Eastbourne Central

Welcome

to the Eastbourne U3A Central Branch website

Registered Charity No. 296422

The basic format is two main meetings a month at St Saviour's Church Hall, South Street, Eastbourne (First Wednesday of the month at 10.30am and the 4th Thursday of the month at 2pm) and more than thirty study groups that generally meet monthly. A list of the study groups is available on our website in addition to our study group booklet that gives the details of the group leaders. You can attend as many talks and study groups as you wish.

Contacts for all the groups may be made through the contacts page.

Before you attend a group, it is essential that you contact the group leader for further information, since some groups may be full and not able to accommodate you. Some groups do, however, keep reserve lists, to which you can be added (an opportunity to attend may arise in the future, as group compositions change).

We look upon U3A as a learning cooperative. Everyone is a volunteer. One thing we pride ourselves on is our friendliness and sociability.
As a member of Eastbourne Central u3a you are entitled to the following benefits:
• Attend our twice monthly talks on a wide range of topics at Saint Saviours church hall and other events like our Christmas quiz.
• Attend any of our subject groups if places are available. Contact the group leader using the details in the membership pack to ask about availability and the opportunity to attend a taster session.
• Cover under the u3a’s insurance policies while participating in u3a activities.
• Attend, contribute and vote at our AGM.
• Put yourself forward with the backing of two other members to stand for our committee or one of the roles in running our club.
• Access to the national website members’ section and a digital version of the Third Age Matters magazine. If you want a hard copy posted to you, this is available by paying an additional membership charge to cover postage.
• The right to join the activities of another local u3a group at a reduced fee called associate membership.
• In the spirit of u3a “learn, laugh, live.”

You will receive our regular newsletters during the year via email or by post if you do not have email. Normally there are announcements at the start of main meetings and key messages are passed on through study group leaders.
An enrolment form is available for download on our links page.

I hope you will be very happy with what the Branch can offer you and that you will decide to give us a try. Our subscription donation is just £15 for the year (£11 to become an associate member if you are member of another U3A branch). I hope you will be very happy with what the Branch can offer you.

This year our AGM went ahead on Thursday March 28th at 2.30pm at St Saviour's church hall.

Kevin Davis, chairman.