Author: Gary Beighton

Introducing our first National u3a Essay Writing Competition! Submit an essay (max 1,000 words) about a person, policy, invention or idea that’s positively shaped society by Friday 9 May for the chance to win some great prizes. The competition is open to all u3a members and aims to showcase the wide ranging talent within the…

This website and it’s email accounts have recently been migrated to a new hosting service. If you spot any issues with the website or have difficulty contacting any email that ends with @westwoldsu3a.org then please contact us.

There are quite a few local events coming up over Christmas. Check them out on our Local Events Page here If you’d like to promote a local event that may be of interest to our members then we can put it on our website there.

We have just introduced a new feature on the website to be able to fill in your membership form on-line. It is still possible to print the form and fill it in by hand if you prefer. We are now open for membership subscription for the 2024-25 year, which runs from September to August. Don’t…

The Creative Writing Group is restarting this September.Are you be interested? Would you like to join a group of like-minded people who willsupport each other to produce short works, such as poems,comic verse, or stories? As always, the aim is fun, not work,and we do not seek to develop authors to become famous.However, perhaps we…

You may already have heard that our dear friend and long term member Joe passed away recently, just a few weeks short of his 100th birthday. He will be sadly missed by many of us. If you would like to attend his funeral it is taking place on Thursday 2nd May at 11.00 am in…

To celebrate our 25th year anniversary we held a very special March general meeting. At least 111 of our members attended this very enjoyable event. The committee had worked hard to put on a memorable occasion. In his opening address our chairman Steve reflected on past times and members but also looked forward to the…

Are you interested in either of the forthcoming events? Location – Yardbirds in Grimsby Thin Lizzy tribute on Friday 16th February 2024 Bryan Adams on Friday 8th March 2024 If interested contact Phyl Murray – see interest group page here

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