A Warm Welcome
Shipston on Stour is renowned for its friendliness and community spirit and our u3a exemplifies this. If you are no longer in full-time employment or just have time on your hands, and are looking for interesting and stimulating activities in the company of others, then joining Shipston on Stour Area u3a may be just what you need! We cover Shipston on Stour and the local area including the villages around about.
We welcome visitors to our regular gatherings at the Townsend Hall in Shipston. Come along and meet us, find out about our Interest Groups and how to become a member.
Our members have many skills and life experiences and we bring these qualities to our Interest Groups, be it ancient Greek and walking, to table tennis and wine tasting! Friends are made, knowledge shared, lives become richer as we meet, find enjoyment in learning and fun in our third age.
We have a wide range of GROUPS (currently around 30) where members come together to share their enthusiasm for various subjects and activities. There should hopefully be something for everyone.
We also hold regular monthly meetings EVENTS where a speaker entertains us with their specialist subject.
We hope there is something for everyone in the Shipston on Stour Area u3a.
Read more about joining us on our MEMBERSHIP page. The SoSA U3A is a registered charity affiliated to The Third Age Trust.
Membership costs £14 per year (£10.50 for those who are already a paid-up member of another u3a).
Both Members and visitors are welcome to our meetings. Visitors may attend two monthly meetings before deciding whether to join us. A similar policy applies to all Interest Groups.
Shipston u3a is a member of the South Warwickshire u3a Cluster which gives mutual access to Interest Groups and Meetings as given on the document titled SW Cluster on the GROUPS page.
If you'd like more information, please go to the CONTACT page and send us an email via the form that is set out on that page. We look forward to meeting you.
Each month we produce a newsletter with the latest u3a, groups and other local information relevant to the coming month. The newsletter, UPDATE, is mailed or emailed to all members. For data protection reasons, UPDATE is not available on-line, but a copy will be emailed to you if you contact the UPDATE editor via the CONTACT page of this website.
Please explore our website to find out about future u3a events and activities, plus other news of local events which you may find of interest. Have a look at the Open Day 2023 picture archives Open Day 2023 pics 1 and Open Day 2023 pics 2 to see the enthusiasm and range of activities.
Our AGM is being held on the 27th June to which all members are invited. Please refer to the AGM page for further details.