Month: February 2021

The February newsletter is here… You can access the newsletter from this post or from the email the majority of our members will receive on 17th February 2021. 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 would…

The English language is full of idioms; these are phrases, sayings or a group of words with a metaphorical, not a literal meaning and which have become accepted in common usage. These figures of speech will be used by every one of us every so often in our every day conversations and yet, we completely…

Our friends at Scunthorpe u3a have invited us to join their February speaker by Zoom: Stephen Wells – The history of Butlins Holiday camps Stephen Wells went from being a Butlin Redcoat to being Entertainment Executive responsible for putting on the biggest names in Show Business. A great talk fully illustrated and with lots of great…

If  you would like to watch this talk, please register using the link below  https://mirthy.co.uk/u3a-westwolds Once registered you will receive a confirmation email with a unique link in it to access the talk. A reminder email will be sent 24 hours before and again 15 minutes before the talk is due to start. If you…

U3a National Office have appointed a PR Advisor (Chris Hartney-Mills) for the East Midlands Region to develop channels of communication and increase awareness. West Wolds u3a therefore need a volunteer to be our nominated contact so that he can forward initiatives and ideas for presentation to our committee. This would not be a demanding role…

Rosanna McGlone has been awarded Arts Council Funding to run a Memoir Writing project: Lincolnshire Lives. It’s about the lives of 12 ordinary people, people just like you. Perhaps you were a trawlerman’s wife, a shop worker, a carer, worked on a farm, the pier, the arcades, a school or a hospital? Whatever you have…

King Lear Prizes is a national creative arts competition for older people during the COVID-19 pandemic. The latest round of the competition is running from January to 19th March . The competition is specifically for amateurs and beginners who are over the age of 65 and accepts entries in poetry, real stories (short stories from…

Following on From Cathy Whelan’s message about the cancelled performances at Louth Riverhead Theatre, here is a letter from the management there saying a big thank you for the donations which may help to keep them going in these horrible times for theatres. Click on the link below fran thank you