Churchdown

Groups

Message from the outgoing chair Paul Grierson

This past year has seen Churchdown u3a make a strong recovery following the end of the COVID lockdown. We have not only maintained our numbers, but have increased out membership.

The groups under our various leaders/convenors continue to offer our members a variety of interest groups and are well supported. We have seen the start up of new interest groups and our monthly meetings are well attended. My thanks to our speaker secretary who has provided us with an interesting selection of speakers and of course our volunteer catering crew have excelled themselves in providing refreshments.

I am confident that with our new committee we will continue to see growth within our u3a.

Paul Grierson (Chair)
June 2023.

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Message from incoming Chair Robbie Philip

I would like to thank Paul for his hard work and dedication in his time as Chair. All of our previous Chairs have built on the strong foundations that have been left by their predecessor and my wish is to continue along these lines. As Paul intimated, we have a very strong and committed committee whose aim is to continue the growth that has been achieved in previous years.

Robbie Philip (Chair)
July 2023

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Monthly Group Meeting

We hold a monthly Group Meeting in the Churchdown Community Centre on the 3rd Wednesday of each month (excluding August) at 2 pm. Our Speaker Secretary, Jenny Cotton, provides us with a wide variety of very interesting Talks. After an initial welcome from the Chair, the Speaker then Talks on his/her chosen subject for about 45 minutes followed by tea/coffee and socialising. All members are very welcome to attend and for this financial year it is free.

Jenny has lined up a wonderful program for us and it is as follows:

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Group numbers
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As of 1 July, Churchdown u3a has 28 groups.

NEW GROUP PAGE
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A new group page has been set up to allow the details of Day Trips to be listed a little more clearly. This page contains the details behind the outing headlines shown on the Events page.

UPDATE Newsletter
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The UPDATE newsletter Issue 41 for June 2023 can be found on the Membership page.

Story Telling Opportunity on BBC Radio
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I recently received the following email (see below) from Adam Crowther, a presenter on BBC Local Radio and wonder if any of our members would be interested in the offer. It seems like an excellent opportunity for anyone wishing to air their talents on local radio.

Robbie Philip
Chair

Hello,
I’m getting in touch because I found your email associated with a group that I think your members might benefit from an exciting opportunity I can offer. I know that the U3A have some great groups that could benefit from the opportunities below. Creative writing, poetry, theatre etc.

Adam

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