WELLNESS SESSIONS AT HILL CLOSE GARDENS, WARWICK
10 am starting with coffee/tea
Friday 25 September - Warwickshire Vision Support, a local charity supporting blind and partially sighted people across Warwickshire since 1911.
Friday 23 October - Age UK - information on befriending, home support, counselling, money management and dementia day opportunities
Friday 27 November - tba.
Book your place on any of these at the lovely Hill Close Gardens by emailing Anne Powell
The English Novel and English Novelists
This Autumn there will be three talks and discussions on Zoom on Friday afternoons covering the following topics:-
30 Oct What is a Novel? / Publications before 1700 / The 18th Century Novel
6 Nov The 19th Century Novel: Key Characteristics & Themes / 19th Century Novelists
13 Nov The 20th Century Novel: Significant Periods & Themes
To register your interest in these sessions, please contact John D Morgan
MANAGING YOURSELF IN DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS mm@reflectivepocess.co.uk
New group members very welcome !!!
The first group’s sessions have now come to an end, and I’m starting a new group. During the group sessions you will be introduced to the principles and skills that will enable you to improve the way you manage yourself in the difficult conversations we all encounter, whether with family, friends or in a social setting; the sort of conversations that leave us feeling frustrated, stressed or despondent.
If you’re interested, email Mel as above for more information or to go on the waiting list.
SINGING FOR FUN STARTS AGAIN!
September, October and November on the fourth Tuesday of the month. Come along to join those of us who can't sing, don't sing, or always wanted to sing on 22 September at 2 pm at St Mark's Church. £5 for all three sessions this time, payable online in the usual way or, if you absolutely must, a cheque payable to Warwick District u3a and give to Anne on the 22nd. Email Anne Powell
QUESTIONS ABOUT SIGHT?
Find out how a local charity, Warwickshire Vision Support, can help you, your family or a friend. They support blind and partially sighted people across the county - have been doing this since 1911. Book your place at Hill Close Gardens on Friday 25 September starting with coffee at 10 am. Email Anne Powell
We intend to organise another visit to Sherbourne Recycling Facility, in Coventry, to take place later this year. It will comprise:
A presentation providing an overview of Sherbourne and its operations.
A guided site visit, subject to operational requirements and safety considerations.
Refreshments will be available and hard hats and boots will need to be worn. Anyone can attend the talk, but you'll need to be able to use stairs for the tour. Transport will be by car-sharing, but that will be arranged when we have a firm date and know who's attending.
Please send a message to Sam Sexton to register your interest.
VERY LOCAL WALKERS
This new group will meet for a short walk (less than an hour) around local parks and towns, followed by optional coffee and chat.
Interested? Contact Jen wdu3a.groups@gmail.com
NORDIC WALKING BASIC SKILLS
We are offering two 5 week courses to learn the basic skills of Nordic Walking. They will be held on Wednesdays 22 nd , 29 th July and 5 th , 12 th , 19 th August
Or
Fridays 24 th ,31 st July and 7 th , 14 th , 21 st August
Venue Victoria Park and Newbold Comyn
At 9.30 am
Cost £45
There will be a follow on Intermediate 3 week course in September. We hope this will lead to the formation of a Nordic Walking Group
Contact Jen for more information and/or to book you place.
Cinema Group
We are thinking of starting a Cinema Group, run on similar lines to the new Theatre Group using WhatsApp.
Interested in learning more? Then please contact Sue Sheen
Living with Loss
Loss in our lives comes in all forms - a bereavement of course, but also loss of health, hair through chemo, loss of mobility, loss of cheer.....Need to talk to others in a safe space? How about joining us for a chat and coffee? No advice given, just sharing experiences with others.
Contact Anne Powell
Theatre Group Pam Saunders The story so far - this new group has had an excellent start with a number of our 30 members enjoying local theatre productions together throughout April. Arrangements are made via WhatsApp and we plan to meet up for coffee and a chat in June.
Swan Lake and The Nutcracker
Trips to the Birmingham Hippodrome to see the Birmingham Royal Ballet’s productions of Swan Lake on Sunday 27 th September at 1pm and The Nutcracker on Sunday 6 th December at 1pm are planned. For more information, please contact Ann Bailey
COULD YOU BE OUR SPEAKERS ORGANISER?
Do you enjoy our speakers each month? Would you like to have a say in choosing them? What’s involved? Finding a speaker (internet, word of mouth, advertisements, repeat visits from good speakers!), confirming their attendance nearer the time, passing an invoice for them to be paid. That’s all!! And note - we have already booked speakers for the whole of 2026. What else is involved? A committee meeting once a month. You don’t have to attend these meetings but it’s a great chance to be one of the team having a say in what we do in Warwick District u3a! It
really is fun, and we all support one another. Interested – then please email [u3a_conatct name = "Anne Powell"] to arrange a chat about this important role.
Tenpin Bowling
This new group meets at 1.30 on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays in the month, at Tenpin, Tachbrook Park Drive, Leamington Spa, CV34 6RH. The cost will be £7.50 for two games payable directly to Tenpin on arrival. A game lasts approximately 40 minutes.
Interested? Contact [u3a_ contact name = "Andres Prior"] to book a place or for more information.
Receiving Info
Did you know that you can receive Info via email? Over 500 of you already do so, but others are not aware of this option. You can have both the email and the paper version if you like. One advantage of the former is that you’ll get it a bit earlier than the printed version.
If you’re happy with what you receive at the moment, there’s no need to take any action.
If you’d like to receive this, please send an email to Ann Bailey. stating “Info email only”, “Info paper only” or “Info both” as appropriate.