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General Meetings take place at 2.00pm on the third Tuesday of each month (except August) at The Bridge Church Community Hall, Evesham Road, Headless Cross, B97 4JX (What3words code.splash.wakes). The hall is situated about 25 metres up the road from the Church heading towards the Co-op at the crossroads in Headless Cross.

There is a varied programme of speakers covering a wide range of topics. A charge of £2.00 is made to cover the cost of the speaker, room hire and light refreshments.

Image of The Bridge Church Community Hall
The Bridge Church Community Hall

"1st Tuesday" Meetings take place between 2pm and 4pm on the first Tuesday of the month at The Bridge Church Community Hall, Evesham Road, Headless Cross, B97 4JX. Feel free to drop in as it suits you.

A range of activities will be taking place: Board Games, Bridge, Computer Help Desk, Research Help Desk (Local & Family History), Stitch and Chat Group, Paper Crafting Group, refreshments and occasional live music. Entry is £2.00 to cover all the activities. Take part, watch or just sit and chat.

The meetings for new and prospective members are also held from 2.00pm to 3.00pm. There is no charge for attending this meeting.

Image of members sitting around table playing a card game

There are over 20 Interest Groups in our u3a ranging from art appreciation, computing and history, through languages, books, family history and philosophy, to listening to music, stitch and chat group, moving to music and rambling. Their monthly meetings and events can be found below and go to the Groups page for more information.

Click on the blue button to go to a calendar of our monthly meetings. Our meeting dates are set according to the first of the month, so please check events below for specific dates.

Please note: Some of the details associated with each event are not shown below. This is a feature of the website to allow faster scrolling down the page. This is indicated by the [...]. Click on the particular event's heading to reveal the full details.

Forthcoming events

12th October 2026
2:00 pm
Meeting
Note the earlier time for Winter.
12th October 2026
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Meeting
Steve Prosser will be entertaining us with songs that have the name of an animal in the title.
Cost: £1.00 and includes light refreshments
13th October 2026
2:00 pm
Meeting
Kevin will be presenting our October meeting at Webheath Village Hall—an introduction to the ‘Guild of One-Name Studies’. That’s at 2pm as usual. The informal on-line discussion at 7pm will […]
Cost: £2.00 and includes light refreshments
13th October 2026
7:00 pm
Meeting
Family History Online will be at 7pm on the day of the Webheath meeting and will commence as an open discussion of that afternoon’s topic. This meeting will continue with […]
14th October 2026
10:00 am
Walk
On October 14th we will finish our Season with what we are calling our “Autumn walk” as we hope there will be some lovely colourful trees to look at on […]
15th October 2026
10:00 am
Other
Venue: Padelheim
Booking Required
19th October 2026
10:00 am
Meeting
Art Appreciation Monday October 19th, 10.00am Redditch Library Philip Roberts will be continuing with the second part of the life and work of David Hockney, as he was unable to […]
19th October 2026
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Meeting
John Cartmell will be presenting "People who made science". We have heard about people doing science but what about those that made science? Some scientists—and some philosophers—laid down the rules […]
20th October 2026
2:00 pm
General Meeting
Bill Sumner will be talking about Hornsea Pottery.
Cost: £2.00 and includes light refreshments
21st October 2026
2:00 pm
Meeting
The next meeting is on Wednesday 21st October from 2-4 pm at our house. The theme  is ‘ Modernist poems.’ These type of poems were in stark contrast from Victorian […]
21st October 2026
2:00 pm
Meeting
Wednesday 21st October 2pm at a house in Oakenshaw South
26th October 2026
2:00 pm
Meeting
Note the earlier time for Winter.
26th October 2026
2:00 pm
Meeting
History Monday October 26th 2.00pm Webheath Village Hall Following on from his trek through the centuries looking at motive power in transport, John Cartmell will deliver a session which examines […]
27th October 2026
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Meeting
Our first meeting went well with four members attending. We discussed writers who influenced us, and I suggested two YouTube websites which I had found helpful. We agreed the future […]
Cost: 50p to cover refreshments
28th October 2026
2:00 pm
Meeting
Moving to Music 2pm Wednesday October 28th 2.00pm at Our Lady and St Joseph's Church Hall, Priory Road, Alcester. There'll be more fun dances to live music from talented local […]
30th October 2026
10:30 am
Meeting
Please note this is the 5th Friday (not the usual 4th Friday) for this month. Look for us on the far left hand side of the cafe as you enter.
2nd November 2026
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Meeting
At this meeting we will explore all aspects of computers and music - storing, organising, sharing, and playing throughout the house.
3rd November 2026
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Meeting
"1st Tuesday" meeting to include New Members Meeting (2 - 3pm). A range of activities takes place for members to dip into as they choose - please see the Events […]
Cost: Entry £2.00 and includes all activities and light refreshments
3rd November 2026
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Meeting
Usual enjoyable friendly mix of stitching and chatting.
Cost: Entry £2.00 and includes all activities and light refreshments
3rd November 2026
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Meeting
We have lots of new games - Rummikub, Scrabble, Yahtzee, dominoes, chess, monopoly and boggle cards. Do you enjoy playing board games but often have nobody to play with? Why […]
Cost: Entry £2.00 and includes all activities and light refreshments
3rd November 2026
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Help Desk
Louis will be at the 1st Tuesday meeting to help you with any questions or problems you may have about computers, laptops, tablets or mobile phones. There can be no […]
Cost: Entry £2.00 and includes all activities and light refreshments
3rd November 2026
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Meeting
Join other members for a game of intermediate bridge at the Bridge.
Cost: Entry £2.00 and includes all activities and light refreshments
3rd November 2026
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Meeting
Join us for a chat at our 1st Tuesday Meetings at The Bridge. This is a Talking (Discussion) Table designed for those who just want to come along to the […]
Cost: Entry £2.00 including all activities and light refreshments
3rd November 2026
3:00 pm
Meeting
Sheila is holding an informal meeting on 3rd November (our 1st Tuesday meeting) at the Bridge Hall, at 3pm, to chat to anyone interested, about the way forward.  This will […]
5th November 2026
10:30 am
Outing
Thursday 5th November: FREEFORM, Westhope Lace GroupThe group members bring Freeform to life with an inspiring breadth of imagination. Each artist has taken the theme in a distinct direction, showcasing […]
9th November 2026
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Meeting
Norman Wheatley will be presenting "Abbey Road Studios". More details to follow.
Cost: £1.00 and includes light refreshments
10th November 2026
2:00 pm
Meeting
Robert Rowberry will lead us in a discovery of the life of his family and neighbours in the shops in Gravelly Hill before their properties were demolished for the M6 […]
Cost: £2.00 and includes light refreshments
10th November 2026
7:00 pm
Meeting
Family History Online will be at 7pm on the day of the Webheath meeting and will commence as an open discussion of that afternoon’s topic. Everyone on the Family History+ […]
13th November 2026
10:30 am
Meeting
We will be finding out more about how the extraordinary settlement of Çatalhöyük fitted into the world around it.
Cost: 50p to cover refreshments
16th November 2026
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Meeting
On Monday 16th November, we will have a first selection of ‘shorts’ where we encourage as many members who are willing to describe their special moment (or myth!) of science.
17th November 2026
2:00 pm
General Meeting
Join us for our Annual Quiz (to be confirmed).
Cost: £2.00 and includes light refreshments
26th November 2026
Social
This year's Christmas Lunch will be in Archer's restaurant at the College as the last few years. The food is good and the students are very pleasant. They wish numbers […]
Cost: To be confirmed
Booking Required
27th November 2026
10:30 am
Meeting
Look for us on the far left hand side of the cafe as you enter.
30th November 2026
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Meeting
5th Monday, is the opposite of an interest group. Rather than being for those wit h a specialist interest, 5th Monday takes a topic and seeks to explore all aspects […]
1st December 2026
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Meeting
"1st Tuesday" meeting to include New Members Meeting (2 - 3pm). A range of activities takes place for members to dip into as they choose - please see the Events […]
Cost: Entry £2.00 and includes all activities and light refreshments
1st December 2026
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Meeting
We have lots of new games - Rummikub, Scrabble, Yahtzee, dominoes, chess, monopoly and boggle cards. Do you enjoy playing board games but often have nobody to play with? Why […]
Cost: Entry £2.00 and includes all activities and light refreshments
1st December 2026
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Help Desk
Louis will be at the 1st Tuesday meeting to help you with any questions or problems you may have about computers, laptops, tablets or mobile phones. There can be no […]
Cost: Entry £2.00 and includes all activities and light refreshments
1st December 2026
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Meeting
Join other members for a game of intermediate bridge at the Bridge.
Cost: Entry £2.00 and includes all activities and light refreshments
1st December 2026
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Meeting
Join us for a chat at our 1st Tuesday Meetings at The Bridge. This is a Talking (Discussion) Table designed for those who just want to come along to the […]
Cost: Entry £2.00 including all activities and light refreshments
8th December 2026
2:00 pm
Meeting
Cost: £2.00 and includes light refreshments
8th December 2026
7:00 pm
Meeting
Family History Online will be at 7pm on the day of the Webheath meeting and will commence as an open discussion of that afternoon’s topic. Everyone on the Family History+ […]
14th December 2026
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Meeting
Please send me one or two of your favourite seasonal songs and I will compile (including as many songs as I can) and present at our December meeting. You can […]
Cost: £1.00 and includes light refreshments
15th December 2026
2:00 pm
General Meeting
Join us for our usual Christmas fun - details to be released later in the year.
Cost: £2.00 and includes light refreshments
18th December 2026
10:30 am
Meeting
Please note this is the 3rd Friday (not 4th Friday) for this month to avoid clash with Christmas Day. Look for us on the far left hand side of the […]
21st December 2026
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Meeting
Time for the Annual Quiz.
2nd January 2027
6:30 pm
Outing
Sylvia and I are going to Cinderella at the Palace Theatre Redditch on Saturday 2 January 2027 at 6.30pm . Would you like to join us? It'll be good fun.  […]
Booking Required