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A1 Art     

Meets Monday weekly all year
Normally starts 09:30 to 12:30
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A5 Watercolours & Mixed Media     

  We regret that this group is full.
   
Meets Tuesday weekly all year
Normally starts 09:30 to 12:30
Details 

B2 Duplicate Bridge     

Meets Monday Weekly all year including holidays
Normally starts 13:00 to 16:00
Details Selected Standard. You will need a Partner for Duplicate Bridge. See schedule for dates.

B3 Duplicate Bridge     

Meets Wednesday weekly all year including holidays
Normally starts 13:30 to 16:30
Details You will need a partner.

BA2 Improvers' Bridge     

Meets Wednesday weekly all year
Normally starts 13:30 to 16:30
Details 

BA4 Chicago Bridge     

Meets Thursday weekly all terms
Normally starts 13:30 to 16:30
Details Term times only. No holiday sessions. Contact group leader for more info.

C11 Community Craft Fair     

Meets Tuesdays Autumn See schedule
Normally starts 13:30 to 16:30
Details In support of our Charity of the Year - Blood Runners - we would like to hold a Craft Fair, bringing together the talents of U3A members. The Craft Fair will be held on Friday 10th November. To support the Craft Fair we will be hosting a number of crafting afternoons where people can come together to share ideas and make items for sale.

C12 Makes - Bags and More     

Meets Tuesdays Fortnightly Spring Term
Normally starts 13:30 to 16:00
Details During the sessions we will aim to create some fun bags. Group members will be able to work at their own pace selecting from a range of bag types - beach bag, make-up bag etc. Group members will be required to bring their own sewing machine.

C3 Beadwork     

Meets Wednesday weekly all year
Normally starts 13:30 to 15:30
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C7 General Crafts     

  We regret that this group is full.
   
Meets Tuesday weekly all year
Normally starts 09:30 to 12:30
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C9 Knit and Natter     

  We regret that this group is full.
   
Meets Monday fortnightly all year
Normally starts 14:30 to 16:00
Details See Calendar for dates

D11 World Religions     

  We regret that this group is full.
   
Meets Monday weekly Autumn and Spring terms
Normally starts 14:00 to 16:00
Details Culture, Tradition and Beliefs

D24 The Economy     

  We regret that this group is full.
   
Meets Tuesdays Weekly Autumn and Spring
Normally starts 09:30 to 10:45
Details A critical look at the global and UK economies with an emphasis on detailed examination of the facts and the media coverage.

D25 Life in the 'Swinging 60s'     

Meets Thursdays Weekly Autumn term
Normally starts 11:15 to 12:30
Details Swinging 60s

D3 Green Fingers     

Meets Wednesday monthly all year
Normally starts 14:00 to 16:00
Details See calendar for dates. Contact Group Leader for address details

D5 Current Affairs 1     

Meets Thursday weekly all year
Normally starts 09:30 to 10:45
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D5A Current Affairs 2     

  We regret that this group is full.
   
Meets Wednesday weekly all year
Normally starts 10:45 to 12:00
Details 

G1 Games, Scrabble, Rummikub     

Meets Wednesday weekly all year
Normally starts 13:30 to 15:30
Details 

G10 500 Australia's Favourite     

Meets Thursday weekly Autumn and Spring
Normally starts 14:00 to 16:30
Details 500 Australia's favourite card game

G3 Mahjong     

Meets Tuesday weekly - All year
Normally starts 10:00 to 12:00
Details Start Sept 21

H16 Roman History Imperial Rom     

Meets Thursday weekly Spring Term
Normally starts 13:30 to 14:45
Details Imperial Rome ten sessions

H2 Making Of The Eng People     

Meets Tuesday weekly Spring term
Normally starts 11:15 to 12:45
Details 

H23 Family History - 2     

Meets Tuesday weekly Autumn term
Normally starts 11:15 to 12:45
Details Flesh on the bones

H26 Stories from my f'ly tree     

  We regret that this group is full.
   
Meets Mondays See schedule All year
Normally starts 11:15 to 12:30
Details Relax with friends to chat and share your family history stories and photographs with fellow enthusiasts. Please join us - our first meeting will be an informal get-together to discuss a framework for future meetings.

H3 The Blue Lamp Special     

Meets Thursday weekly Summer term
Normally starts 11:15 to 12:30
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H4 Rome - Origins of Empire     

Meets Thursday weekly Spring Term
Normally starts 11:15 to 12:30
Details 

J10 Ciao Italia!     

Meets Thursdays See schedule Spring term
Normally starts 11:15 to 12:30
Details The group will meet in advance of a Study Visit to the Veneto region of Italy in April 2024. We will look at history and cultural topics including Venice and Verona, pasta and prosecco!

J6 Tea at the Museum     

Meets Thursday monthly all year
Normally starts 13:30 to 16:30
Details First meeting 21 September at The Centre room 2, Heatherlands

J9 Inside British India     

Meets Wednesdays See schedule Spring term
Normally starts 14:30 to 15:45
Details The lives of the Maharajahs and Princes; what was it like for women; a look at the lives of the earliest British in India; also a glimpse of religion and the caste system.

K1 Badminton 1     

  We regret that this group is full.
   
Meets Tuesday weekly all year
Normally starts 13:30 to 15:15
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K10 Table Tennis Experienced 3     

  We regret that this group is full.
   
Meets Friday weekly all year
Normally starts 11:00 to 12:30
Details During Lent Tuesdays. Shares session with K9. K9 has venue cost.

K14 Badminton for Fun     

Meets Monday weekly all year
Normally starts 13:30 to 17:00
Details Contact to be with Pam Dickinson not with Mike Andrew Malcolm similar routine to last year. Dates are: June 10,24 July 8,22 August 12,19 Three invoices will be heading your way at the end of each month plus £240 will be paid over to you in May 2024. Regards Pam

K15 Super Movers     

  We regret that this group is full.
   
Meets Monday weekly all year
Normally starts 09:45 to 10:30
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K15A Super Movers     

Meets Wednesday weekly all year
Normally starts 09:30 to 10:15
Details 

K17 Table Tennis - Progress 1     

Meets Monday weekly all year
Normally starts 11:45 to 13:00
Details Charge for whole morning - includes K18 & K21

K18 Table Tennis - Progress 2     

Meets Monday weekly all year
Normally starts 09:15 to 10:30
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K19 Golf     

Meets Twice each half term
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K2 Keep Fit & Badminton     

Meets Tuesday weekly all year
Normally starts 15:15 to 17:00
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K21 Table Tennis - Progress 3     

  We regret that this group is full.
   
Meets Monday weekly all year
Normally starts 10:30 to 11:45
Details 

K4 Table Tennis - Improvers     

  We regret that this group is full.
   
Meets Wednesday weekly all year
Normally starts 09:30 to 11:00
Details Whole session charge includes K5

K5 Table Tennis Experienced 1     

  We regret that this group is full.
   
Meets Wednesday weekly all year
Normally starts 11:00 to 12:30
Details 

K8 English Country Dancing     

Meets Thursday weekly all year
Normally starts 11:00 to 12:30
Details 

K9 Table Tennis Experienced 2     

  We regret that this group is full.
   
Meets Friday weekly all year
Normally starts 09:30 to 11:00
Details During Lent Tuesdays.

L12 French Conversation     

Meets Tuesday fortnightly all year schedule
Normally starts 13:30 to 14:30
Details See schedule

L14 Strictly Beginners Spanish     

Meets Friday Weekly Autumn and Spring Terms
Normally starts 13:15 to 14:15
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L15 Continuing Spanish     

  We regret that this group is full.
   
Meets Friday Weekly Autumn and Spring Terms
Normally starts 14:30 to 15:50
Details 

L5 Spanish     

Meets Wednesday weekly all year
Normally starts 10:30 to 12:00
Details 

M1 Enjoying Music     

Meets Monday weekly all year
Normally starts 14:15 to 15:45
Details 

M10 Ukelele Band     

  We regret that this group is full.
   
Meets Wednesday weekly all year
Normally starts 13:15 to 14:45
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M14 Recorder Playing     

Meets Friday spring term fortnightly
Normally starts 14:30 to 16:00
Details 

M15 Band     

Meets Thursday - see schedule All year
Normally starts 13:15 to 15:30
Details 

M16 Solo Singing Group     

Meets Wednesdays Weekly All year
Normally starts 15:00 to 17:00
Details If you like singing solo but don’t get the opportunity this is the group for you. Come along and perform your favourite songs to your own backing tracks or use karaoke tracks from the internet. Get tips on breathing techniques, warm up exercises and performance. Let yourself go in a safe environment and improve your performance week on week.

M19 Opera Italia     

Meets Friday See schedule Autumn and Spring
Normally starts 13:30 to 16:30
Details 

M3 Enjoy Singing     

Meets Thursday weekly all year
Normally starts 14:45 to 16:15
Details Includes £2 for piano use

M4 Music Appreciation     

  We regret that this group is full.
   
Meets Thursday Fortnightly Autumn and Spring terms
Normally starts 14:00 to 16:00
Details 

M7 Come and see a musical     

Meets SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Normally starts 13:30 to 16:30
Details See calendar for dates

M9 Really Awful Singing Group     

Meets Tuesday Monthly all year
Normally starts 13:30 to 14:45
Details 

T1 Astronomy     

Meets Monday weekly all year
Normally starts 14:00 to 16:00
Details 

T19 Britain's Flora and Fauna     

  We regret that this group is full.
   
Meets Tuesdays Weekly Autumn term
Normally starts 11:15 to 12:30
Details A look at Britain’s much and varied wild life. Covering Animals, Birds, Butterflies and Moths, Trees and Shrubs, Fish, Water Life and Wild Flowers. Spread over 12 weekly classes with many slides and descriptions of the most common varieties.

T20 Overview of Civil Aviation     

Meets Tuesdays Weekly Autumn term
Normally starts 14:00 to 15:15
Details An overview of the Civil Aviation Industry. 10 weeks

T21 Amateur Birdwatching     

Meets Tuesdays Weekly Autumn and Spring terms
Normally starts 11:15 to 12:30
Details First planning meeting 19th September at 11.15 - 1230. After that by email. Initial sessions to include birdwatching locally in Ferndown Common, Holt Heath, Longham Lakes and Blashford Lakes. Further outings to Poole Harbour, Studland and Arne Nature Reserve are a possibility.

W1 Shakespeare     

  We regret that this group is full.
   
Meets Thursday weekly Autumn and Spring
Normally starts 09:30 to 10:45
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W16 Readers Circle     

Meets Wednesday Monthly All year
Normally starts 11:30 to 12:45
Details 

W2 Drama Workshop     

Meets Tuesday Weekly all year
Normally starts 14:00 to 16:00
Details 

W4 Creative Writing     

Meets Thursday schedule all year
Normally starts 09:30 to 10:45
Details 

W5 Play Reading     

  We regret that this group is full.
   
Meets Thursday weekly all year
Normally starts 14:00 to 16:00
Details 

W6 Film Studies     

Meets Friday Autumn & Spring schedule
Normally starts 14:00 to 16:30
Details See calendar for dates

Y17 U3A Solo Lunch     

Meets Saturday monthly all year
Details 2nd Saturday - see calendar for dates

Y21 Lunch and Skittles     

  We regret that this group is full.
   
Meets Saturdays See schedule All year
Normally starts 13:00 to 00:00
Details Enjoy a pub lunch and company at various pubs in Dorset, and a game of social skittles. No partners or teams required as it will be individuals and non-competitive, just there for an enjoyable afternoon. You will be required to stick up for each other. The cost is the pub lunch which will be pre-ordered a week ahead. This is a great chance to explore areas of Dorset you may not have seen before, meet new people and have a bit of a laugh.

Y22 Performing Arts Visits     

Meets Thursday See schedule Autumn and Spring
Normally starts 11:15 to 12:30
Details First planning meeting Thursday 21st September 11.15 - 12.30 - after that by email. Over the year we will visit theatre, cinema, concerts and art galleries or exhibitions as decided by members. Dates to be decided.

Y23 Celebrate Chinese New Year     

  We regret that this group is full.
   
Meets Friday See schedule Spring term
Normally starts 09:30 to 11:30
Details The year of the Horse begins on the 10th February 2024. During the session Moo Leng will discuss the History and Customs of this celebration finishing up with a demonstration of Yok cooking.

Y24A One Pan Cooking     

  We regret that this group is full.
   
Meets Tuesdays See schedule Autumn term
Normally starts 14:00 to 16:00
Details 

Y25 Sugar Paste Modelling     

Meets Tuesday See schedule Autumn term
Normally starts 13:30 to 15:30
Details During the session we aim to create a cake topper on an animal theme. A small charge will be made to cover the cost of materials.

Y9 Bon Viveurs     

Meets TBA Monthly all year
Normally starts 13:00 to 14:30
Details Details to be advised by email. This Group involves practical food-related topics which will include restaurant visits, wine tasting and outdoor visits. Venue suggestions from group members will be welcomed. Additional costs will be involved and members may be asked to make a financial commitment where visits are numbers-dependent. There will be three visits in Autumn and Spring, plus one in the Summer term. Dates and days will vary depending on the venue.

Z1 3 mile walks     

  We regret that this group is full.
   
Meets Friday monthly as per schedule
Details 2nd Friday monthly (not July or August). See calendar for dates.

Z2 5 mile walks     

  We regret that this group is full.
   
Meets Friday schedule all year
Normally starts 10:00 to 00:00
Details Third Friday of each month. See calendar for dates.

Z5 Saturday Walks     

  We regret that this group is full.
   
Meets Saturday monthly all year
Normally starts 10:00 to 00:00
Details First Saturday each month - weather permitting. See calendar for dates.