This is our current list of interest groups at Chichester U3A. Follow the links for more details about each group and to contact the Group Organiser. Groups that currently have vacancies are shown in bold.
This list is regularly updated so please look again if what you want is not available.
Information for Group Organisers or anyone interested in starting a new group is on our Group Organisers Page.
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Interest Group | Date/Time | Status |
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Apple Group The scheduled meetings are appropriate for iPad and iPhone users. Additional ad hoc Zoom meetings are run for Mac computer users. | 2nd Friday 14:00 - 15:00 | Meeting in person |
Art Appreciation Split into 2 sessions, one at 11:30, one at 1:30 | 4th Tuesday 11:30/13.30 - 13.00/15.00 | Meeting in person |
Art Group Art with tuition | 2nd Monday 14.00 - 16.00 | Meeting in person |
Badminton Keep fit, have fun, meet new people and enjoy a coffee in the leisure centre café afterwards | Weekly Thursday 10:00 - 12:00 | Meeting normally |
Beginners Basic Bridge A ten week course in basic bridge | Weekly Variable 10:00 - 12:00 | Meeting in person |
Beginners Cryptic Crosswords Short course for beginners | Weekly Wednesday 10:00 - 12:00 | Meeting normally |
Birdwatching Enthusiastic group of birdwatchers | 4th Friday 10:00 - 12:30 | Meeting normally |
Book Group 10 Fiction from the 20th century | 1st Wednesday 15:30 - 16:30 | Meeting in person |
Book Group 12 Fiction and some non-fiction | 2nd Monday 14:00 - 16:00 | Meeting on Zoom |
Book Group 14 Exploring modern novels | 2nd Tuesday 14.00 - 16:00 | Meeting normally |
Book Group 15 Exploring modern novels | 4th Thursday 14:00 - 16:00 | Meeting normally |
Book Group 4 Reading group at members houses | Last Thursday 14:30 - 16:00 | Meeting in person |
Book Group 6 : Modern Novels Reading group at Westhampnett | 2nd Wednesday | Meeting in person |
Book Group 7 Reading group | 2nd Thursday 11:00 - 12:00 | Meeting normally |
Book Group 8 Reading ten books by Japanese writers | 1st Tuesday 10:00 - 12:00 | Meeting in person |
Book Group: Non-fiction Reading and discussing non-fiction books | 4th Tuesday 10:00 - 12:00 | Meeting normally |
Book Group: World of Books Literature of Countries across the World | 4th Friday 10:15 - 12:15 | Meeting in person |
Book Group: World of Books 2 Literature of countries across the world | 2nd Friday 10:15 - 12:15 | Meeting normally |
Bridge (Boxgrove) Chicago bridge. | Weekly Tuesday 14:00 - 16:30 | Meeting normally |
Bridge (Felpham) We play in person on Wednesday at the hall and online using BBO | Weekly Wednesday 13:15 - 16:30 | Meeting normally |
Bridge for Fun 1 Bridge For Fun where relaxed, friendly, social bridge is played | Weekly Monday 14:00 - 16:00 | Meeting normally |
Bridge for Fun 2 Social Bridge Group | Weekly Friday 10:00 - 12:00 | Meeting normally |
Bridge for Fun 3 Social Bridge Group | Weekly Monday 10:00 - 12:00 | Meeting in person |
Bus Walk Walks without a car | 2nd Wednesday 10:00 | Meeting normally |
Camera Group Getting to know your camera | Ad Hoc Variable 10:00 - 11.30 | On demand |
Chamber Music Group A relaxed friendly group of players who enjoying playing music together | Every 2 weeks Wednesday 10:00 - 11.45 | Meeting in person |
Climate Change Group Monthly meetings on different aspects of climate change, plus selected projects. | 1st Wednesday 14:00 - 16:00 | Meeting in person |
Croquet Play croquet at Fishbourne - meets in summer only | Weeks 1 & 3 Wednesday 10:00 - 12:00 | Seasonal |
Crosswording for Fun Practise your cryptic crossword skills with other like-minded puzzlers | Weeks 1 & 3 Wednesday 11:00 - 12:00 | Meeting normally |
Crosswording for Fun 2 Practise your cryptic crossword skills with other like-minded puzzlers | Weeks 2 & 4 Thursday 11:00 - 12:00 | Meeting in person |
Cryptic Crosswords Online Maintain your cryptic crosswords skills | Weekly Tuesday 16:45 - 17:45 | Meeting on Zoom |
Cycling for Pleasure Cycling for pleasure, sociability and fitness | Weeks 2 & 4 Thursday 10:00 | Meeting normally |
Dining Group 1 Explore local restaurants and enjoy good food, conversation and company. | Variable Variable | Meeting in person |
Dining Group 3 Explore local restaurants and enjoy good food, conversation and company. | Variable | Meeting normally |
Discussion Group 1 Current affairs discussion group - Summersdale | Weeks 1 & 3 Monday 10:30 - 12:00 | Meeting in person |
Discussion Group 2 Current affairs discussion group - Summersdale | Every 2 weeks Tuesday 14:30 - 16:00 | Meeting in person |
Dog Walking Group Walk with or without dog | Weeks 2 & 4 Tuesday 10:00 - variable | Meeting normally |
Exploring Contemporary Affairs Facilitated group discussion of a contemporary affairs topic of the day | 3rd Tuesday 10:00 - 12:00 | Meeting normally |
Family History The aim is to provide instruction and help for you to research your family history in a structured manner. | 1st Monday 10:00 - 12:00 | Meeting normally |
Flower arranging A light-hearted approach to creating imaginative floral displays | 3rd Tuesday 14:00 - 16:00 | Meeting normally |
Fly Fishing Duncton Mill or elsewhere | 2nd Thursday 10:00 | Meeting normally |
French - advanced A grammar based class for competent speakers of French. | 1st Wednesday 13.30 - 15:00 | Meeting in person |
French (Intermediate 2) In Aldingbourne | Weekly Friday 11:00 - 12:15 | Meeting in person |
French (Intermediate) Suitable for those with a little basic French | Weeks 2 & 4 Monday 10:30 - 12:00 | Meeting normally |
French Conversation 1 Free-format conversation | Weeks 2 & 4 Monday 10:00 - 11:30 | Meeting normally |
French Conversation 3 General conversation in French | Weeks 2 & 4 Wednesday 14:45 - 16.00 | Meeting normally |
French for Beginners A grammar based class for beginners of French | Weekly Wednesday 10:30 - 11:30 | Meeting in person |
Gardens and Allotments Enjoying and making the most of your garden and allotment | 2nd Tuesday 10:00 - 12:00 | Meeting normally |
German Conversation Weekly group meeting practising spoken German | Weekly Thursday 10:30 - 12:00 | Meeting normally |
Greek - Intermediate Both spoken and written Greek | Every 2 weeks Friday 14:30 - 16:00 | Meeting in person |
History Magpies The group discusses a variety of different topics and themes from world history | 2nd Friday 10:00 - 12:00 | Meeting normally |
Italian Conversation - Intermediate Some experience needed | Weekly Tuesday 14:30 - 16:00 | Meeting in person |
Keep Fit Westgate leisure centre - keep fit class | Weekly Monday 11:30 - 12:15 | Meeting normally |
Local History Learn more about interesting aspects of our area | 4th Thursday 10:00 - 12.00 | Meeting normally |
MahJongg for Beginners Mahjongg Group for beginners and returners | Weeks 1 & 3 Wednesday 14:30 - 16:30 | Meeting in person |
Metal Detecting Friendly group, open to anyone interested in searching for historic artifacts and coins etc. Beginners welcome. | Variable | Meeting normally |
MOTO (Members on their own) Group For Chichester u3a Members who are On Their Own | Ad Hoc Variable variable - variable | Meeting normally |
Music Group Enjoy, learn and experience all sorts of music | 3rd Wednesday 10:30 - 12:00 | Meeting normally |
Nature Walks (Thursday) Walking as a group of friends with a shared enthusiasm for nature | 3rd Thursday 10:00 - 12:00 | Meeting normally |
Nature Walks (Wednesday) Walking as a group of friends with a shared enthusiasm for nature | 1st Wednesday 10:00 - 12:00 | Meeting normally |
Nordic Walking Nordic Walking: a full body work out, including your core, heart and lungs | Weekly Variable TBC - TBC | Meeting normally |
Painting for Pleasure NE Chichester - All media, all welcome | Every 2 weeks Monday 14:00 - 16:00 | Meeting in person |
Play Reading Group The group meets once a month and reads a broad range of drama from 15th to 21st century material. | 3rd Tuesday 14:30 - 16:30 | Meeting normally |
Poetry and Prose for Pleasure Chichester - reading poetry and prose for performance | Weeks 1 & 3 Tuesday 10:00 - 12:00 | Meeting in person |
Poetry Group Do you enjoy poetry? Would you like to study some poems at greater depth? | 4th Thursday 14:00 - 16:00 | Meeting in person |
Poetry Group 2 A chance to discuss poetry in a small group | 3rd Monday 14:00 - 16:00 | Meeting in person |
Practical Science Workshop Join in a variety of science based projects from natural history to electronics | 1st Friday 11:00 - 12:30 | Meeting in person |
Rambling Varied walks of 7-9 miles | 3rd Monday 10:00 - 14:30 | Meeting in person |
Recorder Ensemble Wide range of music for SATB recorders. Not for beginners | Weekly Tuesday 14:00 - 15:30 | Meeting in person |
Scrabble Regular game of scrabble | 1st Thursday 15.30 - 17.00 | Meeting normally |
Serendipity Discussion Group Lively discussion of current news items from the main news media | Weeks 2 & 4 Friday 10:00 - 12:00 | Meeting in person |
Serendipity Discussion Group 2 Lively discussion of current news items and topics of interest to members | Weeks 1 & 3 Friday 10:00 - 12:00 | Meeting normally |
Short Tennis Great game, excellent exercise, sociable and fun | Weekly Wednesday 14:00 - 16:00 | Meeting normally |
Shorter Rambles 4-5 mile walks | 1st Monday 10:00 - 12:30 | Meeting in person |
Spanish Beginners Beginners Spanish for those with no knowledge of Spanish | Weekly Tuesday 14:00 - 15:15 | Meeting in person |
Spanish Beginners 2 A new course for beginners in Spanish | Weekly Monday 11:00 - 12:30 | Meeting in person |
Spanish Conversation Not for beginners, some experience needed | Weekly Thursday 14:00 - 16:00 | Meeting on Zoom |
Spanish Conversation - Advanced 'A-level' Spanish required | Weekly Wednesday 10:00 - 12:00 | Meeting in person |
Spanish Improvers Improve your comprehension, grammar and vocabulary | Weekly Tuesday 14:00 - 15.30 | Meeting in person |
Strength Training Group Strength training using resistance equipment and free weights tailored to individual ability | Weekly Wednesday 13:55 - 14.40 | Meeting normally |
Table Tennis - Friday Group Friendly and fun, weekly table tennis – all levels welcome | Weekly Friday 14:00 - 16:00 | Meeting normally |
Table Tennis - Monday group Weekly table tennis at the Westgate Leisure Centre | Weekly Monday 10:00 - 12:00 | Meeting normally |
Table Tennis - Tuesday group Fun table tennis | Weekly Tuesday 10:00 - 12:00 | Meeting normally |
Tai Chi for Beginners Tai Chi is a great low-impact activity, focussing on improving your balance and core strength | Weekly Wednesday 15.00 - 16:00 | Meeting in person |
Ten Pin Bowling Ten Pin Bowling for all levels | Weeks 1 & 3 Friday 10:00 - 13.00 | Meeting normally |
The Volunteer Bank For members willing to devote a little - or a lot of - time to keep our U3A going | Ad Hoc Variable | Using emails |
Wednesday Walks Walks of about 5 miles | Weekly Wednesday 10:00 - 14:00 | Meeting normally |
Wine Tasting Sampling and discussion | 2nd Monday 14:30 - 16:00 | Meeting in person |
Wine Tasting 2 Sampling and discussion | Weekly TBC | Meeting normally |
Writing for Fun Emphasis is on fun, no literary skills required or expected | 2nd Tuesday 10:30 - 12:30 | Meeting in person |