Hobbies, pastimes and support groups

[The Wellness Centre]

The following is a list of interests that Community members can browse through with a view to starting new special interest groups:



amateur radio
Amnesty International
ancient history
anthropology
antiques
aquariums
archaeology
archery
architecture
A.I.
astronomy
auto mechanics
backgammon
badminton
ballet
ballroom dancing
bee keeping
beer brewing
bible study
billiards
bingo
bioethics
biography
bird watching
body building
bonsai
book/DVD exchange
botany
braille
brass collecting
bridge
butterfly collecting
cake decorating
calligraphy
canoeing
car rallying
cartography
cartoons
chess
choral music
cinematography
classical Indian dance
coin collecting
comic books
community service
computers
computer games
computer programming
conservation
conversational Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Italian, other
cooking
cosmology
cuatro
cycling
debating
detective novels
drama
dressmaking
drummology
fashion design
fencing
fine arts
flower arranging (ikebana)
flute
fruit preserves
gardening
genealogy
geopolitics
glass-blowing
golf
gourmet cooking
Greenpeace
guitar
gymnastics
handicraft
hang gliding
herbs
hiking
history
home computers
home electronics
horse breeding
horse riding
horticulture
humanism
hydroponics
Indian music
interior decorating
international relations
jewellery making
kayaking
knitting
magic
martial arts
mathematics
medical ethics
metalwork
metaphysics
model building
modern dance
motocross
music
mystery novels
mythology
national heritage
nature study
needlework
netball
oriental studies
parapsychology
philately (stamp collecting)
philosophy
photography
pigeons
poetry
powerboats
psychology
public speaking
puppetry
rabbits
robotics
sailboards
sailing
science fiction
scuba diving
sculpture
short-story writing
sky diving
snooker
snorkelling
spelunking
sport fishing
sport flying
squash
surfing
tai chi
telecomputing
toy making
travel groups
veganism
vegetarian cooking
ventriloquy
violin
volleyball
water polo
watersports
windball
wine making
wood burning
woodcarving
woodwork

Support Groups:
Members and caregivers with disabilities or other special problems are encouraged to form/join a support group. Here are some examples:

alcoholism
asthma
colostomy
diabetes mellitus
gout
cancer - breast, colon, stomach, other
anorexia nervosa
arthritis
heart disease
 multiple sclerosis
impetigo
manic-depressive disorder
autism
cerebral palsy
stroke
obesity
epilepsy
hypertension
renal dialysis
dwarfism
schizophrenia