At present we have about 50 groups running. If the group or activity you would like to join is full or not on our list, or if you have difficulty contacting the Group Coordinator, please contact our Groups Secretary Jane Harvey. Jane can facilitate starting new groups or offer alternate methods for contacting existing ones. We are currently developing some guidance for starting up a new group.
You can attend up to two Group or Monthly Meetings as a guest and free of charge to see if it's what you want, before you need to join. Members of other u3as are always welcome to join in our activities but must be an Associate member of Stroud u3a to do so. Access to our monthly meetings or to one group is free of charge for Associate members. See our Join Us page for more information.
Use these buttons to sort our list of groups into the order most useful to you:
Groups listed alphabetically
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Art mixed media
Status: Active
Weekly on Monday mornings
at 10.00 until 13.00 -
Arts appreciation
Status: Active
Monthly on Wednesday mornings
10:20-12:30, second Wednesday -
Badminton
Status: Active
Weekly on Monday afternoons 3:00pm -
Birdwatching (Startup)
Status: Active -
Book club
Status: Active
Monthly on Monday afternoons
2nd Monday -
Bridge
Status: Wait list only
Weekly on Tuesday afternoons
Starting at 14.00 -
Bridge for fun (startup)
Status: Active -
Bridge online
Status: Active
on Monday mornings
10.00-12.00noon -
Country walkers
Status: Active
on Friday mornings
2nd and 4th Friday at 10.00 -
Creative writing
Status: Active
on Tuesday mornings
(4 groups) -
Croquet
Status: Active
Weekly on Wednesdays
Easter to October only -
Current affairs
Status: Wait list only
on Tuesday mornings
10.30-12noon, 1st & 3rd Tuesdays -
Cycling for softies
Status: Active
As agreed -
Discussion
Status: Wait list only
Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:30am
Second Tuesday of each month -
Drama
Status: Active
on Wednesday mornings
10.30-12.30, 1st & 3rd Weds -
Expressive writing (for wellbeing)
Status: Active
on Wednesday afternoons
Second Wednesday 2.30-4.00pm -
Food appreciation
Status: Active
on Wednesday mornings
Second Wednesday -
French book club
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Thursday mornings
Starting at 10.30 -
French intermediate
Status: Full
on Tuesday afternoons
2nd & 4th Tuesdays 2.00-4.00pm -
Gentle Yoga
Status: Active
on Thursday afternoons 2:00pm-4:00pm
Second and Fourth Thursdays -
Happy feet walkers
Status: Full
on Friday mornings
2nd and 4th Friday at 10.00 -
History book club
Status: Active
Monthly on Wednesday afternoons
2.30pm First Wednesday -
Hook Needle and Thread
Status: Active
Weekly on Tuesday mornings
weekly at 10.00 -
Italian chat
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Thursday mornings -
Italian intermediate
Status: Active
on Monday mornings
starts at 10:45am -
K walkers
Status: Active
Monthly on Wednesday mornings
First Wednesday -
Keep fit
Status: Active
Weekly on Wednesday afternoons
starts at 2 pm -
Literature 1
Status: Active
on Monday afternoons
1st and 3rd Monday at 14.00 -
Literature 2
Status: Active
on Wednesday afternoons
1st and 3rd Weds at 14.15 -
Local flora
Status: Active
on Thursday mornings
4th Thursday at 10.30 (Feb to Oct) -
Mediaeval art and architecture
Status: Wait list only
Monthly on Monday afternoons
normally 3rd Monday from 2pm; occasional additional meetings. -
Music appreciation 1
Status: Wait list only
Monthly on Monday afternoons -
Music appreciation 2
Status: Active
Monthly on Friday afternoons
3rd Friday, from 2 to 3 p.m. -
Music Appreciation 3
Status: Active
Monthly on Tuesday mornings
first Tuesday in each month -
Natural history
Status: Active
Monthly on Thursdays
2nd Thursday -
Paddlers
Status: Active
Monthly
Varies - as arranged -
Patchwork and quilting
Status: Active
on Monday mornings
4th Monday in month -
Photography
Status: Active
Monthly on Tuesday mornings
2nd or 3rd Tue as advised -
Play reading
Status: Active
on Monday afternoons
2nd and 4th Monday at 2.15pm -
Poetry for pleasure
Status: Active
on Wednesday afternoons
Last Wednesday of the month -
Readers
Status: Active
on Thursday afternoons
Certain Thursdays at 14.00 -
Recorders
Status: Active
2nd and 4th Tuesdays or Thursdays at 10:30 and 14.00 -
Singing for fun
Status: Wait list only
on Wednesday mornings
3rd Wednesday at 10.30 -
Social history
Status: Active
on Tuesday mornings
2nd Tuesday, 10:00 am -
Solo group
Status: Active
on Monday mornings
11.00am onwards -
Spanish conversation (intermediate plus)
Status: Active
Weekly on Thursday mornings 9:45am-10:45am -
Spanish Conversation (Intermediate)
Status: Active
Weekly on Thursday mornings 11:15am-12:00pm -
Tai chi
Status: Active
Weekly on Thursday mornings
11.00am -
Walkers (no stiles)
Status: Active
on Friday mornings
2nd and 4th Fridays at 10.30am -
Wayward walkers
Status: Wait list only
on Wednesdays
3rd Wednesday -
Wednesday walkers
Status: Full
on Wednesday mornings
2nd and 4th Wednesdays at 10.00 -
Welsh conversation
Status: Active
Monthly on Thursday afternoons
4th Thursday -
Wisdom Traditions
Status: Wait list only
Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00pm-4:00pm
Second Monday in Month
All of our groups are "for our members by our members" and we therefore hope that members will share the workload of co-ordinating their Group activities. All Groups have one or more Coordinators and need at least one contact person to talk to potential new members.
Groups decide for themselves how frequently and where they will meet and also what their size should be. Often group size is limited by venue and sometimes if there is enough interest we can help to start new groups or find more suitable venues. We encourage our group Coordinators to operate waiting lists as this gives us a better idea about when it might be worth facilitating a new group or venue. If you have an interest which you would like to develop with others either as a group member or as a Coordinator, or would just like to meet people with similar interests, why not Join Us?
Group Coordinators: if you’d like to post notices of events or add notes/photographs to your group page, please contact Richard Bedford.