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Groups

Our many registered interest groups are run by volunteer leaders. Browse the titles by name, category, meeting day or venue and select a group name for more details. Apply to join by contacting the group leader.

Most groups currently have spaces, or will operate a waiting list. Group Leaders should reply within the week. If you do not hear back in that time, leave a message with the office 01904 289 293.

If you would consider starting a group for an interest that you have, read these notes.

Groups listed by meeting day

Monday

  • 21st Century Fiction
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
    3rd Monday of the month
  • Android Beginners
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd Monday of the month
  • Android Experienced Users
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    3rd Monday of the month
  • Archaeology
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Monday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    1st Monday of the month
  • Art for Leisure
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday afternoons
    First Monday of the month
  • Children's Literature
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:00 pm
    1st Monday of the month
  • Creative Writing
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    2nd Monday of the month
  • Crime Fiction by Zoom
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 3:00 pm
    4th Monday of the month
  • Drone Swarm
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    4th Monday of the month
  • Early Days of Cinema
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    3rd Monday of the month
  • Esoteric Studies
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
    3rd Monday afternoons starting in October 2025
  • Expanding Horizons
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd Monday of the month
  • Exploring the Bible
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Monday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
  • Fit & Flexible
    Status: Full
    Weekly on Monday mornings 10:30 am-11:30 am
    Every Monday except in school holidays
  • Folk and Fairy Tales
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    Usually 4th Monday of the month
  • Folk Music
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    1st and 3rd Mondays of the month
  • French Conversation 1
    Status: Full
    Weekly on Monday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
  • French Conversation 2
    Status: Full
    Fortnightly on Monday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    1st and 3rd Mondays
  • Indoor Bowls (Monday)
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
  • Jive & Basic Ballroom
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
  • Memoir Group 2
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    1st Monday of the month
  • Petanque Monday
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Monday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
  • Press Cuttings
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    2nd Monday of the month
  • Rummikub Two
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    4th Monday of the month
  • Science & Engineering World
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    The 2nd & 4th Monday of the month from September to March, excluding the 4th Mondays in December & March
  • The History Man Walks
    Status: Active
    On Monday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:00 pm
    Most (but not all) Monday afternoons, March to November. See schedule for details.
  • Walks around York
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Monday all day 10:30 am
    3rd Monday of the month
  • Water Fitness
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Monday afternoons 1:30 pm-2:30 pm
    Not bank holidays

Tuesday

  • Absolute Beginners Bridge Course
    Status: Waiting list
    Weekly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
  • Apple iPad/Mac individual support
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-11:00 am
    2nd Tuesday of the month
  • Arts and Crafts Movement
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    1st Tuesday of the month
  • Beginners Guitar
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Tuesday evenings 4:00 pm-5:30 pm
  • Bridge Tuesday
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Tuesday afternoons 12:30 pm-4:00 pm
  • Current Affairs
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
    1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month
  • Exploring Ideas
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday evenings 7:30 pm-9:30 pm
  • Exploring the Poets
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month Beginning 9th September 2025
  • Films Plus
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Tuesday evenings
    Around 6-9pm each Tuesday evening
  • Gardening for all
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Tuesday mornings 9:30 am-12:00 pm
    Fortnightly on Tuesday mornings from 9.30am to noon, 1st meeting on September 23rd 2025. Autumn and winter terms
  • Go
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
    2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month
  • History Discussion Group
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    2nd Tuesday each month between October and July
  • iPad Users
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-11:15 am
    3rd Tuesday of the month
  • Life Drawing
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
    1st Tuesday of the month
  • Living Healthier Longer
    Status: Active
    On Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    1st & 3rd Tuesday monthly, starting 16th September 2025
  • Play Canasta
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Tuesday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
  • Play Chess
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:45 pm
    2nd, 4th and 5th Tuesdays
  • Political Ideas
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons
    2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month
  • Rambling
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Tuesday all day 10:30 am
  • Sew Friendly
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    3rd Tuesday of the month
  • Spanish Stories & Current Affairs
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-11:30 am
    1st and 3rd Tuesdays
  • Table Tennis (Tuesday)
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Tuesday afternoons 1:00 pm-3:00 pm
  • Writing for us, together
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-1:00 pm
    3rd Tuesday of the month
  • York History Walks
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
    Tuesday nearest 21st in month

Wednesday

  • Advanced Cryptic Crosswords
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    2nd and 4th Wednesdays in a month
  • Apple Mac Group
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-11:15 am
    2nd Wednesday of the month
  • Astronomy for everyone
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    3rd Wednesday of the month
  • Astronomy for Everyone 2
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    3rd Wednesday of the month
  • Choir
    Status: Waiting list
    Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
    Wednesdays in Autumn and Spring terms only
  • Contemporary Literature
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    3rd Wednesday of the month
  • Cryptic Crosswords
    Status: Waiting list
    Fortnightly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    1st and 3rd Wednesdays
  • Cycling
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday all day 10:30 am-3:00 pm
    1st Wednesday of the month
  • Fiddlesticks
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    2nd Wednesday of the month
  • Geology of Yorkshire
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday all day 10:30 am-4:00 pm
    3rd Wednesday of the month
  • Improving Oral German
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-11:00 am
    2nd and 4th Wednesdays
  • Italian – Easy Steps into Stage 2
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 1:00 pm-2:50 pm
    1st Wednesday of the month starting on 1st October 2025
  • Latin Beginners
    Status: Active
    On Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    Bi-weekly
  • Listening to Jazz
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    1st Wednesday of the month
  • Map Reading & Navigation
    Status: Waiting list
    On Wednesdays
    Wednesday 22 and 29 July; 5, 12 and 26 August, 2026
  • Music Miscellany
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Wednesday mornings 10:15 am-12:15 pm
    1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month
  • Parliamo Italiano 2
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Wednesday mornings 11:00 am-12:30 pm
    1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month
  • Petanque Wednesday
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
  • Philosophy - The Love of Wisdom
    Status: Active
    On Wednesday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
    2nd & 4th Wednesday pm
  • Rummikub One
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    3rd Wednesday
  • Self publishing
    Status: Active
    On Wednesday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
    4th Wednesday, bimonthly – May, July, Sept, Nov, Jan 2026, Mar 2026
  • Sign Language, Beginners
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Wednesday mornings
    Wednesday mornings, September to December, to suit members
  • Sign Language, Continuers
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Wednesdays
    Wednesday afternoons, September - December, to suit members
  • Tai Chi
    Status: Full
    Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 1:30 pm-2:30 pm
  • Tai Chi (2)
    Status: Full
    Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 2:30 pm-3:30 pm

Thursday

Friday

  • Accessible Apple Tech
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Friday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    2nd and 4th Fridays of the month
  • Birdwatching 3
    Status: Full
    On Friday all day 10:00 am-3:00 pm
    Every 4 weeks
  • Bridge, Practice Play
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Friday afternoons 1:00 pm-4:00 pm
  • Can't Sing Won't Sing 2
    Status: Waiting list
    On Friday mornings 10:00 am-11:00 am
    Sept 19th, Nov 21st, Jan 16th 2026, Mar 20th 2026, May 15th 2026, Jul 17th 2026
  • Eco Friendly Support Group
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Friday afternoons 1:45 pm-3:15 pm
    Generally the second Friday of the month
  • French Intermediate
    Status: Full
    Fortnightly on Friday mornings 10:30 am-12:00 pm
    2nd and 4th Fridays
  • German Conversation 2
    Status: Waiting list
    Fortnightly on Friday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    1st, 3rd and 5th Fridays of the month
  • Listening to Literature
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Friday afternoons 1:45 pm-3:15 pm
    1st Friday afternoons of the month
  • Meditation Workshop
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd week in the month
  • Memoir Group
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
  • Poetry Too
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Friday afternoons 1:15 pm-3:30 pm
    3rd Friday of the month
  • Revisiting the Classics
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    4th Friday of the month, excluding December
  • Singing Together
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Friday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
    2nd and 5th Fridays of the month
  • Spanish Continuers
    Status: Waiting list
    Weekly on Friday mornings 10:15 am-11:50 am
    Every Friday except 1st in month
  • Walking on the Wolds
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Friday mornings 10:00 am-12:30 pm
  • Walking, Enjoying the Countryside
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Friday all day 10:30 am-3:00 pm
    3rd Friday of the month (not December)

Unspecified

  • Classical Guitar
    Status: Active
    14.00-16.00 on 1st Friday in the month & 10.00-12.00 on 3rd Tuesday in the month
  • Croquet
    Status: Active
    Weekly
    Tuesday 10am and 2pm, Wednesday 2pm and Sunday 2pm April to end of September
  • Facebook Group
    Status: Active
    Anytime
  • Recorder Playing
    Status: Active
    Fulford 2nd & 4th Tuesdays 10.30am & Acomb Thursdays 2pm
  • Rock Music+ Appreciation
    Status: Waiting list
    We meet socially regularly at cafes and pubs and some of us attend gigs
  • Smartphone PhotoArt Group
    Status: Active
    Monthly meetings as notified by the group leader
  • Social History
    Status: Active
    Monthly afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
    First Tuesday and Thursday in the month
  • Travel Abroad
    Status: Active
    As needed for the trip
  • Travel UK
    Status: Active
    As needed for the travel
  • Walks through time (2 groups)
    Status: Active
    Monthly afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
    On the second week of the month, from approximately 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm, September to December (inclusive) then February to June (inclusive). There are two groups: please sign up to either the Tuesday or Wednesday group.
  • Write On
    Status: Waiting list
    Mornings 10:00 am-1:00 pm
    One or two sessions a month, dates given to members