Bishop's Cleeve U3A: Monthly Meetings

Monthly Meetings

Due to the coronavirus restrictions all usual Monthly Meetings and Outings are cancelled until further notice.
We apologies for this but it is outside our control.
However we will resume meetings via Zoom from January 2021. Details of forthcoming events are shown below.
You can use the 'Mail' link to contact our Speaker Secretary via email.
Many of our individual Groups are continuing to meet, so please refer to the Groups page for more details

When we are allowed to meet again our monthly meetings will resume at the Woodmancote Village Hall on the 3rd Monday of the month, at 2.15pm

We request membership cards to be shown at these meetings.

Refreshments served after the presentation until 4pm

We welcome visitors interested in joining Bishop’s Cleeve U3A

Dates for your Diary
May 2021
Mon May 17th	Meeting	Open Meeting via Zoom 2.15pm Memsahibs and their Servants Speaker: Jenny Mallin This will be a virtual Meeting via Zoom and a link to join will be sent before the day. (Members can start joining from 2pm
June 2021
Wed Jun 2nd	Other	The very first national u3a day – celebrating the learning, activity and fun that happens every day in u3as across the country – will now take place on 2nd June 2021.
Mon Jun 21st	Meeting	Open Meeting Further details to follow
July 2021
Thu Jul 1st →Wed Jul 14th	Study Day	The Cotswold Link have arranged a programme of three talks in July 2021 as an alternative to the Special Interest Day that is held each summer. The talks are free of charge to our members. Click here for further information
Thu Jul 1st	Study Day	Cotswold Link talk Keith Bostock on Robots. 10.30 via Zoom Keith leads the Gloucester U3A’s Electronics Group. He led the Gloucester team that came second in the inaugural U3A National Robot Challenge in 2019. Keith’s talk will cover the true meaning of’ ‘robot’ and the current progress in the science and engineering involved in their creation, with a look at their future.
Wed Jul 7th	Study Day	Cotswold Link talk Frank Cooper on the Background to the Staffordshire Hoard and the Origins of a Warrior King’s Golden Helmet. 10.30 via Zoom Frank is Centre Manager for Digital Design & Manufacturing and a Senior Lecturer at Birmingham City University. The Hoard, discovered in 2009, remains the largest collection of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver ever discovered. He will discuss the probable methods of manufacture and the detail of various traditional artisan crafts as well as modern digital technologies used in jewellery industries.
Wed Jul 14th	Study Day	Cotswold Link talk Tony Conder on a Gloucestershire Odyssey 10.30 via Zoom Since his retirement as a museum curator, Tony has conducted in depth research covering the area of Gloucesterhire, its geology, local history and traditions. He is recognised as an authoritative local source of information on the many landmarks and ancient monuments of significant historical interest to be found there. Tony has summarised much of his work in a series of illustrated presentations that he is convinced will encourage the viewer to embark on a personal Odyssey to discover afresh what this area has to offer.
Mon Jul 19th	Meeting	Open Meeting via Zoom or Woodmancote Village Hall at 2.15pm The Life & Works of George Frideric Handel Speaker: Tim Brain

Dates for your Diary
Meetings
Mon May 17th	Open Meeting via Zoom 2.15pm Memsahibs and their Servants Speaker: Jenny Mallin This will be a virtual Meeting via Zoom and a link to join will be sent before the day. (Members can start joining from 2pm
Mon Jun 21st	Open Meeting Further details to follow
Mon Jul 19th	Open Meeting via Zoom or Woodmancote Village Hall at 2.15pm The Life & Works of George Frideric Handel Speaker: Tim Brain
Study Days
Thu Jul 1st →Wed Jul 14th	The Cotswold Link have arranged a programme of three talks in July 2021 as an alternative to the Special Interest Day that is held each summer. The talks are free of charge to our members. Click here for further information
Thu Jul 1st	Cotswold Link talk Keith Bostock on Robots. 10.30 via Zoom Keith leads the Gloucester U3A’s Electronics Group. He led the Gloucester team that came second in the inaugural U3A National Robot Challenge in 2019. Keith’s talk will cover the true meaning of’ ‘robot’ and the current progress in the science and engineering involved in their creation, with a look at their future.
Wed Jul 7th	Cotswold Link talk Frank Cooper on the Background to the Staffordshire Hoard and the Origins of a Warrior King’s Golden Helmet. 10.30 via Zoom Frank is Centre Manager for Digital Design & Manufacturing and a Senior Lecturer at Birmingham City University. The Hoard, discovered in 2009, remains the largest collection of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver ever discovered. He will discuss the probable methods of manufacture and the detail of various traditional artisan crafts as well as modern digital technologies used in jewellery industries.
Wed Jul 14th	Cotswold Link talk Tony Conder on a Gloucestershire Odyssey 10.30 via Zoom Since his retirement as a museum curator, Tony has conducted in depth research covering the area of Gloucesterhire, its geology, local history and traditions. He is recognised as an authoritative local source of information on the many landmarks and ancient monuments of significant historical interest to be found there. Tony has summarised much of his work in a series of illustrated presentations that he is convinced will encourage the viewer to embark on a personal Odyssey to discover afresh what this area has to offer.
Other Events
Wed Jun 2nd	The very first national u3a day – celebrating the learning, activity and fun that happens every day in u3as across the country – will now take place on 2nd June 2021.