Wilmslow u3a is a member of the NE Cheshire network of local u3a groups
The following u3a groups are current members of this network:
Bramhall, Cheadle and Gatley, Macclesfield, Poynton , Stockport and Wilmslow.
The network membership has a number of advantages
- Members of u3a groups affiliated with the NE Cheshire Network may participate in other U3A 'Interest Groups' to a limited extent.
- The participation is limited to those groups declared 'open' by the Group Leaders, in consultation with their Interest Groups Coordinator.
- The open group approach supports fertilisation of ideas and social interactions outside the member's own u3a.
- To get involved with one or more of the u3as affiliated to the NE Cheshire Network, contact your Interest Groups Coordinator.
- The list below provides information on open groups.
| Group | u3a | Organiser | Contact details | Group meting details |
| Acoustic Folk/Rock Band | Poynton | Geoff Brindle | Contact Poynton u3a | About twice each month. Contact Organiser |
| Art | Poynton | Linda Thompson | Contact Poynton u3a | Mondays, 2pm to 4pm Civic Hall, Poynton |
| Bird Watching | Poynton | Peter Owen | Contact Poynton u3a | Monthly Contact u3a/organiser |
| Book Group Online | Wilmslow | Linda Bain | Book Group online or linda.bain@hotmail.co.uk | Online |
| Bridge | Poynton | Dorothy Rowland | Contact Poynton u3a | Alternative Mondays, 2pm Davenport Golf Club |
| Bridge | Cheadle & Gatley | Linda Ewing | 0161 312 5072 | 1st and 3rd Wednesday, afternoon St James' Church Hall |
| Creative writing | Bramhall | Contact Bramhall u3a or David Mangnall 01625 526010 | ||
| Croquet | Wilmslow | Contact Convenor Croquet | ||
| Creative Writing | Poynton | Ruth Howard | Contact Poynton u3a | 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month. 1.30pm Davenport Golf Club |
| Cycling | Wilmslow | David Lederer | Cycling or dalederer@hotmail.com | Usually Tuesdays or Thursdays, 09.30am |
| Environment | Cheadle & Gatley | Peter Briggs | peterjbriggs@btinternet.com 07587 195851 | Thursday mornings Various venues |
| French Conversation | Wilmslow | Ann Thompson | French Conversation | 1st and 3rd Wednesdays every month |
| Geology | Poynton | Peter Bennett | Contact Poynton u3a | 4th Thursday of every month Usually a field trip |
| German | Cheadle & Gatley | Marianne Owen | 0161 491 3323 | 3rd Tuesday of the month, mornings URC Hall |
| German conversation | Poynton | Peter Owen | Contact Poynton u3a | By Zoom |
| German intermediate | Bramhall | Jean Cox | Contact Bramhall u3a | 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month 1030am At coordinators home |
| History | Poynton | Geoff Reason | Contact Poynton u3a | 4th Wednesday of the month 2pm Brookside Garden Centre |
| Have your say | Wilmslow | Andrew Wilkinson | Have Your Say Andrew.wilkinson@keybm.com | 1st Wednesday of the month 10am to 1145am Rise Cafe |
| Photography | Cheadle Hulme | Neil Rackham | 0161 486 9494 | 2nd Tuesday of the month 10am to 12noon Cafe Unity, Heald Green |
| Photography | Poynton | Peter Bennet and Hilary Tivey | Contact Poynton u3a | 1st Friday of the month 2pm Poynton Civic Centre |
| Spanish | Poynton | Peter McWhirter | Contact Poynton u3a | Every Monday 1030am to 1130am Brookside Garden Centre |
| Technology for Everyone | Cheadle. & Gatley | Roger Law | p-mcadman@hotmail.co.uk (0161 437 8235) | First Tuesday of the Month:- Feb to May & Sept to Dec inclusive) 2pm, Heald Green Village Hall, Outwood Road, Heald Green, SK8 3JL. Admittance fee: £3, including tea/coffee + biscuit/cake Contact convenor |
| Video & Filmmaking | Bramhall | Alaister Macrea | Contact Bramhall u3a | Alternate Fridays 1030am |