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New Groups and Potential Groups

Recently formed groups with vacancies

• Bridge - Weekly Online Games

  Come along and join our friendly weekly Bridge games on Friday afternoons. If you have a Bridge partner - great; if not you'll be equally welcome, we can find you one.

• Spanish: Buen Provecho

  Spanish: BUEN PROVECHO provides a chance for group members to discuss aspects of Spanish Food and Drink, undertake a small amount of research to widen their Spanish vocabulary, and practice speaking a selection of useful Spanish phrases.

• The Meeting Room

  In this group we use our own words and photographs to share, chat and comment about what we get up to, and what we like and enjoy. The saying goes that a picture is worth a thousand words. The Group is ideal for using your smartphone to join in, it is the simplest means to communicate, share and comment, as well as taking and keeping your photographs that can be shared.

Potential Groups

• About Whisky

  This might involve participants taking turns to highlight aspects of a particular distillery, method of production, taste even famous people known to love

• Black History

  'The black history of Britain is by its nature a global history. Yet too often it is seen as being only the history of migration, settlement and community formation in Britain itself.’ – David Olusoga,

• Potential - French Intermed+

  This potential group is for members who are Intermediate+ at French.

• German

  Our current German groups are all full, so we are setting up this potential group to get together people who would like to set up a new group. How it will work will depend on the abilitites and wishes of the members of the Start-up

• Historical Writers Group

  This group for historical fiction/non fiction writers and for anyone interested in writing in this genre.

• Italian

  Our current italian groups are all full, so we are setting up this potential group to get together people who would like to set up a new group. How it will work will depend on the abilitites and wishes of the members of the Start-up.

• Italian for Beginners

  This is a potential group for members who wish to learn Italian.

• Map Reading

  This group is intended to help people to develop their map-reading skills. a member with the relevant skills is needed to provide instruction

• Nevil Shute Novels

  Participants to take it in turn to suggest a book for the group to read then discuss at the next meeting. There are 24 Shute standalone novels – the most common theme being the dignity of work.

• Presentation Skills

  The group hopes to attract members who would like to practice making short presentations. The idea is to practice methods you would be happy to try out and receive constructive criticism - to help increase your confidence levels.

• Potential - Sign Language

  An online course by british-sign.co.uk is used as the basis for this group. Members of the group will need to sign up to the course. A set of signs from the course will be assigned to each meeting. Members will learn these, and everyone will make the signs individually to the rest of the group who will identify them.

• Spanish

  Our current Spanish groups are all full, so we are setting up this potential group to get together people who would like to set up a new group. How it will work will depend on the abilities and wishes of the members of the Start-up.

• Tennis News

  The players, the courts and equipment, the grand slams, the Davies and the Billie Jean King Cups and other tournaments of note around the world. An initial meeting will be held on the 26 November at 10.00 am.

• The Novels of Nevil Shute

  Participants to take it in turn to suggest a book by Nevil Shute for the group to read then discuss at the next meeting…