Leicester

Events at Leicester U3A

Scroll down for the listing of our monthly meetings and coffee mornings.

  • Monthly Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month, August and December excepted, at 2.30pm at Christchurch, 105a Clarendon Park Road, Leicester LE2 3AH. Doors open at 2.00pm.
  • Visitors may attend up to two meetings, paying £2 for each event.
  • If you have suggestions for speakers at monthly meetings, contact our speaker finder, Keith Pyne.

Dates for your Diary
Meetings
Tue Apr 9th Peter Kilty will give a talk on prisons and prison reform


2.30pm, Christchurch Clarendon Park, Leicester LE2 3AH. Doors open at 2:00pm.
Tue May 14th Sandy Leong - The Bishop's Finger: A History of The Public House

The British public house started life as a Roman Wine Bar and dates back over 2000 years. Ale was central to the Anglo Saxon sense of community, the place to get a drink, often marked by using a bush as a sign; by 1577 it is thought that there were 17,000 alehouses, 2000 inns and 400 taverns in England many of the original names are still being used today.



2.30pm, Christchurch Clarendon Park, Leicester LE2 3AH. Doors open at 2:00pm.
Tue Jun 11th Robert Leake - Radio

Robert will continue his talk from last year on 'Those Radio days'



2.30pm, Christchurch Clarendon Park, Leicester LE2 3AH. Doors open at 2:00pm.
Tue Jul 9th Gary Farnfield - Caring for terminal illness

Gary is a community fundraiser for the Rainbows Hospice.

Rainbows cares for families who have a baby, child or young person with a serious or terminal illness that means that their lives will be shorter than most.


2.30pm, Christchurch Clarendon Park, Leicester LE2 3AH. Doors open at 2:00pm.
Tue Sep 10th Speaker to be announced.




2.30pm, Christchurch Clarendon Park, Leicester LE2 3AH. Doors open at 2:00pm.
Tue Oct 8th Speaker to be announced.




2.30pm, Christchurch Clarendon Park, Leicester LE2 3AH. Doors open at 2:00pm.
Tue Nov 12th Speaker to be announced.




2.30pm, Christchurch Clarendon Park, Leicester LE2 3AH. Doors open at 2:00pm.
Social Events
Tue Apr 16th All Members' Coffee Morning. As the name suggests, all members are welcome – just drop in. A small charge per person is made to cover the cost of refreshments, including refills, and hire of the room. Please wear your badge – it helps others to remember your name.
Venue - Quaker Meeting House, Queens Road, LE2 1WP, 10.30 - 12:00, £2.50.
Tue Dec 10th Provisional Date for Christmas Lunch