Welcome

WELCOME TO THE EASTLEIGH DISTRICT U3A

RETIRED OR SEMI-RETIRED?

We meet every third Wednesday in the month at 2.30 P.M. at the Fair Oak Village Hall Shorts Road Fair Oak with a talk or another subject. Also we offer a range of study groups and leisure activities, some based in Eastleigh Town Centre and some at the Fair Oak village hall.

If you are new to the area, one way to find your way round is to join us! Eastleigh was at one time one of the leading railway centres of the UK, with an enormous works close to the Town Centre. The focus is no longer on the railway. the works closed down a few years ago, but in fact is now getting a new lease of life with all sorts of specialist firms moving in. The Town has continued to thrive as a centre for shopping and business located conveniently halfway between Southampton and Winchester.

-Join us as our 'Questor' Group look behind the scenes at what makes things tick, perhaps at what the general public doesn't get to see!-

Come to London on our 'Awayday' visits; we've been on a guided tour of the Albert Hall, a visit to the Houses of Parliament, a look at the restored St Pancras International - we will return!

Not sure what the U3A ('University of the Third Age') is all about?

FOR A START, IT'S NOT A UNIVERSITY! We don't give out qualifications in the shape of degrees or anything like that. Neither do we ask for a certain level of qualifications before you can join us. Qualifications, or no qualifications, or anything in between, it makes no difference; your level of education doesn't come into it! University here is only really used in the sense of 'universal' or 'for all'. Lots more about the U3A ethos in '500 Beacons', the U3A story, available by mail order or you can borrow a copy! You can also look at the U3A's central website, run by the University of the Third Age Trust. CLICK ON THE U3A LOGO AT THE TOP RIGHT OF OUR HOME PAGE FOR A FULL RUN-DOWN.

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