Waltham Forest

Groups

ANNUAL FILM CLUB BALLOT FOR Home Screenings 2019 is about to take place. Contact Barbara before 19 September if you want to suggest any titles. More details on the Film Club page.

NEW George's Lunch Club Mark II. The Friday lunch club at Enterprise House has been a great success and George has just started a second one. This is on the first Wednesday of the month, and the first get-together was on 5th September, when everyone really enjoyed meeting and chatting over a super meal. Relaxed and friendly and still quite small so come and join us. We meet at 12.45pm in the Mezzanine lounge/bar. Contact Lesley (or George) if you'd like more details.

A new Book Club has also started and still has vacancies. They have now finalised their titles, dates and venues up to Christmas. Check with Lesley for the latest news.

How about starting a new group yourself? Or maybe talking to Lesley about a group you'd LIKE to join if it existed. Could be a subject you know is popular in another U3A. Or perhaps an existing group you'd like to help replicate. How about organising regular art gallery visits, starting a recipe club, or delving into the history of a house?

Interest Groups are the life blood of a U3A. WE NEED MORE as our membership increases. Being a Group Leader doesn't involve hard work or having intimidating expertise. You only have to be interested in learning more about something or and enthusiastic about doing it in the company of a few other people. Groups are often the place where people quietly make lasting new friendships, rather than sitting in the big audience for the monthly talks.

We warmly welcome new ideas and we try to support anyone who is nervous about leading a group but would like to try. If you would like to start a group but you can't offer a home as a meeting place, you might want to consider booking a small room at Winchester Road? The cost is shared between members of the Group but it's very modest; a few groups meet there already. Lesley will be happy to advise.

At time of writing current vacancies include Art Appreciation, Book Club, Canasta, Family History 1, Geography, German B, Painting as a Pastime, Play-reading, Recorder, Remarkable Women, Rummikub 1 & 3, Singing for Fun 1, and Table Tennis. Lesley will be happy to update you on the situation.

Lesley handles all enquiries about joining groups. She maintains information about all the current vacancies and also manages any waiting lists. Her phone number and email address are in the monthly newsletter.

If you'd just like to know more about a particular Group's activities she can put you in touch with the leader for a chat. Groups basically finance their own activities and it is also usual to contribute a small amount towards refreshments at their meetings (currently 50p). Occasionally a Group Leader may make application to the Committee for help with some special expenditure. This may or may not be successful.

We need to remind people that group members who do not attend meetings for some time AND haven't kept the Leader informed will be removed from that group. This helps to keeps waiting lists to a minimum. It also makes sure that everyone knows as soon as possible when new opportunities to join groups have arisen.