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Groups at Newcastle u3a

An overview of our Groups and how they operate is given at the bottom of this page below "List of Groups". Group activities (weekly, monthly, etc) are now NOT listed on our website so please contact the Groups for more information. Please also read our Events page.

Groups listed alphabetically

  • About Wine
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    First Friday
  • AGM for all members.
    Status: Active
    On Wednesday afternoons 1:00 pm-2:30 pm
    annually, February, duration about 30 minutes during our regular February monthly meeting at Brunswick Hall.
  • Architecture.
    Status: Waiting list
    On Saturday mornings 10:30 am-12:00 pm
    Usually 1st Saturday but varies.
  • Board Games.
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:30 am-12:00 pm
    4th Tuesday.
  • Bob Dylan - his life and work.
    Status: Dormant
    Monthly on Sunday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
  • Bookcase Discussion.
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
    1st Tuesday
  • Books.
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday mornings
    4th Monday
  • Brunswick Hall Monthly Meeting.
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 1:15 pm-3:00 pm
    2nd Wednesday. No zoom.
  • Chess.
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:30 am-12:00 pm
    1st Thursday
  • City Lunch.
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 12:15 pm-2:00 pm
    4th Tuesday
  • Committee Meeting
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Friday mornings 10:30 am-12:30 pm
    1st Friday including Zoom.
  • Craft.
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Tuesday mornings 10:30 am-12:00 pm
    1st & 3rd Tuesdays
  • Creative Writing.
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Wednesday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
    1st & 3rd Wednesdays & Zoom
  • Discussion
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:30 am-12:00 pm
    4th Wednesday. Optional extra refreshments afterwards at a local pub or cafe.
  • Dowsing.
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 1:00 pm-3:00 pm
    3rd Tuesday
  • Drop in Session.
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:00 pm
    1st Thursday
  • Easy German: Conversation & Culture.
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Saturday mornings 11:00 am-12:30 pm
    2nd Saturday, monthly.
  • Family History.
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
    4th Friday & Zoom
  • Favourite Films.
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons 1:30 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd Thursday
  • Favourite Musicals.
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:30 am-12:30 pm
    2nd Thursday.
  • French Conversation.
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:00 pm
    Mondays weekly
  • Friday Sing.
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Fridays 1:30 pm-3:00 pm
    4th Friday montlhy.
  • Fun Bridge.
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Monday mornings 10:30 am-12:00 pm
    every Monday except bank hols.
  • Gardening Matters
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday mornings 11:00 am-12:30 pm
    1st Wednesday
  • General History.
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 1:00 pm-2:30 pm
    3rd Wednesday & Zoom
  • Geology.
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:30 am-12:00 pm
    4th Thursday.
  • Good Read.
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
    4th Monday with Zoom
  • Group Leaders Meeting
    Status: Full
    twice per year. To be announced (see Events below)
  • Historical Humour
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
    4th Wednesday
  • I.T. & Computing
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Tuesday mornings 10:30 am-11:30 am
    10:15 for 10:30 on zoom
  • I.T. in person
    Status: Active
    Monthly 2:00 pm-3:00 pm
    fourth Thursday
  • Industrial History.
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
    1st Tuesday
  • Italian Culture.
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
    4th Wednesday
  • Line Dancing Beginners.
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Wednesdays 11:00 am-12:00 pm
  • Local History Past and Present
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursdays 10:30 am-12:00 pm
    3rd Thursday
  • Local History Walking Through Time.
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:30 am-12:00 pm
    usually 2nd Thursday monthly.
  • Model Railways.
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
    4th Tuesday monthly
  • Modern Jazz.
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Sunday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
    4th Sunday monthly.
  • Music For Pleasure.
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons 1:45 pm-3:30 pm
    4th Thursdays monthly & Zoom
  • Novels in Translation.
    Status: Waiting list
    10:30 am-11:30 am
    second Tuesday of the month
  • Open day for everyone.
    Status: Active
    Please see Events listed below.
  • Philosophy 1.
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
    4th Tuesday monthly
  • Philosophy 2.
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
    2nd Tuesday.
  • Philosophy 3.
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
    3rd Tuesday.
  • Pilates 1.
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Wednesdays 10:15 am-11:15 am
    4/5 week courses, pre-booking required.
  • Pilates 2.
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 11:45 am-12:45 pm
    4/5 week course for one calendar month, pre-booking required.
  • Play Reading.
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:00 pm
    1st Thursday
  • Poetry Appreciation.
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons 1:00 pm-2:30 pm
    3rd Thursday & Zoom
  • Positive Psychology 1: The Science of Happiness.
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:30 am-12:00 pm
    3nd Tuesdays monthly.
  • Positive Psychology 2: The Science of Happiness.
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:00 pm
    3rd Wednesday.
  • Quiz.
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 1:00 pm-3:00 pm
    2nd Mondays
  • Really Useful Group (RUGs)
    Status: Active
    Occasional meetings will be confirmed
  • Scrabble.
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:30 am-12:00 pm
    2nd Tuesdays
  • Shakespeare.
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Saturday all day 10:30 am-3:00 pm
    4th Saturday morning and afternoon - you choose.
  • Short Tennis 1.
    Status: Waiting list
    Weekly on Monday mornings 11:00 am-12:00 pm
    Mondays
  • Short Tennis 2.
    Status: Waiting list
    Weekly on Friday mornings 11:00 am-12:00 pm
  • Storytellers.
    Status: Active
    On Thursday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
    2nd & 4th Thursdays.
  • Sunday Lunch.
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Sunday afternoons 12:00 pm-2:00 pm
    2nd Sunday
  • Table Tennis 1.
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Tuesday mornings 11:00 am-12:00 pm
    every Tuesday.
  • Talking About Art.
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 1:00 pm-2:30 pm
    1st Monday also with Zoom
  • Travel Tales
    Status: Active
    10:30 am
    first Thursday of the month
  • Ukulele.
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Thursday mornings 11:00 am-12:30 pm
    Even weeks of the year
  • Walking: Best Foot Forward
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:30 am-4:00 pm
    4th Tuesday
  • Yoga 1.
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Friday mornings 10:30 am-11:30 am
    booking is essential, usually a block of 4 or 5 consecutive weeks in each month.
  • Yoga 2.
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Fridays 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
    booking is essential, usually a block of 4 or 5 consecutive weeks in a calendar month.

An overview of our Groups and how they operate

At Newcastle u3a we organise "Interest Groups" where like-minded people get together and learn, play or talk about a variety of subjects. We are all unpaid volunteers, creating our own self-help self-programming groups.

We do not run formal courses of study. For those, try "night classes" or college courses. We do not usually use or pay outside tutors or speakers except in special cases.		Groups, contacts, and descriptions:
Click on group/s of your choice in the list below. Each Group arranges its own series of activities, usually monthly but sometime more frequently. These activities are now NOT listed on our website but please contact the Group to find out.

Group registers: each Group keeps a record of all attendees at their events. Group Registers (with months) Group Registers (no dates)
Each Group is lead by a Group Coordinator who is responsible for coordinating the ideas of all group members to enable the whole Group to enjoy learning and socialising by sharing their knowledge, skill, or enthusiasm on the subject, perhaps each taking a turn at leading, organising a particular meeting, or just making a brief presentation about something that interests them.More information: to contact a group please click on the email link for that group.
Members and prospective members please read our Events page for our big events such as Brunswick Monthly Meetings, Open Days, regional or national u3a events. Group activities are now NOT listed on our Events page so please contact a Group for more information.

Members may attend any and all sessions (group or other event) but you should contact the relevant Group Leader to find out if a Group that you wish to attend for the first time, has vacancies. Some Groups are full and may not be able accept any new members at present.		New Groups: What about you starting an exercise group such as walking (its started!) or croquet? A get your hands dirty group such as gardening (its starting) or litter picking? Learn, laugh, and live by sharing your interests and skills and make new friends. Contact us with your ideas so we can help you develop it.

Other new groups proposed and holding inaugural meetings: All Things Gardening, All Things Wine, Line Dancing, Ukulele Beginners, Yoga/Pilates.