This is the page for information about our special interest Groups. Generally, these Groups meet weekly during term-time; please look out for a handful of exceptions. (In what follows, [n] = sequential Group number in Programme Brochure, and GL = Group Leader.)

This year we are introducing a new summer programme, which will run between July 27 and September 4. For more details, click on the link.
Groups listed alphabetically
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Advanced French Conversation [17]
Status: Waiting list
Weekly on Tuesdays 9:45 am-11:15 am
(maximum Group size: 14) -
Aerobics, Ballroom & Latin Dance Lessons [48]
Status: Active
Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 12:30 pm-2:00 pm
(maximum Group size: 50) -
Alternative Book Club [50]
Status: Waiting list
Weekly on Wednesdays 1:30 pm-3:00 pm
Last session 27/5/26. (maximum Group size: 8). Last session : May 27, 2026 -
Art Appreciation [24]
Status: Waiting list
Fortnightly on Tuesdays 10:30 am-12:00 pm
(maximum Group size: 20) -
Art Club [1]
Status: Waiting list
Weekly on Mondays 9:45 am-12:15 pm -
Art For Fun [53]
Status: Active
Weekly on Wednesdays 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 20) -
Art: improvers & experienced [87]
Status: Waiting list
Weekly on Fridays 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 16) -
Asuntos De Actualidad: en español [47]
Status: Waiting list
Weekly on Wednesday mornings 12:15 pm-1:45 pm
(maximum Group size: 9) -
Backgammon [88]
Status: Active
Weekly on Fridays 2:30 pm-4:00 pm
(maximum Group size: 28) -
Bridge for Beginners+ & Improvers [66]
Status: Waiting list
Weekly on Thursdays 11:30 am-1:00 pm
(maximum Group size: 20) -
Bridge Group [69]
Status: Active
Weekly on Thursdays 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
(maximum Group size: 40) -
British Poetry from Hardy to Duffy [21]
Status: Active
Weekly on Tuesdays 10:15 am-11:45 am
(maximum Group size: 18) -
Canasta [84]
Status: Waiting list
Weekly on Fridays 1:00 pm-2:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 24) -
Chants and simple Songs
Status: Active
Weekly on Wednesdays 2:30 pm-4:00 pm
Starts on April 15, 2026 -
Chess ABC: Absolute Beginners Course [77]
Status: Active
Weekly on Fridays 10:30 am-12:00 pm
(Summer term only) (maximum Group size: 18) -
Chess: Improvers Level 1 [76]
Status: Active
Weekly on Fridays 10:30 am-12:00 pm
(Autumn and Spring terms only) (maximum Group size: 18) -
Chess: Improvers Level 2 [82]
Status: Active
Weekly on Fridays 12:30 pm-2:00 pm
(maximum Group size: 18). Autumn and Spring terms only. -
Climate/Environment [20]
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Tuesdays 1:00 pm-2:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 16) -
Club Class Bridge [7]
Status: Active
Weekly on Mondays 11:00 am-12:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 20) -
Conversational Spanish for Beginners [60]
Status: Waiting list
Weekly on Thursday mornings 10:15 am-11:45 am
(maximum Group size: 9) -
Creative Writing [57]
Status: Waiting list
Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 2:30 pm-4:00 pm
(maximum Group size: 11) -
Current Affairs [67]
Status: Waiting list
Weekly on Thursdays 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
(Autumn and Spring terms only) (maximum Group size: 16) -
Dance Aerobics [2]
Status: Active
Weekly on Mondays 10:00 am-10:45 am
(maximum Group size: 50) -
Deutsch Pur [9]
Status: Waiting list
Weekly on Mondays 12:40 pm-2:10 pm
(maximum Group size: 19) -
Drama [14]
Status: Waiting list
Weekly on Mondays 2:25 pm-3:55 pm
(maximum Group size: 20) -
Drawing & Painting for Pleasure [78]
Status: Active
Weekly on Fridays 11:15 am-12:45 pm
(maximum Group size: 12) -
Drawing and painting with Pastels [30]
Status: Waiting list
Weekly on Tuesdays 1:00 pm-2:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 14) -
Early Beliefs, Religion or Superstition [73]
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Thursdays 2:30 pm-4:00 pm
(Max. Group size: 25) Starts April 30, 2026. -
Enjoying More Opera [25]
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Tuesdays 10:30 am-12:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 35). Meets April 24, June 6 and July 7. -
Explorers Social Group [19]
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Tuesdays 1:00 pm-2:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 16) Meets April 21 at 1:00 pm at the College Cafe. -
Fitness Workshop [45]
Status: Active
Weekly on Wednesdays 11:30 am-12:30 pm
(Max group size: 25) -
Flexibility & Flow [79]
Status: Active
Weekly on Fridays 11:30 am-12:30 pm
(Max group size: 20) -
For The Love Of Singing [32]
Status: Active
Weekly on Tuesdays 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 40) -
French Intermediate Conversation (A2/B1) [39]
Status: Active
Weekly on Fridays 10:00 am-11:30 am
(maximum Group size: 22) Starts on May 8, 2026. -
Fun Photography [49]
Status: Waiting list
Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 12:45 pm-2:15 pm
(maximum Group size: 20) -
German - Intermediate [5]
Status: Active
Weekly on Mondays 11:00 am-12:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 20) -
Hiking / Rambling: medium-paced [61]
Status: Waiting list
Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:15 am
(maximum Group size: 29) -
Intuition & Song [13]
Status: Active
Weekly on Mondays 2:25 pm-3:55 pm
(maximum Group size: 14) -
Italian Continuation - Intermediate [63]
Status: Active
Weekly on Thursdays 11:00 am-12:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 20) -
Italian for Beginners [74]
Status: Active
Weekly on Fridays 10:00 am-11:30 am
(Max. Group size: 11) Autumn & Spring terms only. -
Kalooki - a card game [37]
Status: Waiting list
Weekly on Tuesdays 2:30 pm-4:00 pm
(maximum Group size: 20) -
Kalooki - a card game [75]
Status: Waiting list
Weekly on Fridays 10:30 am-12:00 pm
(maximum Group size: 20) -
Kalooki - a Card Game[12]
Status: Active
Weekly on Mondays 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 20) -
Knit or Crochet and Natter Group [86]
Status: Active
Weekly on Fridays 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 18) -
L'atelier de français [44]
Status: Active
Weekly on Wednesday mornings 11:00 am-12:25 pm
(maximum Group size: 20) -
Lawn Bowls - Beginners and Improvers [91]
Status: Waiting list
Weekly on Thursdays 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
(Max. Group size: 30). Summer term only. -
Line Dancing for Improvers [29]
Status: Active
Weekly on Tuesdays 12:30 pm-1:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 30) -
Line Dancing for Improvers [46]
Status: Active
Weekly on Wednesdays 11:15 am-12:15 pm
(maximum Group size: 30) -
Mah Jong [54]
Status: Active
Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 12) -
Mah Jong [8]
Status: Active
Weekly on Mondays 12:30 pm-2:00 pm
(maximum Group size: 12) -
Metaphysical Mindfulness Meditation [64]
Status: Active
Weekly on Thursday mornings 11:00 am-12:30 pm
(Maximum group size: 7) -
Nomination Whist [51]
Status: Waiting list
Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
maximum Group size: 15 -
North Bournemouth Book Club [72]
Status: Waiting list
Fortnightly on Thursdays 2:30 pm-4:00 pm
(maximum Group size: 16) -
Occasional Walkers [22]
Status: Active
Monthly on Tuesdays 10:15 am
(maximum Group size: 35) -
Opera DVDs with Subtitles: watch & learn [58]
Status: Active
Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 2:30 pm-4:00 pm
(maximum Group size: 20) -
Oriental Stretching & Breathing Sessions [56]
Status: Active
Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 2:15 pm-3:15 pm
(maximum Group size: 30) -
Petanque: Beginners & Improvers
Status: Active
Weekly on Wednesdays 2:00 pm
Every week of the year, apart from a fortnight's break at Christmas. -
Philosophy Today: the search for Wisdom [62]
Status: Active
Weekly on Thursday mornings 10:30 am-12:00 pm
(maximum Group size: 35) -
Pilates - chair based [93]
Status: Active
Weekly on Tuesdays 11:20 am-12:15 pm
(Max Group size :25) -
Pilates - mat based [92]
Status: Waiting list
Weekly on Tuesdays 10:15 am-11:10 am
(Maximum Group size: 25) -
Press Cuttings [80]
Status: Active
Weekly on Fridays 11:45 am-1:15 pm
(Max. Group size: 20). As of May 8, 2026. -
Reading Group [36]
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Tuesdays 2:30 pm-4:00 pm
(maximum Group size: 12) -
Recorder Ensemble [18]
Status: Active
Weekly on Tuesdays 10:00 am-11:30 am
(maximum Group size: 30) -
Recorder: Improvers [28]
Status: Active
Weekly on Tuesdays 12:00 pm-1:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 20) -
Rummikub [43]
Status: Active
Weekly on Wednesday mornings 10:30 am-12:00 pm
Max. group size 20 -
Rummikub [70]
Status: Waiting list
Weekly on Thursdays 2:15 pm-3:45 pm
(maximum Group size: 15) -
Scrabble [11]
Status: Active
Weekly on Mondays 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 16) -
Seated Guided Meditation / Visualisation [59]
Status: Active
Weekly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-11:15 am
(maximum Group size: 16). Autumn & Summer terms. -
Shakespeare: context, text and performance [40]
Status: Active
Weekly on Wednesday mornings 9:30 am-10:30 am
(maximum Group size: 25) -
Short Fiction Creative Writing Group [35]
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Tuesdays 2:30 pm-4:00 pm
(maximum Group size: 12) -
Short Tennis [65]
Status: Waiting list
Weekly on Thursday mornings 11:15 am-12:15 pm
(maximum Group size: 14) (Two courts) -
Singing for Pleasure [15]
Status: Waiting list
Weekly on Mondays 2:30 pm-4:00 pm
(maximum Group size: 30) -
Social Badminton [34]
Status: Waiting list
Weekly on Tuesdays 2:30 pm-3:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 14) -
Social Cycling
Status: Active
Weekly on Thursdays 10:00 am
Every week of the year, apart from August and a Christmas break. -
Spanish Conversation for Beginners (year 3) [6]
Status: Full
Weekly on Mondays 11:00 am-12:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 13) -
Spanish for Intermediate Improvers [52]
Status: Active
Weekly on Wednesdays 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 7) -
Stretch and Balance [26]
Status: Waiting list
Weekly on Tuesdays 11:00 am-12:00 pm
(maximum Group size: 25) -
Table Tennis for Improvers [31]
Status: Waiting list
Weekly on Tuesdays 1:15 pm-2:45 pm
(maximum Group size: 24) -
Table Tennis for Improvers [38]
Status: Waiting list
Weekly on Tuesdays 3:00 pm-4:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 24) -
Tai Chi & Qigong [85]
Status: Active
Weekly on Fridays 2:00 pm-3:00 pm
(maximum Group size: 30) -
Tai Chi Introduction [16]
Status: Waiting list
Weekly on Tuesdays 9:30 am-10:30 am
(maximum Group size: 20) -
Tai Chi Introduction [71]
Status: Waiting list
Weekly on Thursdays 2:30 pm-3:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 20) -
The Age of Reason or the Enlightenment [42]
Status: Active
Weekly on Wednesday mornings 10:30 am-12:00 pm
(Maximum group size 30). Autumn and Spring terms only. -
TV Boxed Set Club (94)
Status: Active
Weekly on Tuesdays 12:15 pm-2:00 pm
Max Group size : 12 -
Uni-Sing [3]
Status: Full
Weekly on Mondays 10:30 am-12:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 26) -
Wine Tasting Group [89]
Status: Waiting list
Monthly on Mondays 6:00 pm
maximum Group size: 12 -
Yoga - Chair based [10]
Status: Active
Weekly on Mondays 12:45 pm-1:45 pm
(maximum Group size: 25) -
Yoga for fitness, health & relaxation [41]
Status: Waiting list
Weekly on Wednesday mornings 9:30 am-11:00 am
(maximum Group size: 25) -
Your All Time Favourites [55]
Status: Active
Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
(maximum Group size: 24). Autumn and Summer terms only.