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    • Groups A-B >
      • Antiques and Collectables
      • Archaeology
      • Architecture Appreciation
      • Art
      • Art - Still Life & Portraiture
      • Backgammon
      • Badminton
      • Beer & Cider Appreciation
      • Birdwatching
      • Bobbin Lace Making
      • Booktalk
      • Bridge
    • Groups C-C >
      • Calligraphy
      • Canasta and Bezique
      • Card Games for Fun
      • Chess >
        • All that Chess
      • Coffee Group
      • Computing
      • Country Walks >
        • Country Walks - Tuesday
        • Country Walks - Thursday
        • Country Walks - Friday
      • Craftastic
      • Creative Writing 1
      • Creative Writing 2
      • Crosswords
    • Groups D-G >
      • Dining Club
      • Early Music - Playing
      • Easy Riders
      • English Country Dancing
      • Family History
      • Folk Music
      • French Beginners
      • French Conversation
      • French for the Rusty
      • Gardening
      • Geology
      • German Language
      • go
    • Groups H-K >
      • History
      • History of Art >
        • History of Art Blog
      • Italian Language Studies
      • Jazz and Blues
      • Kings Cribbage
    • Groups L-O >
      • Landscape & Wildlife
      • Latin
      • Local History
      • Mah-Jong (Western)
      • Mah-Jong (BMJA Rules)
      • Maths and Physics
      • Meditation
      • Members On Their Own
      • Music Appreciation
    • Groups P-Q >
      • Petanque
      • Philosophy
      • Pickleball
      • Pins and Needles
      • Play Reading 1
      • Play Reading 2
      • Poetry Appreciation
      • Quiz
    • Groups R-S >
      • Reading Crime and Thrillers
      • Reading for Pleasure 1
      • Reading For Pleasure 3
      • Rummikub
      • Science
      • Scottish Country Dancing
      • Scrabble
      • Short Tennis
      • Singing for Pleasure
      • Skittles
      • Spanish Conversation
    • Groups T-Z >
      • Table Tennis
      • Theatre Visits
      • Topical Issues
      • Travel Tales
      • Trips and Outings
      • Weaving Group
      • Wildlife
      • Wine Appreciation
      • Worldviews
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    • For Group Leaders >
      • Beacon Quick Reference
      • The Group Leader Role >
        • Overview
        • Running an Established Group
        • Taking over an existing GL role
        • Starting a new group
        • Refreshing an existing group
      • Group Leader checklists >
        • For every meeting
        • For every term
        • First use of venue
      • change this website
      • Borrow Equipment
      • Forms
      • Beacon Access
  • About Us
    • Contacts
    • Purpose and Principles
    • Organisation
    • Communications
    • Constitution
    • Policies >
      • Member Code of Conduct
      • Trustee Code of Conduct
      • Data Protection Policy
      • Privacy Policy
      • Safeguarding Policy
      • Complaints Procedure
      • Disciplinary Procedure
    • Annual General Meeting >
      • 2025 >
        • AGM Notice
      • 2024 >
        • AGM Notice
        • Minutes
      • 2023 >
        • AGM Notice
        • AGM Pre-reading
        • Minutes
      • 2022
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Learning Resources

Dorset Libraries:  Did you know that Dorset Libraries have excellent online resources for members, including being able to read magazines, newspapers or Encyclopedia Britannica from your tablet or PC.  See more detail by clicking on our Dorset Libraries Page.

The Dorset County Museum: We have an excellent museum in our town which besides extensive and varied collections has regular talks by a variety of groups.  You can become a member of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society which owns and cares for the museum

Lyme Regis Museum: has a number of events that may be of interest to our members who can get out that way.

Weymouth College: provides a wide variety of courses some of which may be of interest.

Kingston Maurward College: Dorset’s College of the Countryside offers mainly employment related training.

MOOC:   MOOC stands f
or Massive Open Online Course.  It is an online course aimed at large-scale participation and open (free) access via the internet. However, some providers may charge for things like graded items, course completion certificates, or exams. They are similar to university courses but do not tend to offer academic credit.

TED Talks:  Amongst other things, TED provides short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less) on a huge range of topics, all available to watch online.
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Future Learn:  Provides access to online courses from various sources - some are free but others have charges.

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