Redbridge & District

About us

Enjoy your 'third age'
Are you past full-time employment and don't know what to do with yourself? It is never too late to broaden your horizons and learn new things, or just to have fun and enjoy tourself together with like-minded people. You may even have knowledge and experiences that you would like to share with others for mutual benefit. If you recognise yourself in one or more of these categories, then Redbridge & District u3a may just be the place for you. Join us and enjoy your 'third age'.

Interest groups - the centre of u3a
Our interest groups are the nucleus of our activities. They are all led by members and cover a wide range of subjects from chair exercises to quizzes; from art appreciation to pub lunches; from psychology to music; and almost everything in between. Group meetings are in the daytime, often in the group leader's home, and for larger groups in hired halls. During lockdown, many groups moved their activities onto internet platforms like Zoom. Since then, face2face meetings have resumed and we are now running a mixture of physical and online groups. Visit our Groups page to see which groups are active at the moment.

Open Meetings for all members
Once a month, generally on the last Monday of the month, we invite all our members to an Open Meeting where you can socialise with other members, have a coffee or tea and a biscuit, and listen to a variety of interesting and entertaining speakers. Our next Open Meeting ia on Monday 25th March where author Brian Carline will give a nostalgic and humorous look at life in an industrial city in the North-West of England in the 1940s and 1950s seen through the eyes of a child. See the coming months' programme on our Open Meetings page.

National and Regional Zoom talks and events
Our national mother organisation, The Third Age Trust, and our regional network, The London Region of u3as, as well as individual u3as arrange events and talks on a vide array of subjects. At the moment these are all on Zoom, and you have to register in advance to participate. All these events are listed on our National and Regional Events page. One of the upcoming events will be on Friday 5th April where Moira MacQuaide will take us through the history of pleasure gardens in a talk titled From Pleasure Gardens to Theme Parks.

Monthly newsletter and e-mail updates
Every month except December we publish a newsletter with all the latest news about our u3a. See the latest newsletter on our Newsletters page. We regularly update members via email about other u3a talks and events that may be of interest.

Want to know more?
If this has whetted your appetite, please feel free to browse our website. You can contact us by filling out the Membership Enquiry form which you will find by clicking this link: MembershipEnquiry. You can join Redbridge & District u3a for an annual fee of £25.00 with renewal due at the end of July. Once a member, you can join as many groups as you like (space permitting).

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