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Grantown U3A

Interest Groups

Update - please note all interest groups have been suspended for the present, until the Coronavirus situation is resolved.

Grantown U3A currently has 8 interest groups. If you would like to join any of these groups, please email the group leader who can give you more information on when and where the next meeting is for their group.
If you would like to set up a group of your own, please email Sue - chair@grantownu3a.org and she will bring it up at the next meeting.

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Botanical Illustration
Contact: Lesley Badger 
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botillustration@grantownu3a.org

Botanical illustration is the art of portraying the detailed beauty and structure of plants usually in pencil and watercolour. We are happy to welcome people who are complete beginners or experienced artists but the group size is limited by the number of tables the Grant Arms can supply and so please do contact Lesley by email before coming along. If you want a new challenge or have watercolour paints standing idle, dust them off and join us. Meet fortnightly at the Grant Arms Hotel at 10.00 am.  There is a small charge of £2 per session, plus £2 for tea/coffee if required.


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Cinema & Theatre
Contact: Janet Gould 
cinema@grantownu3a.org 

This an informal group who get together for visits to a wide range of events, mainly at Eden Court.  We aim as far as possible to attend daytime events travelling by bus (using our Saltire cards), but sometimes will share cars. If you see something you would like to attend, contact Janet using the email link above, who will circulate details. This group does not depend on numbers: if two people have company for an event, that's a success.

Contact: Janet Gould 
01479 258205
cinema@grantownu3a.org
Please contact Janet to co-ordinate booking & transport - participants should buy their own tickets.
​Janet may be able to arrange a lift for those without transport - please contact her.


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​Film Club
​Contact: Elspeth Sage
film@grantownu3a.org  

Meetings to be held monthly on Wednesdays, at 2.00 pm at the Grant Arms Hotel. Films will be decided by the membership and will be announced nearer the time.
Entry: £1.00 per member plus £2 for tea/coffee if required. Contact Elspeth for further details.


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​French
​Contact: Ann Hadley  

french@grantownu3a.org
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The French Group will be meeting on alternate Mondays at 2.00 pm at various venues - primarily for conversation. Contact Ann for further details.


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​Natural History
Contact: Sue Sykes  

nathistory@grantownu3a.org
A friendly group of like-minded enthusiasts and beginners, who may have some particular interest or simply want to know more about the natural history of the area, and enjoy our stunning scenery. We always welcome newcomers.
The group meets on the third Wednesday of each month and has both outdoor and indoor meetings: outdoors may be local walks to see a particular species or a place and is led by a member or local guide who has expertise in that subject. We also go further afield to the coast or hills. Indoors in the coldest, wettest months we may have a speaker to tell us more about a subject of local wildlife interest. Members of the group are contacted two weeks before each meeting with details of topic and meeting place. We car share whenever possible and on longer trips we include Comfort and Coffee stops! No particular level of fitness is required. To join in simply send Sue your contact details.


Programme for 2020 – suggestions always welcome 
15 January:    morning indoor meeting “Fungi: Edible or Deadly!”
19 February:    morning indoor meeting “Butterflies of the Scottish Highlands”
11 March:    morning indoor meeting “Batty About Bats”
29th April:    Dawn Chorus. Early morning start; then breakfast 
20 May:    evening walk “Focus on Bats”
17 June:    morning walk “Focus on Butterflies and Bees”
15 July:    morning walk “Focus on Flowers” 
19 August:    morning walk “Focus on Fungi”
16 September:    morning walk “Photography Day” 


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​Poetry Reading
​Contact: Elspeth Sage

poetry@grantownu3a.org
Meetings are held on the second Thursday of the month at 10.30 am in members’ homes, to read poems and have a chat.
Contact Elspeth for the venue.


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Singing for Fun
​Contact: Jill Teear 

singing@grantownu3a.org
The Group meets fortnightly at St Columba's Church Hall, Grantown-on-Spey - 2.30pm  in the Wheatley Hall.  There is a charge of £2 per session which includes tea/coffee.
New members are very welcome, whether as regular or occasional attendees. No previous singing experience is required. - the aim is solely to enjoy ourselves  with a wide variety of enjoyably singable tunes, in relaxed company.



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​Gardens
Contact: Sue Sykes  
gardens@grantownu3a.org
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