Good evening. Welcome to Whitwick & District U3A.
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 40. 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. Our general meetings are held on the 3rd Friday of the month at Broomleys Church Hall at 2.00 pm. You are most welcome to come along and find out more.
COVID19 (CORONA VIRUS)
Following government advice, Whitwick & District U3A will continue to suspend all General Meetings and most physical meetings of Interest Groups. Where possible groups will try to meet on a virtual basis, see individual group pages.
2020 AGM
The AGM will be held online by Zoom at 2.00pm Friday 16th October 2020. Voting
papers, either postal or by email have been issued to all members, and voting
will close 11th October. Copies of reports and accounts can be found
in the Members' Area. More details
are contained in the August and September Roundups.
Roundup covering what is currently happening in our U3A, was emailed on 15th September. 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.
NEW 24-9-20 Striders group is starting outside activities - see their web page for the latest programme.
Updated 15-9-20 History group continues weekly in virtual mode, and is starting outside activities - see their web page for the latest programme.
NEW 10-9-20 Computing Refreshers resume on Zoom starting Oct 7th- see their web page for the autumn programme.
NEW 28-8-20 Details of an April 2021 Walking Holiday for which there are places available.
Guidance for members Revised 17-5-20
Added 3-4-20 Help for those in Isolation / vulnerable in Whitwick
Guides for online security and related topics can be found on the links page
As the situation changes we will update this information.
Recent events
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| A banana break?! Striders March2020. More pictures on their page |
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| General Meeting, December 2019. More pictures on their page |
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| Ramblers on their lunchbreak, Februrary 2020. More pictures on their page |
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| Date | Group | Event | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | History | History films | Own house |
| Today | History | Graveyard tour | Griffydam |
| Today | German | Zoom | |
| Tomorrow | Spanish - group 1 | Spanish | Zoom |
| Thu Oct 1st | French - group 1 | Zoom | |
| Mon Oct 5th | German | Zoom | |
| Mon Oct 5th | History | History Films | Own home |
| Tue Oct 6th | Spanish - group 1 | SPanish | Zoom |
| Wed Oct 7th | Computing Refreshers | Privacy issues | Zoom |
| Thu Oct 8th | French - group 1 | Zoom |
Updated Information
Recent pictures are posted from September for the Digital Photography Group and from March events for Gardens and Striders.
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.
Items of Interest
Regional Trustee Newsletter is available here.
The Third Age Trust issue national newsletters. An archive of these is available here, or you can sign up to receive them directly here.
National events:
In Depth Study Groups - A chance to study in much greater depth than an interest group. If you have a computer you could link up with like-minded people across the UK.
Forthcoming monthly meetings (click on underlined dates for more detail)
These will only resume when the restrictions relating to Covid 19 are relaxed - so these are what we hope will take place
| 15 May 20 | This should have been our AGM plus the Fun Choir. This is now scheduled for October, as a virtual event. |
| 18 Sept 20 | Speaker Mike Storr - Masters of Mirth |
| 16 Oct 20 | Speaker Kevin Reynolds - Dispelling the myths - an introduction to bats |
| 20 Nov 20 | Speaker Andy Smart - Their names will live on |
| 18 Dec 20 | Singer Natalie Nightingale |
| 15 Jan 21 | Speaker Paul Siddals - The history of the gas industry in Leicestershire |
| 19 Feb 21 | Speaker Stuart Warburton - 100 years of cycling |
| 19 Mar 21 | Speaker Samantha Hancock - Cyber-awareness, Fraud and Scams |
| 16 Apr 21 | Speaker Bharat Patel - Behind the headlines |
| 21 May 21 | AGM then Speaker Sue Garside - Lifestyle medicine |
| 18 Jun 21 | Speaker Elaine Clifford - Hearing matters |
| 16 Jul 21 | Speaker Helen Reid - A fair cop: A history of British policewomen |
| 20 Aug 21 | Speaker Dr Iain Hambling - T G Green & Co Pottery |
| 17 Sep 21 | Speaker Alan Gray M.B.E. - 'You cannot be serious': Tales of a Wimbledon umpire 1988- 2012 |
| 15 Oct 21 | Speaker John Whitehead - Churchill |
| 19 Nov 21 | Speaker Sandy Leong - Black cats, new moons and ladders: Origins of superstitions |
| 17 Dec 21 | Performance Fool's Gold Christmas Show |
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 |