Monthly Meetings and Other Events
Monthly Meetings
Monthly meetings are normally held on the third Wednesday in the Greyfriars Charteris Centre, 138-140 Pleasance, Edinburgh EH8 9RR at 2:30 pm, and are open to all members. There is no meeting in August. Details of forthcoming meetings are listed below.
Other Events
Dates and venues for other events are also listed. Those events listed as Outings are open to all Edinburgh u3a members. Members able to travel outside the Edinburgh area might be interested in the Events page of the Third Age Trust which lists some of the more major events in other centres. [You will need to register and/or log-in to access the page.]
Other Group Events can be found on the Follies Programme, Science Group Programme, Astronomy Group Programme pages and the Art Appreciation B Newsletter.
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May 2024 | ||
Wed May 15th | Meeting | Local Edinburgh Men in the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915 Clarke gave us a fascinating talk last year on Scots in Africa. This year he will explore his "consuming passion": In 1914 at the outbreak of war, Edinburgh's "Weekend Warriors", the Territorial battalions of the Royal Scots, expected to be used for little more then coastal defence duties. Instead, they found themselves amongst the first troops in, and the last troops out, of the doomed Gallipoli campaign, the invasion of Ottoman Turkey. Using dozens of first-hand accounts, this is a very local and very personal story of Edinburgh's "Terriers" and follows their fates throughout the campaign, backed with hundreds of rare photographs taken in the campaign. |
Thu May 16th | Outing | Visit to the Kelpies and Culross If you are interested, please download the attached booking form. This form is password protected. Kelpies and Culross. |
June 2024 | ||
Thu Jun 13th | Outing | Visit to Whitelee Wind Farm and then to Dean Castle Country Park, Kilmarnock. The castle is composed of a keep and palace block renovated in the 19th Century and containing important collections of tapestries, early musical instruments and arms & armour. Coffee and lunch included. Booking is now open. If you are interested in going, download the application form which is password protected Whitelee Wind Farm and Dean Castle |
Wed Jun 19th | Meeting | Ailsa Clarke: Elsie Inglis and the Scottish Women's Hospitals. This talk touches aspects of the life of the formidable and resourceful Dr Elsie Inglis. Dr Inglis is best known in Edinburgh for the maternity hospital that was opened as a memorial to her work, but she was also an active suffragist, one of the early female students to achieve degrees in medicine, and later surgery, and the founder of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service, which she established at the outbreak of the First World War. It will deal with the social and familial context which led to Dr Inglis' career in medicine, her links to prominent suffrage campaigners, the founding of the SWH and the experiences of the units during their war service. |
Wed Jun 19th | Meeting | New members meeting This is an informal welcome meeting for anyone who has recently joined Edinburgh u3a. Invitations will be sent out before the meeting to people who have recently joined but anyone is welcome to attend if they would like to get to know other new members. Committee members and group leaders will be available to answer any general questions about Edinburgh u3a. For specific information about group meeting times and vacancies, please visit the groups page on this website. Please contact newmembers@edinburghu3a.org.uk for further details if you would like to attend this meeting. |
July 2024 | ||
Tue Jul 16th | Outing | Visit to Paxton House and then free time in Berwick upon Tweed. Booking from 17th May |
Wed Jul 17th | Meeting | Introduction to the Patient and Public Involvement Project at the Advanced Care Research Centre, University of Edinburgh Anna Crawford and Daria Ihnatenko Topics to be discussed include benefits and dangers of AI, especially with regard to older people, and the concept of patient and public involvement in planning research, including opportunities for u3a member participation. |
August 2024 | ||
Tue Aug 20th →Thu Aug 22nd | Summer School | u3a in Scotland is holding a Summer School at Stirling University 20 - 22 August. All details can be found within SS 2024 Courses |
September 2024 | ||
Thu Sep 26th | Outing | Riverside Museum and Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow. Booking from 17 July. |