Author: westwolds

The Rasen Area Memory cafe meets on the first Friday of every month from 10:00-12:00. They meet at the Festival Hall, Market Rasen, LN8 3HT. Free parking is available for 2 hours and the cost to attend is £1:00 We offer friendship, support, and activities for people living with dementia, their carers and friends.  If…

One of our members, Mary Barr, is opening her garden in aid of Air Ambulance on Saturday June 10, 10.30am start. There will be tea, coffee and cake and also cottage garden plants for sale. Mary Barr’s address is Evergreen, Walesby Road, Market Rasen, LN8 3EY

Click here to see the June 2023 newsletter for our Spanish groups. As we enter Summer, why not grab a warm cuppa and settle down to a good read. There’s plenty to enjoy even if you’re not a Spanish speaker. 

Speaker Review by Jan Reade This month’s speaker for u3a was Jennifer Ichikawa. Jennifer is now living in Cleethorpes, after  a very interesting life that included emigrating to New Zealand as a “£25 pom”. New Zealand is where she met her Japanese husband. Jennifer explained that her husband’s career took them to many places around…

Because of the Coronation and bank holidays we were only able to have one Digital Photography Meeting this month on the 15th May, so here are the photos of the month chosen from our April themes of ‘Circles’ and ‘Minimalism/Negative Space’ plus a monthly favourite as voted on by the group. For further photos taken…

As part of the Lincolnshire Wolds Outdoor Festival, some of our groups will be showcasing and performing at the South Ormsby Estate this Saturday 20th May as shown below, see their website here. WELCOME TO THE WONDERFUL WOLDS– Meteorological summer will soon be with us and we’re busier than ever in the heart of the…

The May newsletter is here… You can access the newsletter from this post or from the email the majority of our members will receive by the 9th May 2023 If you haven’t told us your email address or if it has changed… to avoid missing out send your updated email details to membership@westwoldsu3a.org. If you…

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Click here to see the May 2023 newsletter for our Spanish groups. As we approach Spring, why not grab a warm cuppa and settle down to a good read. There’s plenty to enjoy even if you’re not a Spanish speaker. 

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The April newsletter is here… You can access the newsletter from this post or from the email the majority of our members will receive by the 5th April 2023 If you haven’t told us your email address or if it has changed… to avoid missing out send your updated email details to membership@westwoldsu3a.org. If you…

Here are the photos of the month chosen from our March themes of ‘Beginning with a T’ and ‘Dappled Light’ plus a monthly favourite as voted on by the group. For further photos taken by our group through the months go to our challenge page https://westwoldsu3a.org/?page_id=8458 Beginning with a T Terrible Towers Taken by Brian…

You are invited to take part in ‘Their Finest Hour’, a Heritage Lottery-funded nationwide campaign organised by the University of Oxford to collect and preserve the everyday stories and objects of the Second World War. As these personal stories are fast fading from living memory, it is vital to preserve them and the wartime objects…

Click here to see the April 2023 newsletter for our Spanish groups. As we approach Spring, why not grab a warm cuppa and settle down to a good read. There’s plenty to enjoy even if you’re not a Spanish speaker. 

Good News, I am going to start a new mixed group of embroiderers and cross stitchers as there is a cross over of interest, for both experienced stitchers and non-experienced stitchers, who want to start a new exciting hobby, as both the existing Cross Stitch and Embroidery 1 Groups are full. The Cross Stitch/Embroiderers Group…