If you need help with launching a new LALG group or reviving an existing group, we are here to help. We can help with finding venues, getting publicity and even temporarily running the group. The team also supports groups that are struggling or in need of support.
New Ideas
Ideas for new groups are popping up all the time. You will see them in the newsletter, on social media and listed below.
Some groups will disappear because they have become a group and you can look for them in the list of groups.
Others will disappear because they came to nothing.
If you want more details about any New Ideas, or you want to suggest one yourself, please contact newideas@lalg.org.uk or call the Group Support Team.
Contact Details
William Armitage - 01462 643537
Group Events
Wednesday 14 May 2025, 10:30am
Thursday 15 May 2025, 6:00pm
Saturday 17 May 2025, 3:00pm
Monday 19 May 2025, 10:30am
Saturday 24 May 2025, 3:00pm
Group Articles
We are looking to revive this previously popular group in the better weather. The venue is likely to be Norton Common. If interested, please get in touch from 1 April.
Contact: newideas@lalg.org.uk
This will be suitable for walkers and cyclists and will include road classifications, paths, contours and symbols, along with the merits of GPS. We envisage a one-off meeting of two hours with the possible follow-up of a walk. Please send your contact details, including phone number, to William to get on the list. Six names will ensure that we go ahead.
Contact: William Armitage 01462 643537; newideas@lalg.org.uk
Sundays 13 April and 4 May, 11am
Cherries and Tea Café, Eastcheap SG6 3DG. We plan to meet at town centre venues that have a wide choice and friendly service. Please contact Jackie so that we can book space in the café.
Contact: Jackie Sayers 07970 407635; newideas@lalg.org.uk
Saturdays, 3pm - 4pm (beginning 5 April)
St Thomas Church Hall, 103 Bedford Road SG6 4DU. Dancing/moving freely, creatively and for fun. A safe space for you to be yourself in the company of others. Varied music. No dancing experience required. Everyone is welcome. Hosted by Rosa, a qualified and experienced dance/movement therapist. First session free. Subsequently, £8 for LALG members (£10 for non-members). Places are limited so pre-booking is essential. Book or send any queries by emailing Rosa.
And now for something entirely different. A gathering of minds to fuel lively debates, enlightened talks, artists and writers, music and the unexpected. We expect to meet monthly at a pub or similar in the evening. If interested, please send your contact details to William.
Contact: William Armitage 01462 643537; newideas@lalg.org.uk
We are starting another Daytime French group and have four members already – more will be very welcome. Our meetings will usually be in a town centre venue, and occasionally online. If you are looking to practise or improve your French, please get in touch.
Contact: Jackie 07970 407635; newideas@lalg.org.uk
This group is for members whose first language is not English, although one or two native speakers would be welcome. Please get in touch if you are interested.
Contact: Jackie 07970 407635; newideas@lalg.org.uk
Would you like to read a book and then go for a walk to discuss it? Please get in touch if so.
Contact: Anne Clarke newideas@lalg.org.uk
We will be investigating famous philosophers as well as discussing reason, knowledge and the mind. No need to book. Small charge to cover the cost of the room. Meetings at Mrs Howard Memorial Hall, Norton Way South, Letchworth SG6 1NX.
Tuesday 25 March, 11am - 12.30pm What is Philosophy?
Tuesday 22 April and 20 May, 11am - 12.30pm Topics to be arranged.
Should anyone prefer evening meetings, please contact William.
Contact: William Armitage 01462 643537; newideas@lalg.org.uk
Bob Dylan is considered to be one of the greatest ever singer-songwriters. We will also be looking at other artists.
Meetings at Mrs Howard Memorial Hall, Norton Way South SG6 1NX.
Wednesday 16 April, 10.30am - 12 noon
As a significant artist of the early Dylan period, we will be considering the works of Joni Mitchell.
Wednesday 14 May, 10.30am - 12 noon
As a significant artist of the early Dylan period, we will be considering the works of Leonard Cohen.
All welcome. Small charge to cover costs.
We have no shortage of suggestions for new groups but we need more people to help us make them happen, or keep going.
Could you spare a couple of hours each month to nurse a group into life? You don’t need any special skills and we can give you plenty of support.
Broadway Hotel Bar, Eastcheap SG6 3DE. No need to book; just turn up.
This group will be for members to share ideas and skills for making the most of garden produce – storing fruit, nuts and vegetables, preserving, bottling, freezing, pickling and making jam, wine and soup.
Monday 14 April, 10.30am
Growing, drying and cooking herbs.
Monday 19 May, 10.30am
Growing and eating edible fruit.
Contact: William Armitage 01462 643537; newideas@lalg.org.uk
Tuesdays 8 April and 13 May, 10.30am
Ruth’s Coffee Shop, 57 High Street, Stotfold SG5 4LD.
Coffee groups are an important part of the LALG social life. All welcome, from Stotfold, Arlesey and beyond.
Please contact William to get on the list
Contact: William Armitage 01462 643537; newideas@lalg.org.uk
Letchworth Nature Group
LALG is in the process of setting up a new nature group, initially supported by Emma Dagless, Nature and Wellbeing Manager at Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation. We envisage meeting every one to two months, with small subgroups leading on nature in gardens, allotments, the Greenway and more. Come along to one of our meetings.
Thursdays 10 April, 6pm - 8pm and 15 May, 6pm - 8pm One Garden City (Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation), Broadway SG6 3BF.
