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Groups

Below are all the groups we currently run. If you are interested in joining any of them click on the link and you should get contact details for the coordinator.

If you cannot see a group that interests you then please get in touch, initially to Chair and we will put a notice in the newsletter to find other fans who join in your interest!

Groups listed alphabetically

  • Archaeology
    Status: Active
  • Art
    Status: Active
    On Tuesday mornings 9:45 am-12:15 pm
  • Art Appreciation 1
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd Tuesday of the month
  • Birding Group
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesdays
    First Tuesday of each month
  • Book Group 1
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm
    2nd Friday of the month
  • Book Group 3
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Fridays 2:00 pm
    First Friday of the Month
  • Bowls 1
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Monday mornings 10:30 am-12:30 pm
    April to September
  • Bowls 2
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    April to September
  • Bridge
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Wednesday mornings 9:15 am-12:30 pm
  • Canasta
    Status: Waiting list
    On Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
  • Classic Novels
    Status: Active
    On Mondays 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
  • Current Affairs 1
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    4th Wednesday of each month
  • Current Affairs 3
    Status: Active
    On Thursday afternoons 2:30 pm-4:30 pm
    Last Thursday of the month
  • Family History
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    Third Wednesday of the month
  • French Conversation
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:30 am-12:00 pm
    Last Tuesday of the month
  • Gardening Group
    Status: Active
    Monthly
  • Geography
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Friday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    4th Friday of the month
  • Geology
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
    2nd Tuesday of the month
  • German Conversation
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Monday mornings 11:55 am-1:00 pm
  • History - Local History Group
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Mondays 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    Last Monday of the mont
  • History -The history and culture of Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-11:30 am
    2nd Wednesday of each month
  • History 3
    Status: Active
    On Mondays
  • History Appreciation Group
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    Third Thursday of the Month
  • International Folk Dancing
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Friday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
  • Jazz Group
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    Second Thursday of the month
  • Lunch Club
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly
  • Mah Jong
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Fridays 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
    Weather permitting
  • Mindfulness & Meditation (Friday)
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Friday mornings 10:00 am-11:30 am
    2nd and 4th Friday of each month
  • Mindfulness and Meditation (Wednesday)
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Wednesday mornings 11:00 am-12:30 pm
  • Painting
    Status: Full
    Weekly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    Termtime only
  • Painting for Pleasure
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday mornings 9:30 am-12:00 pm
    Second Thursday of the month
  • Pickleball
    Status: Active
    Weekly Mondays and Wednesdays (session times available on request) Intermediate, Improvers and Beginners in pickleball are catered for.
  • Poetry Appreciation
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday evenings 7:30 pm-9:30 pm
    Second Thursday of the month
  • Rummikub
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    Alternate Thursdays
  • Sci-Fi
    Status: Active
    Monthly
  • Science and Technology
    Status: Closed
    Monthly
  • Scrabble
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    Third Friday of the month
  • Singing for Pleasure
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    First Tuesday of the month
  • Table Tennis
    Status: Active
    Weekly afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    Thursday and Friday
  • Tap Dancing
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    Except school holidays
  • The Dales Scribblers
    Status: Active
    On Wednesday afternoons
    First Wednesday of the month
  • Ukulele Group
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:00 pm
  • Walking
    Status: Waiting list
    Weekly on Thursdays
    Days can vary
  • Walking (Derwent Dawdlers)
    Status: Active
    On Thursday mornings 10:30 am
    Meeting place varies.
  • Walks (Shorter)
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Saturdays
    Second Saturday of the month
  • Wildflowers
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    2nd Wednesday, February - October (inclusive)
  • Wind Recorders
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
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