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.)

For full details about our 2026/27 Programme, please click on the link.

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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Alternative Book Club [54]
Status: Active
Weekly on Wednesdays 1:30 pm-3:00 pm
(maximum Group size: 8) -
Art Appreciation [22]
Status: Active
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
(Max Group size: 25) -
Art For Fun [57]
Status: Active
Weekly on Wednesdays 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 20) -
Art: improvers & experienced [89]
Status: Active
Weekly on Fridays 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 16) -
Asuntos De Actualidad: en español [51]
Status: Waiting list
Weekly on Wednesdays 12:15 pm-1:45 pm
(maximum Group size: 9) -
Atelier de français [48]
Status: Active
Weekly on Wednesday mornings 11:00 am-12:25 pm
(maximum Group size: 20) -
Backgammon [90]
Status: Active
Weekly on Fridays 2:30 pm-4:00 pm
(maximum Group size: 28) -
Bridge for Improvers & Intermediate Level[68]
Status: Active
Weekly on Thursdays 11:30 am-1:00 pm
(maximum Group size: 20) -
Bridge Group [73]
Status: Active
Weekly on Thursdays 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
(maximum Group size: 40) -
Bridge Learning Club [7]
Status: Active
Weekly on Mondays 11:00 am-12:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 20) -
British Poetry from Hardy to Duffy [21]
Status: Active
Weekly on Tuesdays 10:15 am-11:45 am
(maximum Group size: 18) -
Canasta[86]
Status: Active
Weekly on Fridays 1:00 pm-2:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 24) -
Chess ABC: Absolute Beginners Course [82]
Status: Active
Weekly on Fridays 10:30 am-12:00 pm
(Summer term only) (maximum Group size: 18) -
Chess: Improvers [81]
Status: Active
Weekly on Fridays 10:30 am-12:00 pm
(Autumn and Spring terms only) (maximum Group size: 18) -
Climate and Environment [31]
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Tuesdays 1:00 pm-2:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 16) -
Conversational Spanish for Beginners [63]
Status: Active
Weekly on Thursday mornings 10:15 am-11:45 am
(maximum Group size: 9) -
Creative Writing (all sorts) + Chat [60]
Status: Waiting list
Weekly on Wednesdays 2:30 pm-4:00 pm
(maximum Group size: 11) -
Current Affairs [70]
Status: Active
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) -
Dance Aerobics [52]
Status: Active
Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 12:30 pm-1:15 pm
(maximum Group size: 50) -
Deutsch Pur [10]
Status: Active
Weekly on Mondays 12:40 pm-2:10 pm
(maximum Group size: 19) -
Drama [12]
Status: Active
Weekly on Mondays 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 16) -
Drawing & Painting for Pleasure [83]
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) -
Enjoying More Opera [23]
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Tuesdays 10:30 am-12:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 35). -
Explorers Social Group [19]
Status: Dormant
Fortnightly on Tuesdays 1:00 pm-2:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 16) Meets April 21 at 1:00 pm at the College Cafe. -
Family History [32]
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Tuesdays 1:00 pm-2:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 12) -
Fitness Club [49]
Status: Active
Weekly on Wednesdays 11:30 am-12:30 pm
(Max group size: 25) -
Flexibility & Flow [84]
Status: Active
Weekly on Fridays 11:30 am-12:30 pm
(Max group size: 20) -
For The Love Of Singing [35]
Status: Active
Weekly on Tuesdays 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 40) -
French Conversation [16]
Status: Waiting list
Weekly on Tuesdays 9:45 am-11:15 am
(maximum Group size: 14) -
French for absolute beginners [71]
Status: Active
Weekly on Thursdays 2:00 pm-3:30 pm -
French Intermediate Conversation [42]
Status: Active
Weekly on Tuesdays 3:00 pm-4:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 20) -
Fun Photography [53]
Status: Active
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) -
Golden Oldies Hour [94]
Status: Active
Weekly on Wednesdays 2:30 pm-3:30 pm
(maximum group size: 20) -
Great Poets from Hardy to Duffy [25]
Status: Active
Weekly on Tuesdays 11:15 am-12:45 pm
(Max group size: 20) -
Italian Continuation - Intermediate [65]
Status: Active
Weekly on Thursdays 11:00 am-12:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 20) -
Italian for Absolute Beginners [36]
Status: Active
Weekly on Tuesdays 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 7) -
Italian for Beginners Year 2[79]
Status: Active
Weekly on Fridays 10:00 am-11:30 am
(Max. Group size: 11) Autumn & Spring terms only. -
Kalooki - a card game [40]
Status: Active
Weekly on Tuesdays 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
(maximum Group size: 20) -
Kalooki - a card game [80]
Status: Active
Weekly on Fridays 10:30 am-12:00 pm
(maximum Group size: 20) -
Kalooki - a Card Game[11]
Status: Active
Weekly on Mondays 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 20) -
Knit or Crochet and Natter Group [88]
Status: Active
Weekly on Fridays 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 18) -
Lawn Bowls - Beginners and Improvers [72]
Status: Active
Weekly on Thursdays 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
(Max. Group size: 30). Summer term only. Further details on page 21. -
Line Dancing for Improvers [29]
Status: Active
Weekly on Tuesdays 12:30 pm-1:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 30) -
Line Dancing for Improvers [50]
Status: Active
Weekly on Wednesdays 11:15 am-12:15 pm
(maximum Group size: 30) -
Mah Jong [34]
Status: Active
Weekly on Tuesdays 1:30 pm-3:00 pm
(maximum Group size: 12) -
Mah Jong [69]
Status: Active
Weekly on Thursdays 1:30 pm-3:00 pm
(maximum Group size: 12) -
Mah Jong [9]
Status: Active
Weekly on Mondays 12:30 pm-2:00 pm
(maximum Group size: 12) -
Metaphysical Mindfulness Meditation [66]
Status: Active
Weekly on Thursday mornings 11:00 am-12:30 pm
(Maximum group size: 7) -
New Members Group [21]
Status: Active
On Tuesdays 10:30 am-12:00 pm -
New Members Group [8]
Status: Active
On Mondays 12:15 pm-1:45 pm -
Nomination Whist [55]
Status: Active
Weekly on Wednesdays 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
maximum Group size: 15 -
North Bournemouth Book Club [77]
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Thursdays 2:30 pm-4:00 pm
(maximum Group size: 16) -
Occasional Walkers [18]
Status: Active
Monthly on Tuesdays 10:15 am
(maximum Group size: 35) -
Opera DVDs with Subtitles: watch & learn [61]
Status: Active
Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 2:30 pm-4:00 pm
(maximum Group size: 20) -
Oriental Stretching & Breathing Sessions [59]
Status: Active
Weekly on Wednesdays 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 from now to the ancient Past [46]
Status: Active
Weekly on Wednesday mornings 10:30 am-12:00 pm
(Maximum group size 30). Autumn and Spring terms only. -
Philosophy Today: the search for Wisdom [64]
Status: Active
Weekly on Thursday mornings 10:30 am-12:00 pm
(maximum Group size: 35) -
Pilates - chair based [20]
Status: Active
Weekly on Tuesdays 11:20 am-12:15 pm
(Max Group size :25) -
Pilates - mat based [19]
Status: Waiting list
Weekly on Tuesdays 10:15 am-11:10 am
(Maximum Group size: 25) -
Press Cuttings [85]
Status: Active
Weekly on Fridays 11:45 am-1:15 pm
(Max. Group size: 20). -
Reading around the World [26]
Status: Active
Weekly on Tuesdays 11:30 am-1:00 pm
(Max group size: 14) -
Reading Group [39]
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Tuesdays 2:30 pm-4:00 pm
(maximum Group size: 12) -
Recorder Ensemble [17]
Status: Active
Weekly on Tuesdays 10:00 am-11:30 am
(maximum Group size: 30) -
Recorder: Improvers [27]
Status: Active
Weekly on Tuesdays 12:00 pm-1:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 20) -
Religious Belief through the ages[78]
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Thursdays 2:30 am-4:00 pm -
Rummikub [47]
Status: Active
Weekly on Wednesday mornings 10:30 am-12:00 pm
Max. group size 20 -
Rummikub [75]
Status: Waiting list
Weekly on Thursdays 2:15 pm-3:45 pm
(maximum Group size: 15) -
Scrabble [13]
Status: Active
Weekly on Mondays 2:30 pm-4:00 pm
(maximum Group size: 16) -
Seated Guided Meditation / Visualisation [62]
Status: Active
Weekly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-11:15 am
(maximum Group size: 16). Autumn & Summer terms. -
Shakespeare: context, text and performance [43]
Status: Active
Weekly on Wednesday mornings 9:30 am-10:30 am
(maximum Group size: 25) -
Short Fiction Creative Writing Group [38]
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Tuesdays 2:30 pm-4:00 pm
(maximum Group size: 12) -
Short Tennis [67]
Status: Waiting list
Weekly on Thursday mornings 11:30 am-12:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 14) (Two courts) -
Singing for Pleasure [14]
Status: Active
Weekly on Mondays 2:30 pm-4:00 pm
(maximum Group size: 30) -
Social Afternoon[74]
Status: Active
Monthly on Thursdays 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
First Thursday of the month from 1 October -
Social Badminton [37]
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 (year 4) [6]
Status: Waiting list
Weekly on Mondays 11:00 am-12:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 13) -
Spanish for Absolute Beginners [56]
Status: Active
Weekly on Wednesdays 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 7) -
Stretch and Balance [24]
Status: Waiting list
Weekly on Tuesdays 11:00 am-12:00 pm
(maximum Group size: 25) -
Table Tennis for Improvers [33]
Status: Active
Weekly on Tuesdays 1:15 pm-2:45 pm
(maximum Group size: 24) -
Table Tennis for Improvers [41]
Status: Active
Weekly on Tuesdays 3:00 pm-4:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 24) -
Tai Chi & Qigong [87]
Status: Active
Weekly on Fridays 2:00 pm-3:00 pm
(maximum Group size: 30) -
Tai Chi Introduction [15]
Status: Active
Weekly on Tuesdays 9:30 am-10:30 am
(maximum Group size: 20) -
Tai Chi Introduction [76]
Status: Active
Weekly on Thursdays 2:30 pm-3:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 20) -
Those Radio Years [92]
Status: Active
Weekly on Thursdays 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
(Max group size: 25) -
Travel and Tourism [93]
Status: Active
Monthly on Thursdays 11:00 am-12:30 pm
(Max group size: 10) -
TV Boxed Set - Boxed Lunch Club (28)
Status: Active
Weekly on Tuesdays 12:15 pm-2:00 pm
Max Group size : 12 -
Uni-Sing [3]
Status: Active
Weekly on Mondays 10:30 am-12:30 pm
(maximum Group size: 26) -
Walking Group [45]
Status: Active
Monthly on Wednesdays
(maximum Group size: 12) -
Walks along the Seafront [58]
Status: Active
Twice-monthly on Wednesdays 3:00 pm -
Wine Tasting Group [91]
Status: Waiting list
Monthly on Mondays 6:00 pm
maximum Group size: 12 -
Yoga - Chair based [4]
Status: Active
Weekly on Mondays 11:00 am-12:00 pm
(maximum Group size: 25) -
Yoga for fitness, health & relaxation [44]
Status: Active
Weekly on Wednesday mornings 9:30 am-11:00 am
(maximum Group size: 25)