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UK Garden Day – Sunday 9th May
Gaynor Edwards, the Flower Arranging Group Leader, thought that not just her group, but other WTu3a members may be interested to know that Sunday 9th May is UK Garden Day
Garden Day is all about celebrating your own garden. Go to their website for ideas on how to celebrate.
Also….
National Gardening Week, is taking place from Monday 26 April to Sunday, 2 May 2021. The RHS annual celebration of gardening aims to raise awareness of gardening and horticulture, and to encourage more people to take part in the healthy and productive outdoor activity of gardening.
National u3a Newsletter – 🌷April 2021🌷
The 🌷April 2021🌷 newsletter includes:
Creative Writing Competition 2021 – the theme this year is ‘Unexpected’.
u3a Click and Save – Coming soon! u3a Members expressed an interest in having a discount scheme, so we’ve partnered with member benefits specialists, Parliament Hill Ltd, to provide members with your own discount scheme.
Extreme-Zipp e-Scooter taster – 24th May 2021 – PLACES AVAILABLE
It’s been a while, so let’s do something out of the ordinary by cautiously stepping out of hibernation with e-scooters!
All the details can be found in the attached flyer here.
The postponed Velodrome event
The team there are still dusting themselves off, but eager to welcome us soon! Date to be confirmed (probably June) – and we do have one space available.
WTu3a Newsletter – April 2021
Read it here. Our next meeting will be on Zoom on Thursday 22nd April. The talk entitled Music in Art will be given by Sophie Matthews who is a historical musician and instrument maker.
Click the link here to see details of Speakers planned for our General Meetings from May to November 2021 via Zoom and at the Rugby Club once Government restrictions are lifted.
New! – Thames Valley Network u3a Zoom Events
Details have been now been published for the following events on the Thames Valley Network calendar:
Friday 7th May at 10.30 on Zoom – The Sweetest Thing: the history of sugar
The speaker is Ruth Nobbs, who gave the enthralling talk on The Charge of the Light Brigade earlier this year. The talk is free of charge. Full details of the event can be found on this flyer. The closing date for applications is Monday, 3rd May.
Friday 14th May at 10.30 on Zoom – The History of Gardening – part 1
Dr David Marsh is the speaker for this 4-lecture event. The first two lectures today will look at when and how the interest in gardening began and where the plants in our gardens came from originally. The remaining two lectures will follow next week in Part 2 (separate flyer).
The cost for this talk is £1 per device. Full details of the event can be found on this flyer. The closing date for applications is Monday, 10th May.
Friday 21st May at 10.30 on Zoom – The History of Gardening – part 2
The two final lectures look at the growth of interest amongst the 19th century middle class, how technology changed the face of our gardens and how the mass media has changed gardening in the 20th century.
The cost for this talk is £1 per device. Full details of the event can be found on this flyer. The closing date for applications is Monday, 17th May.
‘TICKETSOURCE’ icon immediately below the event on the TVN website. You will receive an acknowledgement immediately and the Zoom link a few days before the event.
The full list of events currently available to book are shown below:
u3a Ageism Webinars and latest u3a Radio Podcast now available
Push Back Ageism Webinars
As part of u3as work on Pushing Back Ageism they have partnered with researchers from the EuroAgeism consortium. They are researching topics on ageism as it relates to the media, health and technology. The researchers have asked for input, guidance and feedback from u3a members as part of this series of research projects on ageism. We really value your help and support with this important work.
See the dates for the events below and book your place now. You have to register individually for each event, and you will receive a link 2 days before the event.
Ageism in the Media – 26 April, 1pm-4pm
u3a Radio Podcast out now
In this episode, the team discuss u3a day with organiser Sue Stokes, talk to a u3a member who has taken part in debates in the House of Lords, and discuss Zoom interest groups with Farnham u3a, amongst other stories from across the u3a movement.
The episode will be available to watch on our YouTube channel. Subscribe to our channel and click the bell to be notified when the video is posted. You can watch all previous episodes on our playlist.
Do you have a story you would like to share with the u3a radio team? Get in touch.
New – Thames Valley u3a Network Zoom Event
Details have been now been published for the following events on the Thames Valley Network calendar:
Friday 7th May at 10.30 on Zoom – The Sweetest Thing: the history of sugar
The speaker is Ruth Nobbs, who gave the enthralling talk on The Charge of the Light Brigade earlier this year. The talk is free of charge. Full details of the event can be found on this flyer. The closing date for applications is Monday, 3rd May.
‘TICKETSOURCE’ icon immediately below the event on the TVN website. You will receive an acknowledgement immediately and the Zoom link a few days before the event.
The full list of events currently available to book are shown below:
u3a Events
Barclays Digital Eagles
The u3a has teamed up with Barclays Digital Eagles to provide a week of online training for u3a members, beginning on 19 April.
Click here for more detail of the title and dates of each session and then Register here.
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Maths Events ➖➕✖➗
The u3a have two Maths events coming up for maths loving u3a members.
Join our Maths Problems and Puzzles event on 22 April and Maths Activities and Games on 29 April.
See all the events on the events page of the u3a website, which added to and updated all the time.
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Run for the World
There is an exciting opportunity for you to support the u3a movement while keeping fit.
The Third Age Trust has partnered with Run for the World – an organisation which hosts virtual running events They have monthly events and ‘Open’ events that you can compete in your own time.
We are one of two charities that Run for the World are donating part of their profits to. You can see how much money is being raised and find out more on their website.
