Key Information
Barnsley u3a offers over 100 groups for members to share knowledge and
Meeting Schedules: Available for each group.
Accessibility & Wellbeing: Focus on inclusivity; support can be found on the Wellbeing page.
Starting a New Group: Interested members can contact the Groups Development Officer. Approval and registration are required.
Participation & Costs: Joining groups is optional with no limit on participation.
Cost: Indoor groups require a £1.50 contribution per session
Walking Football: Fun, Fitness, and Friendship
Walking Football is a slower-paced version of the beautiful game, designed to be inclusive and accessible to all. It’s perfect for those who want to stay active without the intensity of traditional football. The game focuses on skill, teamwork, and fun, with no running or heavy physical contact, making it ideal for people of all fitness levels.
Not only does it help improve fitness and coordination, but it also fosters a strong sense of community. Players often form lasting friendships while enjoying a great social experience. Whether you’re looking to stay in shape, meet new people, or simply have fun, Walking Football offers a fantastic way to do it all.


Groups listed alphabetically
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Art For Beginners
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am -
Art Group, Penistone
Status: Active
On Friday afternoons 1:00 pm -
Art Pottery at Thurnscoe
Status: Active
Weekly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm -
Badminton
Status: Active
On Friday mornings 9:30 am
Weekly -
Bird Watching
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Monday mornings 9:30 am -
Board Games Penistone
Status: Active
On Monday evenings 7:00 pm
1st & 3rd -
Book Forum Group 1
Status: Active
On Monday afternoons 12:00 pm
2nd -
Book Forum Group 2
Status: Active
On Tuesday mornings 11:30 am
1st -
Book Nook
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Friday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
Second and Fourth Friday -
Bridge
Status: Active
On Tuesday evenings 6:00 pm
Weekly -
Bridge, Penistone
Status: Active
On Friday afternoons 2:00 pm -
Brushstrokes
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Thursday mornings 10:30 am -
Buddies
Status: Active
On Thursday afternoons 4:00 pm
4th -
Bus Pass Walkers
Status: Active
On Thursday mornings 10:00 am
1st & 3rd -
Canasta
Status: Active
On Thursday evenings 6:30 pm
Weekly -
Canasta Penistone
Status: Active
On Thursday afternoons 4:00 pm
1st & 3rd -
Ceilidh Band
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm -
Choir
Status: Active
On Tuesday afternoons 1:45 pm-3:45 pm
Weekly -
Christmas Wreath making (Pop Up)
Status: Active
On Monday all day -
Classical Studies
Status: Active
On Friday mornings 10:00 am
Weekly -
Concert Party - Gerri & The Atrix Band
Status: Active
Weekly on Monday mornings 10:00 am -
Conversational French
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm -
Conversational German
Status: Active
On Thursday afternoons 4:00 pm -
Coordinators
Status: Active
On Monday mornings 10:00 am
Various -
Cosmology
Status: Active
On Monday evenings 7:00 pm
1st -
Crafty Chat
Status: Active
On Friday afternoons 2:00 pm
1st & 3rd -
Creative Stitches
Status: Waiting list
Weekly on Friday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm -
Creative Writing
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm -
Cribbage
Status: Active
Weekly on Monday evenings 6:00 pm-8:00 pm -
Crown Green Bowling (Friday)
Status: Active
On Friday mornings 10:00 am -
Crown Green Bowling (League)
Status: Active
On Tuesday afternoons 1:30 pm
Weekly -
Crown Green Bowling (Monday)
Status: Active
On Monday mornings 10:00 am
Weekly -
Crown Green Bowling (Thursday)
Status: Active
On Thursday mornings 10:00 am
Weekly -
Crown Green Bowling (Tuesday)
Status: Active
On Tuesday mornings 10:00 am
Weekly -
Crown Green Bowling (Wednesday)
Status: Active
On Wednesday mornings 10:00 am
Weekly -
Crown Green Bowling Penistone
Status: Active
On Tuesday mornings 10:15 am
Weekly -
Current Affairs
Status: Active
On Wednesday mornings 10:00 am
Fort'ly -
Cycling
Status: Active
On Tuesday mornings 10:00 am
Weekly -
Cycling Wednesday
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am -
Debating Matters
Status: Active
On Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-11:30 am
3rd -
Dining Out.
Status: Active
On Thursday evenings 6:30 pm-11:00 pm -
Dog Walking
Status: Active
On Thursday mornings 10:00 am -
Drama
Status: Active
On Tuesday mornings 10:00 am
2nd & 4th -
Eating Out In Penistone
Status: Active
Evenings 7:00 pm -
Encaustic Art
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm -
Events Committee
Status: Active
Various -
Executive Committee
Status: Active
On Friday mornings 10:00 am
3rd -
Executive Committee Support
Status: Active
Mornings 12:00 am
Various -
Exploring Barnsley Research Group
Status: Active
On Thursday mornings 10:00 am
1st -
Facebook (Private)
Status: Active
Mornings 7:00 am -
Family History (Priory)
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Monday mornings 9:30 am -
Feminist Group
Status: Active
On Monday mornings 10:00 am
2nd & 4th -
Finance Group
Status: Active
Mornings 10:00 am
Various -
Flix At Six
Status: Active
On Friday evenings 6:00 pm
1st & 3rd -
Flutes Galore
Status: Active
Weekly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm -
Francophiles
Status: Active
On Tuesday mornings 11:30 am
2nd & 3rd -
French Language & Culture
Status: Active
On Tuesday mornings 9:45 am
Weekly -
Gadgets & IT Made Easy
Status: Active
All day 10:00 am-4:00 pm -
Games Galore
Status: Active
On Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm
Weekly -
Gardeners Penistone
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Monday mornings 10:30 am -
Gardeners Wentworth Castle
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Wednesday afternoons 1:30 pm -
Genealogy
Status: Active
Weekly on Wednesday mornings 10:30 am-1:30 pm -
Geology (Barnsley Rocks)
Status: Active
On Friday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
4th Friday -
Golf (Social Golf)
Status: Active
On Thursday mornings 9:00 am -
Guitar Group
Status: Active
On Thursday mornings 10:30 am
Weekly -
Guitar Intermediate
Status: Active
On Monday afternoons 2:00 pm
Weekly -
History
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Monday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm -
Introduction to Jewellery Making
Status: Active
Weekly on Tuesday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
6 week course starting at Tesco's Stairfoot on Tues 10th February -
Italian
Status: Active
On Monday mornings 10:45 am
2nd & 4th -
Kurling
Status: Active
On Monday mornings 10:00 am
Weekly -
Liquid Pleasures on Zoom (formerly Wine Appreciation)
Status: Active
On Saturday evenings 7:00 pm
1st & 3rd -
Literature
Status: Waiting list
Fortnightly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm -
Literature @ Home
Status: Full
Weekly on Tuesday mornings 10:30 am-12:30 pm -
Literature At Darfield
Status: Active
On Tuesday afternoons 1:00 pm
2nd -
looking at Art
Status: Waiting list
On Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
Every two weeks. Starts 12th November. -
Magic
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Thursday afternoons 4:00 pm -
Make Do And Mend
Status: Active
On Monday mornings 10:00 am
2nd & 4th -
Maths Then and Now
Status: Dormant
On Tuesday mornings 10:00 am -
Monday Walkers
Status: Active
On Monday mornings 10:00 am -
MOTO Penistone
Status: Active
On Friday afternoons 2:00 pm
Last -
Motorbike Group
Status: Active
Mornings 9:30 am
1st & 3rd -
Movement To Music
Status: Active
On Friday afternoons 1:00 pm
Various weeks -
New Members Link
Status: Active
On Monday afternoons 2:00 pm
Various -
Old Blowers
Status: Active
On Thursday mornings 10:00 am
Weekly -
Painting & Drawing for Pleasure
Status: Active
On Tuesday mornings 10:00 am
Weekly -
Patchwork Projects Penistone
Status: Active
On Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm
1st & 3rd -
Penistone Project
Status: Active
On Thursday mornings 10:00 am
1st -
Penistone Walking Group
Status: Active
On Tuesday mornings 10:00 am
2nd & 4th -
Peter & Kim’s Singalong
Status: Active
Weekly on Friday mornings 11:00 am-1:00 pm
The group doesn’t meet on the first Friday of the month. -
Photography and Image Manipulation
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm -
Photography: Know Your Camera
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Thursday mornings 10:30 am -
Photoshop/Lightroom
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm -
Pleasure Of Classical Music
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm -
Posh Puds
Status: Active
On Friday mornings 10:00 am
Weekly -
Quizzoomers
Status: Active
On Friday evenings 6:30 pm
2nd & 4th -
Recorders
Status: Active
On Monday mornings 10:30 am
1st & 3rd -
Running ( Social)
Status: Active
Weekly on Thursday mornings 9:30 am-11:00 am -
Sequence Dancing 1
Status: Waiting list
On Friday evenings 7:00 pm
Weekly -
Sequence Dancing 2
Status: Active
On Tuesday afternoons 1:30 pm
Weekly -
Sew Much to Do
Status: Active
On Tuesday mornings 10:00 am -
Silver Shimmy Dancercise Group
Status: Active
On Monday mornings 10:45 am-12:00 pm
Second and fourth week -
Singalong for Fun
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm -
Snooker
Status: Active
On Monday afternoons 12:00 pm
Weekly -
Social Committee
Status: Active
Various -
Solo Club
Status: Active
On Wednesday evenings 6:30 pm
2nd -
Sound Bath
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Thursday mornings 10:30 am -
Spanish Intermediate 1
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm -
Spanish Introduction
Status: Active
On Monday mornings 10:30 am
Weekly -
Sunday Strollers
Status: Active
On Sunday mornings 10:00 am
Various -
Table Tennis
Status: Active
On Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm
Weekly -
Table Tennis
Status: Active
Weekly on Friday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:00 pm -
Tai Chi
Status: Active
On Monday afternoons 4:00 pm
Weekly -
Ten Pin Bowling (Monday)
Status: Active
On Monday mornings 10:00 am
Weekly -
Ten Pin Bowling (Thursday)
Status: Active
On Thursday mornings 10:00 am
Weekly -
Theatre Group
Status: Active
On Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm
2nd & 4th -
Thursday Jive
Status: Active
On Thursday afternoons 12:00 pm
Weekly -
Thursday Walkers
Status: Active
On Thursday mornings 10:00 am
Var -
Thursdays Challenging Walks
Status: Active
On Thursday mornings 10:00 am
2nd -
Thursdays Longer Walks
Status: Active
On Thursday mornings 10:00 am
4th -
Travel
Status: Active
Mornings 9:00 am -
Tuesday Gardeners
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm -
Tuesday Walkers
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am -
Ukulele Group (Stringalongs)
Status: Full
Fortnightly on Wednesday afternoons 1:15 pm -
Video & Media Group
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm -
Walking Cricket Group
Status: Active
On Thursday mornings 10:30 am -
Walking Football
Status: Active
Weekly on Friday mornings 10:00 am-11:30 am -
Wednesday Ramblers
Status: Active
Fortnightly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am














