Interest groups

The main activity of our U3A, apart from the General Meetings (see the Programme page for those), occurs in small study or social groups meeting weekly, fortnightly or monthly, but not usually during school holidays.

All group leaders are volunteers. As each group is expected to be self supporting, there may be a small attendance fee to cover expenses such as room hire, cost of materials or refreshments.

The groups are listed below, with times and places of meeting. Several of them have their own web page, which you can access by clicking on the group's name. There is a key at the bottom of the list to explain the abbreviations for meeting places. Groups for which no meeting place is listed either meet in a member's home or involve visits to different places.

When you join Leeds U3A, you receive a programme with contact details for group organisers. Members are asked to check with the group organiser before attending a group for the first time. A few groups are currently full and are unable to admit new members.

Group	Times	Place
Art – looking at paintings	Alternate Mondays 11:00 to 12:30 9 January – 2 April Alternate Fridays 11:00 to 12:30, temporarily suspended	HEA
Book group	First Thursdays 2:00 to 3:00 5 January – 1 March	LCL
Bridge (intermediate)	Tuesdays 3:30 to 5:00 starting 10 January	MA
Brush up your French	Mondays 2:00 to 3:30 9 January – 2 April	HEA
Card making	Alternate Tuesdays 1:45 to 3:45 3 January – 3 April
Choir "The U3A Curtis Singers"	Thursdays 11:15 to 12:15 12 January – 5 April	HEA
Circle dancing	Alternate Tuesdays 3:15 to 4:15 17 January – 27 March	MA
Country dancing	Alternate Tuesdays 2:00 to 3:00 17 January – 27 March	MA
French (intermediate)	Mondays 2:00 to 4:00 16 January – 26 March	HEA
A Grand Day Out	Informal day excursions to regional attractions
Historical Yorkshire	First Wednesdays starting 1 February
Literature	Tuesdays 10:30 to 12:00 starting 10 January	HEA
Music	Wednesdays (except 2nd) 10:30 to 12:00 starting 4 January	MAB
Rummikub	Alternate Mondays 10:30 to 12:00 16 January – 23 April
"7 up" (longer walks)	4th Wednesdays starting 25 January
Shakespeare reading	Wednesdays 2:00 to 4:00 starting 11 January
Spanish	Wednesdays 10:00 to 11:30 11 January – 28 March	HEA
Strollers	3rd Wednesdays starting 18 January
Tai Chi	Tuesdays 9:30 to 10:30 and 11:00 to 12:00 starting 10 January	MA
Travel	Organised trips to overseas destinations, with an educational flavour.
Walking	2nd Wednesdays starting 11 January
Wine tasting	Monthly, on a Thursday, 2.30 to 4.00 starting 12 January

Key to locations, with disability access information

HEA	Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre	(some rooms)
LCL	Leeds Central Library
MA	Moor Allerton Sports and Social Centre
MAB	Moor Allerton Sports and Social Centre Bar Area