u3a

East Renfrewshire

Groups

Activity Groups are an important part of our u3a and consist of groups of members who meet together regularly to enjoy an activity. A prospective member may attend two monthly or group meetings as a guest before deciding to join our u3a.

All the groups reflect the members' interests with a wide a range of social, active, creative and learning activities.

Below is a list of our 80+ current groups and by clicking on any group you will find more information about who runs it and the activities they get involved in. The week numbers in the list below refer to the weeks of the month.

If you are interested in joining a group you should contact the facilitator of the group by using the link on that group's page.

For any general information or to start a new group, message the Groups Coordinator via the Contacts page.

Groups listed alphabetically

  • Amblers
    Status: Active
    Mornings 10:30 am
    1st Wednesday and 3rd Monday of each month
  • Around East Renfrewshire Dining Group 1
    Status: Full
    On Wednesday afternoons 5:30 pm-7:30 pm
    Week 1 - As Arranged
  • Around East Renfrewshire Dining Group 2
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 5:30 pm
    Week 4 - As arranged
  • Around East Renfrewshire Dining Group 3
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Friday afternoons 5:45 pm
    Week 3 - As Arranged
  • Around the World Dining Group 1
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons 12:30 pm
    Week 1
  • Around the World Dining Group 2
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons
    Week 2
  • Audio Reading
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    Last Thursday of the Month
  • Backgammon
    Status: Active
    On Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    Week 2 and 4.
  • Board Games
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Sunday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
    Week 2
  • Bookworms
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    Week 1
  • Boules
    Status: Active
    On Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm
    Weeks 2 and 4 - April till September Only
  • Bridge -Tuesday
    Status: Waiting list
    On Tuesday mornings 10:30 am-12:30 pm
    Weeks 1 and 3 No meeting on 16th December.
  • Bridge- Friday
    Status: Full
    Weekly on Friday mornings 10:30 am-12:30 pm
    Please note this group is not suitable for Beginners.
  • Bridge- Online
    Status: Active
    On Tuesday mornings 10:30 am-12:30 pm
    Weeks 2 and 4
  • Chess (Sociable)
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons 1:00 pm-3:00 pm
    Week 1
  • Classical Music Appreciation
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm
    Week 4
  • Comealong and Singalong
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursdays 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
    4th Thursday of the month
  • Computer Help
    Status: Active
    One-to-one assistance at a time and place of mutual convenience.
  • Conversational French
    Status: Active
    On Friday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    Weeks 1 and 3.
  • Conversational Italian
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday mornings 11:00 am-12:30 pm
    Week 1
  • Creative Writing
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:30 pm-4:30 pm
    Week 1
  • Cribbage
    Status: Active
    On Thursday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
    Weeks 2 & 4
  • Cuppa@11
    Status: Active
    On Thursday mornings
    Week 3 - As Arranged
  • Cycling Offroad
    Status: Active
    On Wednesday mornings 10:30 am
    Weeks 1, 2 and 4. Routes will be varied and suited to weather conditions.
  • Discussion
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:30 pm-4:00 pm
    Last Monday of the Month
  • Enjoy The Arts
    Status: Active
    Meetings are arranged on an Ad Hoc basis with details advised by email to group members.
  • Facebook
    Status: Active
  • Film Appreciation
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    Week 2. Cinema outings in the afternoon of Week 4.
  • French Intermediate
    Status: Full
    On Friday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    Weeks 2 and 4
  • Garden Visits
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings
    Week 4 - As arranged
  • Genealogy for Beginners
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-11:30 am
    Week 1
  • Geology
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:30 am-12:30 pm
    Week 4
  • German Intermediate
    Status: Active
    On Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    Weeks 1 and 3
  • Golf Swing and Coffee
    Status: Active
    On Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
    Weeks 1 and 3 June - September
  • Italian : Level 1
    Status: Active
    On Monday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    Weeks 1 and 3 No meeting on 17th November.
  • Italian : Level 2
    Status: Active
    On Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    Weeks 1 and 3
  • Keep Moving
    Status: Full
    Weekly on Monday mornings 11:00 am-12:00 pm
    NB no group on 30th March.
  • Knitting and Crochet
    Status: Active
    On Friday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    Week 1: The Cartvale, Busby: Week 3: Giffnock Library
  • Local Archaeology History
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    Week 2
  • Lunch Bunch
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons
    Week 3 - as arranged
  • Mahjong
    Status: Active
    On Tuesdays
    Week 1 & Week 3 in local Cafes.
  • Members on Their Own MOTO
    Status: Active
    Any Time - Any Day! - Contact other members to choose where and when to meet
  • My Life Stories
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    Week 2
  • Out and About
    Status: Active
    On Wednesday all day
    Week 1 - As Arranged
  • Photography
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:30 am
    Week 3 - As Arranged
  • Pickleball
    Status: Active
    A new group will start sometime in 2025.
  • Poetry
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Friday mornings 10:15 am-12:15 pm
    Week 2
  • Popular Psychology
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    4th Tuesday of each month
  • Quiz
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    Week 2
  • Reading Group 1
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Friday afternoons 2:30 pm-4:30 pm
    Last Friday
  • Reading Group 2
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
    Week 2
  • Reading Group 3
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
    Week 3
  • Reading Group 4
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
    Week 1
  • Reading Group 5
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
    Week 2
  • Rummikub
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    Week 1 NB no group meeting on 4th November.
  • Russian
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Friday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
  • Saturdays
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Saturday mornings 11:30 am
    Week 2 - As Arranged
  • Saturdays Together
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Saturday mornings 11:30 am-2:00 pm
    Week 2 - As Arranged
  • Science and Technology
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    Week 3
  • Scottish Country Dancing
    Status: Active
    On Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    Weeks 2 and 4
  • Scrabble
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
    Week 2
  • Screen Time
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    Week 1
  • Sewing
    Status: Active
    On Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    Weeks 2 and 4
  • Sleuth and Sip
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Sunday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    Week 1
  • Snooker
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Tuesday evenings 7:30 pm-9:30 pm
    Week 2
  • Spanish Beginners 1
    Status: Active
    On Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    Week 1 and 3
  • Spanish Beginners 2
    Status: Active
    On Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    Week 2 and 4
  • Spanish Chat
    Status: Active
    On Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
    Weeks 2 & 4
  • Spanish Improvers
    Status: Active
    On Tuesday afternoons 2:30 pm-4:00 pm
    Week 2
  • Stage Craft
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Tuesday mornings 9:30 am
    Only meet during pre-production period
  • Strollers
    Status: Active
    On Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm
    Weeks 2 and 4
  • Swimming
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Monday mornings 10:00 am
  • Table Tennis
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:30 am-12:30 pm
    Week 2 & 4
  • Talking Music
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    Week 2
  • Taste the World
    Status: Active
    On Friday afternoons
    Lunch: Week 2 - As Arranged
  • Theatre
    Status: Active
    As Arranged
  • Ukulele
    Status: Active
    On Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    Weeks 2 and 4
  • Upholstery
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Tuesday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
    16th September - 4th November.
  • Urban Sketching
    Status: Active
    On Wednesday afternoons 12:00 pm-2:00 pm
    Weeks 2 and 4 From 22nd October to 25th March the group will meet indoors in the upstairs Classroom.
  • Walkie Talkies
    Status: Active
    On Tuesday mornings
    Week 3 - As Arranged
  • Walking
    Status: Active
    On Thursday all day 10:00 am
    Weeks 3 and 4 - Details of walk by email.
  • Wine Buddies
    Status: Active
    On Thursday evenings 7:00 pm-9:00 pm
    Week 2 - Zoom Meeting
  • Yoga
    Status: Waiting list
    Weekly on Thursday mornings 11:00 am-12:00 pm
    NB no meeting 6th November, 18th December, 2nd April.