The aim is to encourage members in writing short stories on given topics to share with others in the group and to give helpful and friendly feedback on written work as well as learning from other people’s style of writing and gaining confidence in our own writing.  Most importantly, we won’t take ourselves too seriously! This… Read more

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The first meeting will be held on April 15th.  (Please contact Group Coordinator before attending.) “In the first place we’ll all bring 2 of our favourite poems to read to the group and discuss.  Then we’ll decide together whether to choose a topic or a genre as a base for the next month’s meeting.” Read more

We all enjoy some form of crafting and are keen to learn from each other, those crafts that we’re not familiar with. We occasionally learn something new as a group, go to see exhibitions or take part in a course. The great pleasure of the group is meeting up with people for a friendly chat,… Read more

The chosen title suggests that we aim to be active in our meetings, as we engage with each other and the vast subject of mathematics and its pervasive applications in the past and present. We currently have 7 members and meet for 2 hours in some members homes on the 4th Thursday morning of the… Read more

We are a friendly, social group who are not competitive, we just play for fun. We usually have two tables and members play on a rota basis. Read more

We visit gardens,  drink coffee, have lunch. Gardens we have visited this year include Kiftsgate, Hidcote, Iford Manor and Stourhead. To travel, we car share or hire a minibus for long distance trips. We have a Christmas lunch at a garden centre in November and a planning meeting in January to decide which gardens we are… Read more

Members work in their chosen medium(s) watercolour, acrylics, pastel or pencil. We sometimes have a tutor and occasionally a group member will demonstrate a technique.  We have had some group outings to galleries at Wells and Shipham as well as various venues at North Somerset and Somerset Art Weeks. There are 9 of us in… Read more