Make the most of life and join with our 350 + members by exploring new ideas and interests with Verwood u3a.
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Verwood u3a is part of a National and International Organisation for people no longer in full-time employment, there are no age boundaries. Our aim is to help people get the most out of life by providing the facilities for group activities. We have groups from discussion and art groups through to music and badminton, and just about everything in between. Please click the Menu above to view a list of all our Activities and pages of this site.

Spotlight On Our Activities

Health and Wellbeing

Tuesday 29th April at the Hub.
2:00 ~ 4:00 pm

In next Health & Wellbeing session Paula Pearson will be talking about Reflexology as a complementary therapy with a focus on stress management.

Places must be booked. For more information please visit the Health and Wellbeing page.

To book your place
email Paula here.

Travel Through My Lens

10.30 am on Thursday 17th April at the Hub.

Colin Daniels takes us to the seldom visited  Kingdom of Bhutan.  His main objective was to take a five day hike between Paro and the capital Thimpu, but we will also visit some of the major tourist sites including a walk up to the Tiger’s Nest Monastery to make sure that he could cope with the hike.

The meeting is open to all u3a members, but please let Colin English know if you will be attending to ensure that there is adequate seating by clicking here

For more info on this group click here

Intermediate Ukulele Group

Woodlands Village Hall
Tuesdays (fortnightly) 1:00 pm ~ 2:00 pm

Learned the basics of playing the ukulele but don’t know where to go next?

This group is aimed at amateur ukulele players with some basic knowledge of playing the ukulele and who are not ready or confident enough to play in the main Ukulele Group or maybe to family and friends.

Learn to play with confidence in a relaxed and friendly environment. Click here to find out more

The Folk Circle

The Hub Wednesday 21st May
2:00 pm ~ 4:00 pm

The Folk Circle is for anyone interested in keeping alive the folk tradition of shared music, story and song, played simply for enjoyment in a friendly and supportive environment.
If you would like to sing, play a tune or tell a story, please come along.
If you need inspiration, perhaps listen to modern day artists such as Steeleye Span, Donovan, Simon and Garfunkel, Joan Baez, Tom Paxton, Peter, Paul and Mary and Fairport Convention as well as more traditional folk.

The Ukulele Group

Come and spend an evening with Riverblue ~ Verwood u3a Ukulele Group.

Tickets are £8 including refreshments in the break.
Tickets are available from Gareth the group leader (email here)
or any of the Ukulele Group Members.

Raising funds for 2 charities

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Listen to Peter Kingsbury, leader of the Photography Groups and Richard Oliffe chatting about photography past and present and our groups in Verwood u3a.

Listen to other u3a interviews on our Forest FM Page