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Basingstoke - Old Basing u3a Only Connect group. This group is for those that love quizzes and it follows closely the format of the television programme of the same name. The key differences are that all teams will tackle every question, and they may be a little bit easier Only Connect Back to Groups Page Only Connect This group is for those that love quizzes and it follows closely the format of the television programme of the same name. The key differences are that all teams will tackle every question, and they may be a little bit easier ... Up to six teams take up the challenge of four rounds. Rounds one and two, the Connections and Sequences rounds respectively, each comprise six questions. Round three is the two Connecting Walls with up to 10 points available and round four is the Missing Vowels round. Do you think you could beat the other teams? Venue: Popley Fields Community Centre Date: 3rd Wednesday of the month Time: 2 - 3pm Please note that you need to be a member of Basingstoke-Old Basing u3a to attend these meetings

Basingstoke - Old Basing u3a Creative writing group. Are you someone who has always felt you have a short story or even a book in you? Then our small, friendly group could be just what you need to improve your technique and discuss your problems with sympathetic, like-minded writers. Most of our members enjoy writing for fun and we share our writing in a relaxed, supportive setting.  Creative writing Back to Groups Page * This Group has a waiting list for new members at present * Are you someone who has always felt you have a short story or even a book in you? Then our small, friendly group could be just what you need to improve your technique and discuss your problems with sympathetic, like-minded writers. Most of our members enjoy writing for fun and we share our writing in a relaxed, supportive setting. While those members with greater expertise willingly provide assistance within the group, this is not a teaching group for absolute beginners. We do expect potential members to be able to demonstrate a knowledge of creative writing or to be able to submit a sample of their work to ensure that the group is suitable. Access to a word processor is highly desirable. Samples of our work are on our Podcast page . People wishing to join the group are requested not to turn up to a meeting but to contact the group leader in the first instance. Venue : Izita Kerr Room, The Oakridge Hall for All, Oakridge Village, Forsythia Walk, Basingstoke, RG21 5RL Date : 1st and 3rd Thursdays Time : 14:00 - 16:00 Please note that you need to be a member of Basingstoke-Old Basing u3a to attend these meetings

Basingstoke - Old Basing u3a Mahjong group. Beginners are very welcome. No previous knowledge of the game is required, the rudiments can be picked up quite quickly and we aim to have you playing on your own by the end of your first session. Mahjong Back to Groups Page Beginners are very welcome. No previous knowledge of the game is required, the rudiments can be picked up quite quickly and we aim to have you playing on your own by the end of your first session. Venue: Christ Church , Reading Road, Chineham, RG24 8LT Click here for website Date: 1st and 3rd Monday Time: 14:00 - 16:30 Please note that you need to be a member of Basingstoke-Old Basing u3a to attend these meetings

A social organisation for anyone in or around Basingstoke who has retired, is semi-retired or has never worked and who would like to make new friends with similar interests in the local area. The U3A motto is Learn, Laugh, Live. Latest issue of our News Edit Past News Edits, Newsletters and magazine articles News Edits June 2026 Click to open full edition January 2026 Click to open full edition July 2025 Click to open full edition February 2025 Click to open full edition September 2024 Click to open full edition April 2024 Click to open full edition October 2023 Click to open full edition May 2026 Click to open full edition December 2025 Click to open full edition June 2025 Click to open full edition January 2025 Click to open full edition August 2024 Click to open full edition March 2024 Click to open full edition September 2023 Click to open full edition April 2026 Click to open full edition November 2025 Click to open full edition May 2025 Click to open full edition December 2024 Click to open full edition July 2024 Click to open full edition February 2024 Click to open full edition August 2023 Click to open full edition March 2026 Click to open full edition October 2025 Click to open full edition April 2025 Click to open full edition November 2024 Click to open full edition June 2024 Click to open full edition December 2023 Click to open full edition February 2026 Click to open full edition September 2025 Click to open full edition March 2025 Click to open full edition October 2024 Click to open full edition May 2024 Click to open full edition November 2023 Click to open full edition 2023 Newsletters Spring 2023 Magazine articles January 2023 March 2023 May 2023 June 2023 2022 Newsletters Quarter 1 2022 Summer 2022 Winter 2022 Magazine articles January 2022 February 2022 March 2022 April 2022 May 2022 June 2022 July 2022 August 2022 November 2022 December 2022 Year Book 2018 Year Book 2019 Year Book (Text Version) 2021/22 Year Book

Basingstoke - Old Basing u3a Quiz group group. This group is for those with a surfeit of useless information! We usually have six rounds of various quiz questions and a “table” quiz. Teams are selected at random on the day, so you can just come along and join in. It’s competitive but fun, because groups are formed anew each week, so that no-one group starts winning on a regular basis, thus putting others off attending. Quiz group Back to Groups Page This group is for those with a surfeit of useless information! We usually have six rounds of various quiz questions and a “table” quiz. Teams are selected at random on the day, so you can just come along and join in. It’s competitive but fun, because groups are formed anew each week, so that no-one group starts winning on a regular basis, thus putting others off attending. Venue : St. Andrew’s Church , South Ham, RG22 6ER Click here for website Date : Alternate Tuesdays Time : 13:30 - 15:30 Please note that you need to be a member of Basingstoke-Old Basing u3a to attend these meetings

Basingstoke - Old Basing u3a Book club group. We are very social and chatty groups who enjoy discussing books over tea, coffee and a biscuit on a Monday afternoon or Tuesday morning. We always mix up the groups so that people get to chat to different people and new members don't feel uncomfortable about joining a group where everybody knows each other. Book club Back to Groups Page NEW MEMBERS VERY WELCOME We are very social and chatty groups who enjoy discussing books over tea, coffee and a biscuit on a Monday afternoon or Tuesday morning. We always mix up the groups so that people get to chat to different people and new members don't feel uncomfortable about joining a group where everybody knows each other. The Book club looks at contemporary fiction of all genres. Members join either of the two groups and both read the same book. We meet once a month and discuss the book in small groups for approximately 45 minutes, followed by tea, coffee and biscuits then a group discussion. We will also rate each book 1 – 10. Feedback on the books is often mixed, which is why a book club is so interesting. Even people that have not enjoyed the book enjoy debating their reasoning, and as we get into some of the underlying message of the books, it can be thought-provoking for all and often humourous. A real positive stated by our members is that it often makes people read outside their normal reading genres. Our members see this as a real benefit and it is changing their reading habits. There is also a book swap opportunity, so if you have books you have already read, you can bring them along and select any others you are interested in. We vote on which books we will be reading result in a wide range of subjects. Books scheduled to be read by the book club: 2026 June 22/23: Life after Life by Kate Atkins July 27/28: The Reader on the 6.27 by Jean-Paul Didierlaurent September 28/29: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles The books to read are suggested by the members, not just because they were enjoyable, but because they will encourage debate. A vote takes place so that it is fair and we ensure a wide variety of topics. The only criteria is that it must be out in paperback to reduce member costs. Group 1 Venue : Kempshott Village Hall, Stratton Park, Pack Lane, Basingstoke, RG22 5HN Date: 4th Week Monday 14.00 - 16.00 Group 2 Venue: Brookvale Village Hall, Lower Brook St, Basingstoke, RG21 7RP Date: Tuesday, the day after Group 1, 10.00 - 12.00 Please note that you need to be a member of Basingstoke-Old Basing u3a to attend these meetings Previously read books from our two groups. The Monday Club's favourite book is The Women followed by Lessons in Chemistry. The Women is also the top scorer for the Tuesday club followed by The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Here is a list of books we have read so far to give you an idea of the range we are reading: The Bees - Laline Paul The Island - Victoria Hislop (in top three books to date) Iron House -John Hart The Great Alone - Kristen Hannah The Salt Path - Raynor Winn American Dirt - Jeannie Cummins Sister - Rosamund Lupton The Word is Murder - Anthony Horowitz Tick Tock - Simon May The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida - Shehan Karunatilaka The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid Olive, Mabel and Me - Andrew Cotter Lessons in Chemistry - Bonnie Garmus (in top three books to date) Goldfinch - Donna Tartt Fatherland - Robert Harris Murder on the Farm - Kate Wells (lowest score to date) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Martin Haddon The Great Zoo of China by Matthew Reilly Memoirs of a Geisha by Andrew Holden I am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes Portrait of a Marriage by Maggie O'Farrell Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier Lean Fall Stand by Jon McGrefor The Power by Naomi Alderman Ferney - James Long My Father’s House – Joseph O’Connor Unsettled Ground - Claire Fuller (Author visit) The Women - Kristin Hannah No One Saw a Thing - Andrea Mara Still Life - Sarah Winman Precipice - Robert Harris The Gods of the Woods - Liz Moore The Measure - Nikki Erilick Poor - Katronia O'Sullivan The Rose Code - Kate Quinn Guilt by Definition - Susie Dent Kill them with Kindness - Will Carver Gallows Wood - Louisa Scarr - Sam Holland At RIsk - Stella Rimmington Previously read books from our two groups. The Monday Club's favourite book is The Women followed by Lessons in Chemistry. The Women is also the top scorer for the Tuesday club followed by The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Here is a list of books we have read so far to give you an idea of the range we are reading: The Bees - Laline Paul The Island - Victoria Hislop (in top three books to date) Iron House -John Hart The Great Alone - Kristen Hannah The Salt Path - Raynor Winn American Dirt - Jeannie Cummins Sister - Rosamund Lupton The Word is Murder - Anthony Horowitz Tick Tock - Simon May The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida - Shehan Karunatilaka The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid Olive, Mabel and Me - Andrew Cotter Lessons in Chemistry - Bonnie Garmus (in top three books to date) Goldfinch - Donna Tartt Fatherland - Robert Harris Murder on the Farm - Kate Wells (lowest score to date) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Martin Haddon The Great Zoo of China by Matthew Reilly Memoirs of a Geisha by Andrew Holden I am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes Portrait of a Marriage by Maggie O'Farrell Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier Lean Fall Stand by Jon McGrefor The Power by Naomi Alderman Ferney - James Long My Father’s House – Joseph O’Connor Unsettled Ground - Claire Fuller (Author visit) The Women - Kristin Hannah No One Saw a Thing - Andrea Mara Still Life - Sarah Winman Precipice - Robert Harris The Gods of the Woods - Liz Moore The Measure - Nikki Erilick Poor - Katronia O'Sullivan The Rose Code - Kate Quinn Guilt by Definition - Susie Dent Kill them with Kindness - Will Carver Gallows Wood - Louisa Scarr - Sam Holland At RIsk - Stella Rimmington

Basingstoke - Old Basing u3a Ladies who lunch group. We all take a turn at hosting a lunch in our own home with the hostess making the main course, someone else bringing the starter and a third person bringing the pudding. We enjoy swapping recipes and any culinary tips and facts as well as putting ourselves and the world to right! Ladies who lunch Back to Groups Page We all take a turn at hosting a lunch in our own home with the hostess making the main course, someone else bringing the starter and a third person bringing the pudding. We enjoy swapping recipes and any culinary tips and facts as well as putting ourselves and the world to right! Venue : members' homes Date : 3rd Thursday of the month Time : 13:00 - 16:00 Please note that you need to be a member of Basingstoke-Old Basing u3a to attend these meetings

Basingstoke - Old Basing u3a Square dancing group. American Square dancing. Suitable for anyone who can walk freely. Sequences are called throughout, no complicated footwork. Beginners welcome. Square dancing Back to Groups Page American Square dancing. Suitable for anyone who can walk freely. Sequences are called throughout, no complicated footwork. Beginners welcome. £1 per term to cover expenses. 50p for tea / coffee, or bring your own drinks. Venue: The Ridgeway Centre Date: Every Thursday Time: 14.00 to 16.00 Please note that you need to be a member of Basingstoke-Old Basing u3a to attend these meetings

Basingstoke - Old Basing u3a Art 4 All group. A sociable group of painters from beginners to artists with more advanced skills working with a variety of media including water colour, acrylic and oil paints. Art 4 All Back to Groups Page A sociable group of painters from beginners to artists with more advanced skills working with a variety of media including water colour, acrylic and oil paints. Advice, ideas and experience are shared freely within the group. Artists of all abilities are welcome. This is a popular group and membership continues to grow, with places still available. Venue : Ridgeway Centre, Buckskin Date : 1st and 3rd Mondays Time : 13:30 - 16.30 Please note that you need to be a member of Basingstoke-Old Basing u3a to attend these meetings

Basingstoke - Old Basing u3a Rounders group. We begin with stretches and warm up drills, practise our batting, bowling and fielding skills, and then split into teams for a game. Rounders Back to Groups Page Everyone welcome – come along and have some fun! We begin with stretches and warm up drills, practise our batting, bowling and fielding skills, and then split into teams for a game. You can sprint, jog or walk; whatever is comfortable. We finish with a cool down and final stretch. Nothing serious but plenty of laughter! Venue : Basingstoke Sports and Social Club, Fairfields Road Basingstoke RG21 3DR Dates : 1st and 3rdWednesday each month Time : 13:30 - 14:30 Please note that you need to be a member of Basingstoke-Old Basing u3a to attend these meetings

Basingstoke - Old Basing u3a Pop the Question? group. We will be featuring our popular format of music clips and picture round Pop the Question? Back to Groups Page Sherborne St John Village Hall We will be featuring our popular format of music clips and picture round: Music Clips 60’s – 90’s including from the charts, movies, TV and adverts. Following feedback from the group on general knowledge questions we will be including music clips in this round together with questions on Radio 1 & 2 DJ’s. Each team playing on the day will have the opportunity to challenge the presenters with their pop music questions for bonus points. As always we have lots of audience participation, laughing and in October we have two birthdays to celebrate during our tea/coffee break. Played in teams of four or more, bring some friends and make your own team up Date: 4th Wednesday of each month Time: 2pm till 4pm Venue: Sherborne St John Village Hall, Kiln Road, Sherborne St John, Basingstoke RG24 9HR Please note that you need to be a member of Basingstoke-Old Basing u3a to attend these meetings

A social organisation for anyone in or around Basingstoke who has retired, is semi-retired or has never worked and who would like to make new friends with similar interests in the local area. The U3A motto is Learn, Laugh, Live. Meet the Committee This page introduces the 2025/26 committee members and trustees of our u3a. Toni Shaw Chair Contact Toni View the role description Cynthia Condliffe Vice Chair Contact Cynthia View the role description Simon McCarthy Secretary Contact Simon View the role description Sandra Leach Assistant Secretary View the role description Phil Ryan Treasurer Contact Phil View the role description Anne Dawson Membership Secretary Contact Anne View the role description Jean Herbert Assistant Membership Secretary ContactJean View the role description Janet Field Groups Facilitator Contact Janet View the role description Richard Field Beacon Manager Contact Richard View the role description Elaine Budd New Groups Development Contact Elaine View the role description Lyn Franklin PR and Publicity Contact Lyn View the role description Alastair Sim Assets & Events Manager Contact Alastair View the role description Charles Miller Systems and Webmaster Contact Charles View the role description If you're not sure who can answer your question, please use the Contact Us form