GROUPS PAGE

Join a Group:

When you join Hastings & Rother u3a you unlock entry to 70+ interest groups ranging from Art Appreciation to Walking. Once you’ve left full-time employment it’s an opportunity to meet new people in a friendly environment, most of our groups meet in member’s homes, but also in cafes and community rooms.

Below you’ll find a groups list with days and times. Please refer to the printed groups list you were sent when you joined which contains convenors contact details. If you can’t find your list, it’s no problem, just contact the Groups Co-ordinator and they will send you a copy. If a group has no vacancies, it might be worthwhile to contact the convenor and ask if there’s a waiting list.

PLEASE REMEMBER YOU MUST BE A FULLY PAID-UP MEMBER BEFORE JOINING A GROUP. This is partly for insurance and legal reasons but also to ensure that everyone is paying a fair share to support our u3a.

Giving Back - by the members for the members:

Our convenors act as coordinators – unofficial organisers – of their groups, they are all ordinary members of Hastings & Rother u3a.

If you have a special interest or skill you’d like to explore and share, or any group that you would like to start up, please consider becoming a convenor. Our experienced Groups Coordinator would be pleased to guide you and lend support to get you and your group up and running. We can help you find interested members, a venue if necessary and help you get organised. Some groups use co-convenors to share and support activities. It might seem daunting at first but help is on hand for as long as you need it. Running a group is a great way to make friends as well as a rewarding experience knowing you’re giving back to your community. To find more information about the group, click on the blue link.

Groups listed alphabetically

  • Ancient History Group
    Status: Active
    On Mondays
    3rd Monday monthly
  • Art Appreciation 1
    Status: Active
    On Tuesdays
    2nd Tuesday Monthly
  • Art Appreciation 3
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:30 am-12:30 pm
    2nd Wednesday
  • Art Group (was Painting)
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-12:30 pm
    Currently full Hastings
  • Aspects of Art and Art History
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    Last Wednesday
  • Backgammon
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    Alternate Tuesdays
  • Backgammon 2
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    2nd & 4th Tuesday's
  • Bird Watching
    Status: Active
    Vacancies
  • Book Club 1
    Status: Full
    On Monday mornings 10:30 am-1:00 pm
    1st Monday Monthly
  • Chess
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Wednesday mornings 10:30 am-1:00 pm
  • Classical Music
    Status: Full
    Fortnightly on Wednesday mornings 10:30 am-12:30 pm
    2nd & 4th Wednesdays
  • Coffee Morning Bexhill
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:30 am-12:00 pm
  • Coffee Morning Hastings
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday mornings 10:30 am-12:30 pm
    Meet in the stalls bar
  • Creative Crochet
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    4th Thursday
  • Cryptic Crosswords Improvers
    Status: Full
    Fortnightly on Wednesday mornings 10:30 am-12:30 pm
    2nd & 4th Fortnightly
  • Current Affairs 1
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    2nd Tuesday - Members houses in Bexhill
  • Current Affairs 3
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Monday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    St Leonards
  • Cycling - Community Rides
    Status: Active
    On Friday mornings 10:30 am-1:00 pm
    Various locations
  • Dining Out
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 12:30 pm
    Currently full
  • Exploring Science
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    Members houses in Bexhill and Hastings
  • Felt Sewing and Crafting
    Status: Full
    Weekly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    Bexhill
  • French (Conversation) 1
    Status: Full
    Weekly on Wednesday mornings 10:30 am-11:30 am
    Currently full Bexhill
  • Garden Appreciation
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Tuesdays
    3rd Tuesday, car essential
  • Gardening 1
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd Monday Fortnightly
  • Gardening 2
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd Monday Fortnightly
  • Gardening 3
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    3rd Thursday
  • German 1
    Status: Full
    Weekly on Friday mornings 11:00 am-12:00 pm
    Bexhill Currently full
  • German 2
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Thursday mornings 11:00 am-12:00 pm
    Vacancies Bexhill
  • German Conversation 3
    Status: Full
    Fortnightly on Friday mornings 10:30 am-12:00 pm
    1st & 3rd Friday
  • Grumpy Old Men
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:30 am-12:30 pm
    2nd Thursday
  • Grumpy Old Women 1
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:30 am-12:30 pm
    1st Wednesday, Silverhill, Hastings
  • H&R Scribes
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    2nd & 3rd Tuesdays and 1st Friday in month, 3:00 - 5:00
  • Herstory
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    1st Tuesday
  • Historical Fiction Reading
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Thursdays 2:00 pm
  • History 1
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday mornings 2:00 pm-4:30 pm
    4th Wednesday
  • HISTORY 2
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesdays
    Fourth week f month
  • History of World War 2
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    4th Thursday in St Leonards
  • International Law
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    1st Thursday
  • International Relations
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    3rd Thursday
  • Italian Culture & Conversation
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday mornings 10:30 am-12:00 pm
    4th Monday
  • Jazz Appreciation
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    3rd Tuesday
  • Knit Crochet & Craft
    Status: Full
    Weekly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
  • Knit, Natter & Crochet
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    3rd Friday
  • Lunch Club 2
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Wednesday mornings
    4th Wednesday
  • Mahjong 1 (Intermediate)
    Status: Full
    Weekly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:30 pm
    Vacancies Bexhill
  • Mahjong 2 (Beginners & Intermediate)
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
  • Music Appreciation
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Monday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    1st Monday
  • No Guilt Lunch Club
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Friday afternoons
    4th Friday
  • Old Town Book Group
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:30 pm-4:00 pm
    First Tuesday
  • Patchwork & Quilting
    Status: Full
    Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:30 pm
    1st & 3rd Tuesday
  • Petanque
    Status: Active
    On Fridays
    Alternate Friday's
  • Photography
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd Thursday
  • Pickleball
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Thursday mornings 10:30 am-11:30 am
    Vacancies
  • Poetry Reading
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd Friday
  • Qigong
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Monday afternoons
  • Reading Group 1
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:30 pm-4:30 pm
    4th Tuesday
  • Reading Group 2
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd Thursday
  • Scrabble Plus
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Wednesday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
  • Short Fiction (Zoom)
    Status: Waiting list
    Fortnightly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
  • Short Form Fiction
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:30 pm-4:30 pm
  • Short Story Reading
    Status: Waiting list
    Fortnightly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    Currently full
  • Social Team
    Status: Active
    Monthly
    The date varies according to need.
  • Social Team
    Status: Active
    Monthly
    Varies
  • Spanish Conversation (Intermediate)
    Status: Full
    Weekly on Monday mornings 11:00 am-12:00 pm
  • Stables Playreading
    Status: Waiting list
    Fortnightly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    Currently full
  • Strolling
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Saturday mornings 10:30 am
  • Table Tennis
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
  • The Literary Salon
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-11:50 am
    1st Thursday
  • Topical Discussion
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:30 am-12:30 pm
    1st Wednesday
  • Topical Topics
    Status: Full
    Fortnightly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    1st and 3rd Thursday
  • Very Short Story Writing Group
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Mondays
  • Walking:Longer
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am
    1st monthly Vacancies
  • Walking:Shorter
    Status: Active
    On Tuesday mornings 10:30 am
    Vacancies