u3a

Berwick-upon-Tweed

Groups

You need to be a member of Berwick U3A before you can attend a group meeting. Membership information can be found here.

Hill Walking 1-21st-Sep-22

All of our interest groups are listed below

For details, please click on the group's name

Most members agree that taking part in interest groups is what keeps them coming back year after year.

Some groups have been running for many years, while others started last September. Our smallest groups comprise a handful of members; the largest go up to about 30.

There are physically active groups and intellectual ones, social ones and frivolous ones. Some manage to be a combination of some - or even all - of these things !

Some groups meet in public buildings, for which the rental cost is divided equally between the group members. Some are home-based, usually (but not necessarily) in the Group Leader's home. All of the groups listings (below) show the venue(s) used and have info about the buildings' accessibility.

Geology Groups, Pease Bay, Jul-22
Geology Groups, Pease Bay, Jul-22

All of our groups are run by members of Berwick u3a. Our Group Leaders don't need to have any formal qualifications - though many of them do - and there's a 'Groups Co-ordinator' to support and advise them.

And, if a group you'd wanted to join is full (Group Leaders are encouraged to keep a waiting list if the group is over-subscribed) then please think about starting a new one. There's plenty of help available & you'll be a very welcome addition to the Group Leaders' Group!

We're always looking to start new groups. So, if you're reading this because you hoped to join a group of like-minded practitioners of X, Y or Z only to find it isn't here ...... then please volunteer to start one ! As one of our newest Group Leaders said in September, you just never know how many people might like to do exactly the same X, Y or Z as yourself:


"The U3A and all the friendships mum has formed through the various groups she has been in,  have added so much joy to her life. It is a fabulous, very meaningful and important organization, that I am sure impacts everyone who becomes a part of the big U3A family.

Thank you for everything you do and for keeping it going." - Alison

Groups listed alphabetically

  • Archaeology
    Status: Dormant
  • Art 1
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
  • Art Appreciation
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday mornings
    Week 4
  • Backgammon
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons
    Weeks 2 and 4
  • Badminton
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Friday mornings
    Weekly
  • Band
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
    2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month
  • Bezique
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Friday afternoons
    Weeks 1 and 3
  • Blues Jam
    Status: Active
    On Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm
    Weeks 2 and 4 of the month
  • Book Group 1
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Friday mornings 10:00 am-11:00 am
    Week 2
  • Book Group 2
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons
    Week 2
  • Book Group 3
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons
    Week 3
  • Book Group 4
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursdays 2:00 pm
    4th Thursday of month
  • Busy Bee Crafts
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Friday mornings
    Week 2
  • Canasta
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Friday afternoons
    Weeks 2 and 4
  • Chess
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Thursday mornings
    Week 1,3
  • Computer Help
    Status: Active
    On Wednesday afternoons
    Arranged individually
  • Creative Writing
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm
    2nd Thursday of each month
  • Creative Writing 2
    Status: Full
    On Tuesdays
    Week 2
  • Cribbage
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly
    Wk 1: Tuesday, 2pm, Berwick Library and Wk 3: Friday 10.30am, Berwick Library
  • Crime Fiction Book Group
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings
    Week 3
  • Dining Group 1
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Thursday evenings
    Weeks 2 and 4
  • Dining Group 3
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons
    Week 3
  • Discussion & Current Affairs
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Mondays 10:15 am
    Second Monday of the month
  • Drawing Portraits
    Status: Active
    On Wednesdays 1:00 pm-3:00 pm
    Weeks 2 and 4
  • Exploring History and Places
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday mornings
    Week 4
  • Family History
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Wednesday afternoons
    Weekly
  • French Conversation
    Status: Waiting list
    Fortnightly on Tuesday mornings 11:00 am-12:00 pm
    Weeks 2 and 4 of the month
  • French Improvers
    Status: Waiting list
    Fortnightly on Tuesdays 9:45 am-10:45 am
    2nd and 4th week of each month
  • Gallery visits by train
    Status: Closed
    Monthly on Thursday all day
    Week 2 Thursday
  • Gardening
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd Tuesday
  • Geology
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursdays
    Week 4
  • Hand Quilting
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Wednesday afternoons
    Weeks 2 & 4
  • Hill Walking
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday all day
    Week 3
  • Line Dancing
    Status: Dormant
    Weekly on Tuesday afternoons
    Weekly
  • Lunch Group
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons
    Week 1
  • Music for Pleasure
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm
    1st week of month
  • Natural Non-Fiction
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons
    week 4
  • Needles and Hooks
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Friday mornings
    Week 4
  • Outings
    Status: Active
    As arranged
  • Philosophy
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons
    Week 4
  • Play reading 2
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 4:30 pm-6:30 pm
    Second Monday of each month
  • Poetry
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons
    Week 1
  • Poetry Writing
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    1st Thursday of month
  • Quiz
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons
    Week 3
  • Ride and Stride
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Friday mornings
    Last Friday of the month
  • Scrabble
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday afternoons
    Week 3
  • Seated Tai Chi
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Thursday afternoons 1:00 pm-2:00 pm
    Weekly
  • Short Tennis
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Wednesday mornings
    Weekly
  • Silver Short Striders
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings
    Wk 1
  • Social Strollers
    Status: Closed
    10:30 am
  • Spanish
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Mondays 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
  • Supper Club
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Friday evenings 6:30 pm
    First Friday of month
  • Table Tennis
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Monday afternoons
    Weekly
  • Tai Chi
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Tuesday mornings
    Weekly
  • Tap Dancing
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Friday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    Weeks 1, 2, 3 and 4
  • Wildlife
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesdays 2:00 pm
    Week 3
  • Wine Appreciation
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursdays
    Usually 3rd or 4th Thursday of each month
  • Word Games
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday afternoons
    Week 1
  • Woven Tapestry
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday mornings
    Week 3