Welcome to Verwood u3a!

We are well into 2025 and our community continues to thrive and grow!

We now have 350+ members and more than 45 activities and events.

Over the last 18 months we have introduced workshops and short blocks of sessions. This works particularly well for members who find it hard to commit to a weekly or fortnightly group. The workshops enable members to dip into those that are of particular interest to them and the short course of sessions gives members a chance to attend a weekly or fortnightly group for a specified period of time, without demanding long term commitment.  This works for those who like to fit regular travel into their busy, retired lives!  Our regular groups continue to enable members to develop and maintain friendships with people with shared interests.

Verwood u3a offers a diverse range of activities –  with sporting, educational, musical, recreational, creative and social opportunities. 

Our music groups have grown and we now have 3 Ukulele groups – for beginners, intermediate and experienced players.  We have a new Electric Band that allows some of our musicians to explore a different genre of music. Our Guitars+ Group is as popular as ever. 

We introduced Pickleball last September as a new weekly sport and this has proved exceptionally popular – especially as it was the first Pickleball group in Verwood.  

Our two weekly Yoga groups have also been a real hit with our members – we offer Chair and Mat Yoga and at £2.00 per session it is unsurprisingly popular. 

Our newest groups – Health and Well-being and The Folk Circle are still developing.  The Cooking from Scratch workshops help members who have never been involved in food planning and preparation understand how to easily make nutritious meals. This is useful to members whose partners have always taken a lead in this but cannot or do not do so now.

We continue to grow and offer affordable activities to people who are no longer in full time employment.  If you have a skill, hobby or interest that you would like to share with other people either by starting a group or running a monthly workshop or a one-off or series of talks then please get in touch with us.

The membership fee is £30 to end August.  This is excellent value as you could attend several groups a week at no additional cost.

We are particularly interested in hearing from people who may be able to run a Bridge group or support a Language Conversation Group – e.g. French, Spanish or Italian.
Please contact us by using our Contact Form

Jan Mills (Chair).  email