Groups

Find a Group that interests you!

Some activities have multiple groups or meetings. These will be listed on their individual pages.

You can find a general timetable summary at the bottom of this page – which you can jump to by clicking here.

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NEW GROUPS – 2025

New Groups – Creative Writing and Coffee/Chat. Contact the Groups Co-ordinator on the link below to register your interest.

New Proposed Groups – if you are interested in “The Knowledge” or “Latin” please contact Andrea Osborne on 07526 124879 or the Groups Co-ordinator on the link below to register your interest.

Contact the Groups Co-ordinator

The Knowledge – As we all know, it’s important to keep the grey cells ticking over, even though we left school a while ago. It’s also interesting to learn new things. You’ll do just that by joining “The Knowledge”. Each time we meet ( monthly),four members of the group will talk for about 10 minutes about a random topic they have researched, using either the internet or good, old-fashioned reference books. So in one meeting we may, for example, learn all about (1)The battle of Bosworth, (2)alligators, (3)Dubai and (4) wedding etiquette!  It is proposed that members will choose their own topics, the more random the better.

 Latin for Beginners – Not the ballroom variety, but the language of the Ancient Romans!  Some of you may have dabbled in Latin back in your schooldays (probably very badly-taught), others may have not have the opportunity , but have heard it’s really difficult to learn and/ or useless ( well,ok, it is challenging at times, but definitely,definitely not useless).  This group is for both of you. Latin is making a huge comeback in schools these days and the days of chanting amo-amas-amat are thankfully long gone. In this group you will follow a modern textbook to learn to read the Latin language and as you go you’ll learn lots about the Romans, a sophisticated and fascinating society, well-ahead of their time.  A secret of successful language-learning is “little and often”, so the group will need to meet once a fortnight.

Jigsaw swap – Starting at the April meeting there will be a jigsaw table at the back of the hall, where you can bring a jigsaw puzzle that you have completed and swap it for another one. Why not dig out all your finished jigsaws and re-discover the frustration of trying to create a picture from 1,000 bits of oddly-shaped cardboard!

The list of available groups in the Tendring branch can be found at the bottom of the page – which you can jump to by clicking here.

Timetable Summary

This is only a general overview of when Groups meet. Some groups meet weekly, and others only meet once or twice a month. For more detailed information, please see a Groups’ specific page. This includes Groups from both Frinton, Walton, and District and Tendring District.

Day	Morning	Afternoon
Monday	• Sewcial Stitchers 1	• History Group 2 – Frinton
Tuesday	• Table Tennis – Walton	• Current Affairs 2 – Kirby • Photography – Walton • ‘Books Wot I Have Read’ – Frinton
Wednesday	Art Group	• Ten Pin Bowling – Clacton • How Does it Work? – Walton
Thursday	• Croquet	• Country Dance – Holland • Music Performing Group – Frinton • Sewcial Stitchers 2
Friday	• Poetry Appreciation – Walton	• Bridge 2 – Frinton • World History – Walton
Saturday
Sunday

Tendring District Groups

Listed below are the current Groups being run by Tendring District members. Please contact the Tendring Groups Coordinator (currently Keith)

Contact Tendring Groups Co-ordinator

Apollo	Art Appreciation
Astronomy & Geology	Bridge 1
Card Making	Church Visits
Cribbage	Crochet
Current Affairs 1	Games Eve
Garden Matters	Garden Visits
Handbell Ringing	History
Pentanque	Philosophy
Recorder (Read music)	Science
Scrabble	Scrabble 2
Singing for Fun	Ukelele
Walking Group	Word Matters