Events
National U3A - Opportunities:
A number of opportunities are available to U3A Members arranged by the National Office. Please go to the National U3A web site for the latest offers.
There are numerous online groups being set up on a great variety of subjects. These are available to all U3A members. Click on the link www.u3asites.org.uk/trustu3a/ groups to find out more.
A number of opportunities are available to U3A Members arranged by the National Office. Please go to the National U3A web site for the latest offers.
There are numerous online groups being set up on a great variety of subjects. These are available to all U3A members. Click on the link www.u3asites.org.uk/trustu3a/ groups to find out more.
Thursday 9th September 2021 - Summer Social at Charlton Village Hall - 2:30 - 4:00 pm
We shall keep things fairly simple – no food, but a little nostalgic music in the background and some Prosecco and/or soft drinks (on the house) to facilitate the party spirit. We are wanting to give members a chance to meet up, face-to-face, with people that they may well not have seen for months-on-end (except, perhaps, virtually, over Zoom). We also want to help new members meet the rest of us and to mark the beginning of our “relaunch” into something nearer normality.
Covid has not vanished, however. To keep the gathering safe we shall be outside for the most part. (Though the bar will be just inside, by the backdoor of the Village Hall). . We shall also assemble two large marquees, so we will have an external retreat if it rains! There will be some seating, but the idea is for most of us to circulate. There will be a fun quiz (but not a competitive one!) to encourage people to move around.
Parking may be a problem, so please car-share, if possible. Also, the Cartmell Community Minibus will run those without transport to Charlton from Cross Hayes. Meet outside the Town Hall at 2.10pm sharp. (We may need a second run.)
If you’ve still not told us you want to come, please do so promptly so we can cater appropriately for the expected number. Please e-mail: social@malmesburyu3a.org.uk
And if you can help on the day, all the better - again, e-mail our social secretary, Margaret Gore, as above.
Monthly Meetings:
Regular general meetings with a speaker will take place on the 4th Thursday of the month. Whilst the current Covid restrictions are in place the meetings will be on Zoom. Additional talks will also be arranged during the winter months. Talks will cover a wide range of topics of broad general and local interest. The list of speakers and topics is shown below. There's something for everyone there!
The next monthly meting will be in September - hopefully in the Town Hall. We are investigating the possibility of making it a hybrid meeting so that those people who don't feel comfortable with meeting in person can still view the meeting via Zoom.
Thursday September 25th - REDD in the Green Hills of Africa - Chris Tuite
Chris is a conservation and wilderness advisor for The United Nations Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD). The talk focuses on a project in Southern Kenya that is using carbon financing to reduce carbon emissions caused by deforestation.
The project has proved to be a remarkable success, with over $10 million in sales of carbon credits to support its work and a whole new approach to funding conservation. As finding ways to address climate and environmental damage is a vital issue for the future of human life and the planet, this promises to be a highly significant talk for us all.
Thursday October 28th - Malmesbury Foodbank-Dick Gray
Malmesbury and District foodbank is part of The Trussell Trust’s network of 428 foodbanks across the UK, working to tackle food poverty and hunger in local communities. They are there to support people in crisis situations.
U3a committee member Dick Gray is a Trustee of our local Foodbank and will be talking about how it came into being, what is it and how it operates.
Thursday November 23rd - The Discomforts of Bath-Dickon Povey
After a diverse working life that included 12 years in the Royal Air Force and teaching electronics in Saudi Arabia, Dickon has enjoyed a retirement in which he has been a city and Jane Austen tour guide in Bath. During the talk, Dickon will provide us with a light hearted look at the less pleasant side of fashionable 18th Century Bath…stories of Chair-men, chamber pots, death and disaster. We will hear about who visited Bath, why they did and what they did there. This is an amusing and enlightening collection of rumours, reports and anecdotes, and Dickon promises it is not for the faint hearted!
Previous Monthly Meetings: For a list of speakers and subjects for previous monthly meetings, please click HERE.
Regular general meetings with a speaker will take place on the 4th Thursday of the month. Whilst the current Covid restrictions are in place the meetings will be on Zoom. Additional talks will also be arranged during the winter months. Talks will cover a wide range of topics of broad general and local interest. The list of speakers and topics is shown below. There's something for everyone there!
The next monthly meting will be in September - hopefully in the Town Hall. We are investigating the possibility of making it a hybrid meeting so that those people who don't feel comfortable with meeting in person can still view the meeting via Zoom.
Thursday September 25th - REDD in the Green Hills of Africa - Chris Tuite
Chris is a conservation and wilderness advisor for The United Nations Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD). The talk focuses on a project in Southern Kenya that is using carbon financing to reduce carbon emissions caused by deforestation.
The project has proved to be a remarkable success, with over $10 million in sales of carbon credits to support its work and a whole new approach to funding conservation. As finding ways to address climate and environmental damage is a vital issue for the future of human life and the planet, this promises to be a highly significant talk for us all.
Thursday October 28th - Malmesbury Foodbank-Dick Gray
Malmesbury and District foodbank is part of The Trussell Trust’s network of 428 foodbanks across the UK, working to tackle food poverty and hunger in local communities. They are there to support people in crisis situations.
U3a committee member Dick Gray is a Trustee of our local Foodbank and will be talking about how it came into being, what is it and how it operates.
Thursday November 23rd - The Discomforts of Bath-Dickon Povey
After a diverse working life that included 12 years in the Royal Air Force and teaching electronics in Saudi Arabia, Dickon has enjoyed a retirement in which he has been a city and Jane Austen tour guide in Bath. During the talk, Dickon will provide us with a light hearted look at the less pleasant side of fashionable 18th Century Bath…stories of Chair-men, chamber pots, death and disaster. We will hear about who visited Bath, why they did and what they did there. This is an amusing and enlightening collection of rumours, reports and anecdotes, and Dickon promises it is not for the faint hearted!
Previous Monthly Meetings: For a list of speakers and subjects for previous monthly meetings, please click HERE.