyone brings a game(s) just play and enjoy!
Dates, times & venue TBC

EUROPEAN TRAIN TRAVEL
Format in the planning stage. Discover the best routes, share experiences.
Dates, times and venue TBC

Groups that would welcome more members -
Would you like to try:
SCRABBLE 2-4pm 1st and 3rd Tuesday's at member’s house, friendly rivalry
MUSIC FOR FUN 1st and 3rd Friday's, Springfield Street. Sing or play an instrument at any level
Contact Groups Co-ordinator for further information

SATURATION POINT!
We have around 110 groups and some members cannot fit in the groups they would like to attend.
Contact me if you:
- would like to attend a group at a different time, e.g. in the evening or weekend
- would like to attend a group that is full
- have a suggestion for a new group
We will try to start one.
Thank you very much to everyone who helps with the groups.
Dolores Harvey Groups Co-ordinator
Email: groups@u3ameltonmowbray.org.uk

About Our Groups


New Groups

Have an idea for a new group?

Is there an interest, activity or subject you’d love to explore with others? We’d love to hear your ideas. Share your suggestion with our Groups Co-ordinator and it could become the inspiration for our next u3a group. New ideas help keep our programme fresh, varied and shaped by the interests of our members.

Groups listed alphabetically

  • Add to Playlist - Podcast Recommendations
    Status: Active
    Anytime Online
  • AI Exchange
    Status: Active
    Online 24/7
  • Art
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    1st Friday
  • Art Appreciation
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    4th Mondays
  • Backgammon
    Status: Active
    Twice-monthly on Monday mornings 10:30 am-12:30 pm
    2nd & 4th Mondays
  • Beadweaving
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings 9:30 am-12:00 pm
    2nd Tuesday
  • Biography Book Club1
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:15 am-12:15 pm
    1st Wednesday
  • Biography Book Club2
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:15 am-12:15 pm
    2nd Thursday
  • Birdwatching
    Status: Full
  • Bowls - Indoor
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    October - March
  • Bowls - Outdoor
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm
    From End April - End September
  • Bridge Duplicate
    Status: Active
    Twice-monthly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-12:30 pm
    1st & 2nd Thursday
  • Bridge for Beginners
    Status: Full
    Twice-monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd & 4th Thursday
  • British Sign Language
    Status: Waiting list
    Twice-monthly on Thursday mornings 11:00 am-12:30 pm
    1st & 3rd Thursdays Starting February 2026
  • Burton Ethics Discussion
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    2nd Wednesday
  • Calligraphy
    Status: Active
    Twice-monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    1st & 3rd Tuesday
  • Canasta
    Status: Active
    Twice-monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd & 4th Wednesday
  • Car & Transport Group
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    1st Wednesday
  • Card Making
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    4th Friday
  • Check Mates Chess
    Status: Active
    Twice-monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    1st & 3rd Mondays
  • Classical Music
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:30 pm-4:30 pm
    2nd Wednesday
  • Cribbage
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    3rd Monday
  • Croquet
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Thursday afternoons 2:30 pm
    May-September, weather permitting
  • Cross Stitch
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    3rd Mondays
  • Curry
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday evenings
    1st Tuesday
  • Cycling for Fun
    Status: Full
    On Friday mornings
    Twice a month
  • Darts
    Status: Active
    Twice-monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd & 4th Tuesdays
  • Disco
    Status: Active
    On Saturday afternoons 2:00 pm-5:00 pm
  • Discussion: Being Human
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:30 pm-4:30 pm
    2nd Monday
  • Drama
    Status: Active
    Twice-monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd & 4th Tuesday
  • Family History 1
    Status: Full
    Twice-monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    1st & 3rd Wednesday
  • Family History 2
    Status: Active
    Twice-monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    2nd & 4th Wednesday
  • Flower Arranging
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd Thursday
  • Flower Arranging II
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    4th Thursday
  • French Beginners
    Status: Active
    Twice-monthly on Monday mornings 10:30 am-12:00 pm
    1st & 3rd Monday
  • French Conversation
    Status: Waiting list
    Twice-monthly on Monday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    2nd & 4th Monday
  • French Conversation - Voyages en Fauteuil
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
    1st Mon (unless BH then 2nd Mon)
  • French Improvers
    Status: Active
    Twice-monthly on Monday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    1st & 3rd Monday
  • Gardening Group
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    3rd Monday
  • German
    Status: Active
    Twice-monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    1st & 3rd Wednesday
  • Guitar Classical
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Thursday evenings 7:30 pm
  • Guitar for Beginners
    Status: Active
    Twice-monthly on Wednesday mornings 11:00 am-12:00 pm
    1st & 3rd Wednesday
  • Guitar: Practice & Performance
    Status: Waiting list
    Weekly on Tuesday mornings 9:00 am-11:00 am
  • Italian Beginners
    Status: Active
    Twice-monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-11:30 am
    2nd & 4th Wednesday
  • Italian Conversation
    Status: Active
    Twice-monthly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-11:30 am
    2nd & 4th Thursday
  • Latin
    Status: Active
    Twice-monthly on Tuesday mornings 11:00 am-12:00 pm
    1st & 3rd Tuesday
  • Line Dancing
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-11:00 am
    Every Thursday except the 3rd Thursday, 3rd Wednesday instead.
  • Line Dancing Beginners
    Status: Active
    Twice-monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd & 4th Wednesday
  • Local History
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd Friday
  • Lunch
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Fridays
    2nd Friday
  • Mah Jong 1
    Status: Active
    Twice-monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    1st & 4th Thursday
  • Mah Jong 2
    Status: Full
    Twice-monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    1st & 3rd Monday
  • Maths for Fun
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday mornings 10:00 am-11:30 am
    2nd Monday on Zoom
  • Music for Fun
    Status: Active
    Twice-monthly on Fridays
    1st & 3rd Fridays Times vary
  • My Life Story
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd Monday
  • Needlecraft
    Status: Active
    Twice-monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd & 4th Tuesday
  • New Age Kurling 1
    Status: Full
    Twice-monthly on Tuesday mornings 9:30 am-11:30 am
    1st & 3rd Tuesday
  • New Age Kurling 2
    Status: Full
    Twice-monthly mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    1st Monday & 4th Thursday or 5th if appropriate
  • Nordic Walking
    Status: Active
    Twice-monthly on Friday mornings 10:00 am
    1st & 3rd Friday
  • Outings
    Status: Active
    Varies
  • Padel
    Status: Active
    Twice-monthly on Thursday afternoons 3:00 pm-4:00 pm
    1st & 3rd Thursdays
  • Painting
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd Tuesday
  • Patchwork & Quilting1
    Status: Waiting list
    Twice-monthly on Tuesday afternoons 1:00 pm-4:00 pm
    1st & 3rd Tuesday
  • Patchwork and Sewing
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Monday mornings 9:30 am-12:00 pm
    2nd Monday
  • Petanque
    Status: Active
    Twice-monthly on Thursday afternoons 12:00 pm-2:00 pm
    1st & 3rd Thursday
  • Philosophy Discussion
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Friday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    2nd Friday
  • Photography
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    4th Wednesday
  • Poetry for Pleasure 1
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:15 am
    3rd Wednesday
  • Poetry for Pleasure 2
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:30 pm
    4th Wednesday
  • Poetry for Pleasure 3
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    4th Monday
  • QiGong
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Monday mornings
    Two sessions: 10-11 and 11.15-12.12.15 1st Monday (2nd Monday if Bank Holiday)
  • Quiz Team
    Status: Full
    On Tuesday evenings
  • Reading 1
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:30 pm
    2nd Monday, on Zoom
  • Reading Cleves
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
    4th Thursday
  • Reading Dawson
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    3rd Tuesday
  • Reading Thursday
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
    4th Thursday
  • Reading Tuesday Mornings
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:30 am-12:00 pm
    2nd Tuesday
  • Reading Young
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    1st Tuesday
  • Recorder
    Status: Active
    Twice-monthly on Friday afternoons 1:45 pm-3:45 pm
    2nd & 4th Friday
  • Retro
    Status: Full
    Twice-monthly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    1st & 3rd Friday
  • Rummikub
    Status: Active
    Twice-monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    1st & 3rd Thursday
  • Science Matters
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Monday mornings 10:30 am-12:30 pm
    4th Monday
  • Scrabble Club
    Status: Full
    Twice-monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    1st & 3rd Tuesday
  • Singing (Silver Tones)
    Status: Waiting list
    Twice-monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:30 am-12:30 pm
    2nd & 4th Wednesday
  • Singing for Fun
    Status: Waiting list
    Twice-monthly on Tuesday afternoons 1:45 pm-3:45 pm
    1st & 3rd Tuesday
  • Singles 3
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Friday mornings 11:30 am-1:30 pm
    2nd Friday
  • Skittles
    Status: Active
    Twice-monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd & 4th Wednesday PM
  • Spanish Beginners
    Status: Active
    Twice-monthly on Wednesday afternoons 3:30 pm-4:30 pm
    2nd & 4th Wednesdays
  • Spanish Conversation
    Status: Active
    Twice-monthly on Wednesday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:00 pm
    2nd & 4th Wednesday
  • Spanish Improvers
    Status: Active
    Twice-monthly on Thursday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:00 pm
    1st & 3rd Tursday
  • Strolling 1
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    3rd Wednesday
  • Strolling 2
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:30 am
    2nd Tuesday
  • Strolling 3
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:30 am
    4th Tuesday
  • Strolling 4
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm
    3rd Tuesday
  • Strolling 5
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Wednesday mornings
    1st Wednesday
  • Sunday Socials
    Status: Full
    Twice-monthly on Sundays
    1st & 3rd Sundays
  • Tai Chi & Qi Gong
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Tuesday mornings 11:30 am-12:00 pm
  • The Meaning of Life, Belief & Everything
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:30 pm-4:00 pm
    4th Tuesday
  • Theatre Group
    Status: Active
    Depends on the Outing
  • Travel
    Status: Active
  • Ukulele
    Status: Active
    On Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    4th Tuesdays
  • Walking 1st Thursday
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am
    1st Thursday
  • Walking 2nd Monday
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday mornings 10:15 am
    2nd Monday
  • Walking 3rd Wednesday
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am
    3rd Wednesday
  • Watercolours
    Status: Active
    Twice-monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    1st & 3rd Thursday
  • Wood Carving
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Friday mornings 10:00 am-2:00 pm
  • Writing for Pleasure
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    1st Thursday
  • Zentangle
    Status: Active
    Twice-monthly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd & 4th Fridays

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