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Whitwick & District U3A

Registered Charity No. 1181238

Friday, 29 March 2024

Friday, 29 Mar 2024

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Badminton - Mar 2024 5 milers - Beacon Hill - Mar 2024 Genealogy group - Mar 2024 Discovering Dishes - Dec 2023 Ramblers - Pokers Lees - Dec 2023 SWANS - Beacon Hill - Aug 2023 Strollers - Sence Park - Nov 2023 Days Out - Kirby Hall - May 2023

Good morning. Welcome to Whitwick & District U3A.

Our next general meeting and talk is next month. These meetings are held on the 3rd Friday of the month at St David's Church Hall, Broomleys at 2.00 pm. You are most welcome to come along and find out more. Forthcoming topics are listed below.

What is u3a? u3as exist to provide a forum in which retired and semi-retired people can get involved in helping to create, join and run a wide variety of activities which improve their knowledge and skills, enhance their physical and mental wellbeing and keep them socially connected in a friendly and informal environment. It is a non-political and non-religious organisation.

Central to this are interest groups of which we have over 35. In these we learn from each other and from direct experience, rather than being taught in a formal setting . There is no formal structure of assessment or awards. Any member can, and is encouraged to, form a new group within their own area of interest or expertise.

Our membership is drawn from North West Leicestershire, primarily from the Whitwick / Coalville area and other nearby towns and villages

New groups etc.

The Afternoon Tea group is resuming in April.

We have a reciprocal agreement with Ashby u3a to extend our cooperation on each other's activities. Members can attend any group that their own u3a does not currently run without having to join the second u3a (Ashby) and vice versa. Any member attending one of the other's groups need to show a membership card as proof of membership.

For more information on the whole range of interest groups, including their meeting arrangements, please look at the Groups page.

Update for April was emailed on 22nd March. If you have not received your copy, please first check your spam / bulkmail folder(s). If you still do not have it then you can find a copy here.

Forthcoming Activities

Items coming up soon. Show the next days

Date Group Event Where
Mon Apr 1stShort Mat BowlsCoalville Town Bowls Club
Mon Apr 1stGermanZoom
Tue Apr 2nd5 milersLed by Ian CRiver Soar from Sutton Bonington
Tue Apr 2ndBridgeMember's house
Wed Apr 3rdCanastaCoalville Rugby Club
Wed Apr 3rdFun ChoirSongs of the 80sThringstone Members Club
Wed Apr 3rdArtGreenacres Community Centre
Wed Apr 3rdGenealogyCoalville Library
Thu Apr 4thFrench - group 1Member's house
Thu Apr 4thSauntersSaunters walkLount Nature Reserve

Updated Information

Recent pictures are posted from March for Badminton, Genealogy, Saunters, 5 milers, February for Digital Photography, January for Ramblers, and December for Discovering Dishes.

For a full list of recent updates see here, or you can choose to get notified by e-mail using the notify page in the members area.

 

Forthcoming monthly meetings

St David's Church Hall at 2.00 pm. (click on underlined dates for more detail as a pop-up)

19 Apr 24 Speaker John Constantine - 'That's Magic'
17 May 24 AGM then Speaker Gabriela La Foley - Little Ukulele, Big World
21 Jun 24 Speaker Vanessa Morgan - Rogues, Villains & Thieves
19 Jul 24 Speaker Jo Golby - The Time Travelling Tourist: A Postcard from the Past
16 Aug 24 Holly Reynolds - Professional Singer
20 Sep 24 Speaker Julie Kinnear - The Life of Marilyn Munroe
18 Oct 24 Speakers David Bardell and Mike Byrne - Crimson Fields
15 Nov 24 Speaker Stephen Flinders - Stanton At War
20 Dec 24 Speaker Kevin Reynolds - Have Yourself a Wild Christmas

Pictures of some other previous talks are here, and for other information on previous talks and speakers, click here.

Please note that as an anti-spam measure e-mail addresses on this page are NOT links, but should be manually copied


Our U3A received grants from the Big Lottery Fund in 2010 and 2013
Page content updated 22-3-24