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 alphabetically
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21st Century Fiction
Status: Wait list only
Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
3rd Monday of the month -
Absolute Beginners Bridge Course
Status: Full
Weekly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm -
Accessible Apple Tech
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Friday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
2nd and 4th Fridays of the month -
Advanced Cryptic Crosswords
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
2nd and 4th Wednesdays in a 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 -
Apple iPad/Mac individual support
Status: Active
Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-11:00 am
2nd Tuesday of the month -
Apple Mac Group
Status: Active
Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-11:15 am
2nd Wednesday of the month -
Archeology
Status: Wait list only
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 -
Arts and Crafts Movement
Status: Wait list only
Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
1st Monday of the month -
Astronomy for Everyone
Status: Wait list only
Monthly on Friday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
1st Friday of the month -
Beginners Italian
Status: Active
Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 1:00 pm-3:00 pm
1st Wednesday of the month starting on 2nd October 2024 -
Birdwatching 1
Status: Full
Monthly on Thursday all day 10:30 am-3:30 pm
3rd Thursday of the month -
Birdwatching 2
Status: Full
Monthly on Thursday all day 10:00 am-4:00 pm
3rd Thursday of the month -
Birdwatching 3
Status: Full
on Friday all day 10:00 am-3:00 pm
Every 4 weeks -
Bridge (Thursday)
Status: Active
Weekly on Thursday afternoons 12:45 pm-4:00 pm -
Bridge, Practice Play
Status: Active
Weekly on Friday afternoons 1:00 pm-4:00 pm -
Can't sing Won't Sing
Status: Wait list only
on Friday mornings 10:00 am-11:00 am
Sep 27th taster session, then Oct 11th, Nov 15th, Jan 10th, Feb 14th, Mar 14th, May 9th, Jul 11th -
Cercle français (French Intermediate/Advanced)
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-10:40 am
1st and 3rd Thursdays -
Children's Literature
Status: Active
Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:00 pm
1st Monday of the month -
Choir
Status: Full
Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
Wednesdays in Autumn and Spring terms only -
Classical Guitar
Status: Active
14.00-16.00 on 1st Friday in the month & 10.00-12.00 on 3rd Tuesday in the month -
Contemporary Literature
Status: Active
Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
3rd Wednesday of the month -
Creative Writing
Status: Active
Monthly on Monday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
2nd Monday of the month -
Crime Fiction - 1st Thursday
Status: Active
Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:30 am-11:30 am
1st Thursday of the month -
Crime Fiction - 2nd Thursday
Status: Active
Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:30 am-11:30 am
2nd Thursday of thr month -
Crime Fiction - 4th Thursday
Status: Active
Monthly on Thursday mornings 11:00 am-12:00 pm
4th Thursday of the month -
Crime Fiction by Zoom
Status: Active
Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 4:00 pm
4th Wednesday of the month -
Croquet
Status: Active
Weekly
Tuesday 2pm, Wednesday 10am and Saturday 10am April to end of September -
Cryptic Crosswords
Status: Wait list only
Fortnightly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
1st and 3rd Wednesdays -
Current Affairs
Status: Active
Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month -
Cycling
Status: Active
Monthly on Wednesday all day 10:30 am-3:00 pm
1st Wednesday of the month -
Digital Photography
Status: Active
Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
4th Thursday of the month -
Discover French Culture
Status: Wait list only
Fortnightly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
Alternate Mondays -
Drone Swarm
Status: Active
Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
4th Monday of the month -
Duplicate Bridge Group
Status: Active
Weekly on Tuesday afternoons 12:30 pm-4:00 pm -
Early Days of Cinema
Status: Active
Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
3rd Monday of the month -
eBike Cycling
Status: Active
Monthly on Thursday all day 10:30 am-3:00 pm
3rd Thursday of the month -
Eco Friendly Support Group
Status: Active
Monthly on Friday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
Generally the second Friday of the month starting on 13th September 2024 -
Enjoying the Classics
Status: Active
Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
2nd Thursday of the month -
Expanding Horizons
Status: Full
Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
2nd Monday of the month -
Exploring Ideas
Status: Active
Monthly on Tuesday evenings 7:30 pm-9:30 pm -
Exploring the Bible
Status: Active
Weekly on Monday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm -
Exploring the Poets
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month -
Facebook Group
Status: Active
Anytime -
Feng Shui Short Course
Status: Full
Weekly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
Short Course starting on 9/1/25 for 6 weeks -
Fiddlesticks
Status: Active
Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
2nd Wednesday of the month -
Films Plus
Status: Active
Weekly on Tuesday evenings
Around 6-9pm each Tuesday evening -
Fit & Flexible (2 groups)
Status: Wait list only
Weekly on Monday mornings
Advanced 10-11 am, Standard 11.30 - 12.30 pm, every Monday except in school holidays -
Fly Tying and Fly Fishing
Status: Active
Monthly
From October to March we will have a set day and time at the u3a Centre, the rest of the year the dates / times for fishing are variable -
Folk and Fairy Tales
Status: Full
Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
Usually 4th Monday of the month -
Folk Music
Status: Wait list only
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: Wait list only
Fortnightly on Monday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
1st and 3rd Mondays -
French Intermediate
Status: Full
Fortnightly on Friday mornings 10:30 am-12:00 pm
2nd and 4th Fridays -
Gardening for all
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Tuesday mornings 9:30 am-12:00 pm
Fortnightly on Tuesday mornings from 9.30am to noon, first meeting on September 24th 2024. Autumn and winter terms -
Gardening for Learners
Status: Active
Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:30 am-12:00 pm -
Genealogy Together
Status: Wait list only
Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
1st Thursday of the month -
Geology of Yorkshire
Status: Active
Monthly on Wednesday all day 10:30 am-4:00 pm
3rd Wednesday of the month -
German Conversation 1
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
2nd and 4th Thursdays -
German Conversation 2
Status: Wait list only
Fortnightly on Friday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
1st, 3rd and 5th Fridays of the month -
Go
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month -
History Discussion Group
Status: Wait list only
Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
2nd Tuesday each month between October and July -
How not to age
Status: Active
on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
1st & 3rd Tuesday monthly, starting 17th September 2024 -
Improving Oral German
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-11:00 am
2nd and 4th Wednesdays -
Indoor Bowls (Monday)
Status: Active
Weekly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm -
Indoor Bowls (Thursday)
Status: Active
Weekly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm -
iPad Users
Status: Active
Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-11:15 am
3rd Tuesday of the month -
Jive & Basic Ballroom
Status: Active
Weekly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm -
Language and Linguistics
Status: Wait list only
Monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
2nd Thursday of the month -
Latin Beginners
Status: Wait list only
Weekly on Wednesday afternoons
In 12 week blocks -
Learn self publishing
Status: Active
on Wednesday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
4th Wednesday, bimonthly – Sept, Nov, Jan, Mar, May, July -
Life Drawing
Status: Active
Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
1st Tuesday of the month -
Listening to Jazz
Status: Wait list only
Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
1st Wednesday of the month -
Mah Jong One
Status: Wait list only
Fortnightly on Thursday afternoons 1:30 pm-4:30 pm
1st and 3rd Thursdays -
Mah Jong Two
Status: Wait list only
Weekly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:30 pm -
Map Reading & Navigation
Status: Wait list only
Wednesday 14, 21, 28 August and 11 September, 2024 -
Military History
Status: Wait list only
Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
2nd Thursday of the month -
Music Miscellany
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Wednesday mornings 10:15 am-12:15 pm
1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month -
Over the hill walking group
Status: Wait list only
Monthly on Thursday all day 10:30 am
2nd Thursday 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 (3 groups)
Status: Wait list only
Weekly afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
Monday, Wednesday and Thursday every week -
Philosophy
Status: Wait list only
Weekly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm -
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 and 4th Tuesdays -
Play Reading 1
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month -
Play Reading 2
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Thursday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month -
Poetry Group 2
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Friday afternoons 1:15 pm-3:30 pm
1st and 3rd Fridays of the month -
Political Ideas
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons
2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month -
Press Cuttings
Status: Active
Monthly on Monday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
2nd Monday of the month -
Rambling
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Tuesday all day 10:30 am -
Revisiting the Classics
Status: Active
Monthly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
4th Friday of the month, excluding December -
Rock Music+ Appreciation
Status: Wait list only
We meet socially regularly at cafes and pubs and some of us attend gigs -
Rummikub One
Status: Wait list only
Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
3rd Wednesday -
Rummikub Two
Status: Wait list only
Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
3rd Monday of the month -
Scrabble (social play)
Status: Active
Monthly on Thursday afternoons 1:30 pm-4:00 pm
4th Thursday of the month -
Sew Friendly
Status: Wait list only
Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
3rd Tuesday of the month -
Shakespeare at the Globe
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:30 pm
1st & 3rd Monday's of ther month starting from 7/10/24 -
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 -
Singing Together
Status: Active
Monthly on Friday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
2nd and 5th Fridays of the month -
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 -
Spanish Continuers
Status: Wait list only
Weekly on Friday mornings 10:15 am-11:50 am
Every Friday except 1st in month -
Spanish Stories & Current Affairs
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-11:30 am
1st and 3rd Tuesdays starting on 1st October 2024 -
Spirituality
Status: Active
on Monday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
4th Monday of the month -
Table Tennis (Thursday)
Status: Active
Weekly on Thursday afternoons 1:00 pm-3:00 pm -
Table Tennis (Tuesday)
Status: Active
Weekly on Tuesday afternoons 1:00 pm-3:00 pm -
Tai Chi
Status: Wait list only
Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 1:30 pm-2:30 pm -
Tai Chi (2)
Status: Wait list only
Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 2:30 pm-3:30 pm -
The Scribblers
Status: Wait list only
Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am
3rd Tuesday of the month -
Thursday Monthly Rambles
Status: Active
Monthly on Thursday all day 10:30 am-3:00 pm
Last Thursday of the month -
Travel Abroad
Status: Active
As needed for the trip -
Travel UK
Status: Active
As needed for the travel -
Ukulele (Andante / Beginners)
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month -
Ukulele Advanced
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
2nd and 4th Thursday of each month -
Urban Sketch Group
Status: Active
Monthly on Thursday afternoons 1:30 pm-4:00 pm
2nd Thursday of the month -
Walking on the Wolds
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Friday mornings 10:00 am-12:30 pm -
Walking, Enjoying the Countryside
Status: Wait list only
Monthly on Friday all day 10:30 am-3:00 pm
3rd Friday of the month (not December) -
Walks around York
Status: Wait list only
Monthly on Monday all day 10:30 am
3rd Monday of the month -
Walks through time (2 groups)
Status: Active
Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
Tuesday / Wednesday depending on group joined, usually 2nd in month -
Water Fitness
Status: Active
Weekly on Monday afternoons 1:30 pm-2:30 pm
Not bank holidays -
World of Science and Engineering
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
From September to March -
Write On
Status: Wait list only
mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
One or two sessions a month, dates given to members -
Writing for us, together
Status: Full
Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-1:00 pm
3rd Tuesday of the month -
York & Dijon u3a Exchange
Status: Active
As required. -
York History Walks
Status: Wait list only
Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
Tuesday nearest 21st in month