INTERIM BULLETIN FROM YOUR NEW CHAIRMAN

Thank you!
As we are now in a position to communicate with all our lovely members
(thank you so much Mark Riley for your excellent I.T. support), we wanted
our very first message to be one of thanks. We were so touched by the
many offers of support and kind words you gave us at the first monthly
meeting with the new committee today. These very were much
appreciated.
Also, a huge thank you to Karen Riley who kindly held Scilla’s hand and
guided her through the giddy world of u3a groups! You are a star!
We hope you enjoyed the wonderful speaker today, Lucy Lewis, (pictured
below with Keith) as much as we did as she regaled us with her tales
during her time as a former Major in the Army and latterly Marshal at the
University of Cambridge.

In other news, we can confirm that the speaker programme will remain as previously advertised; November meeting Medical Alert Dogs, December meeting Christmas. We will have a new programme to share as soon as possible for events/speakers for 2027.
Also, thank you so much to the lovely ladies that spoke with us about tea and meet and greet rotas. Please feel free to have a well-deserved break for the moment if you are on either of these.
We will cover these until the new year and chat more about it soon with you all.

Mini notes for your information:

  • Full bulletin currently being written – watch this space!
  • Please let us know your suggestions/thoughts/ideas so that we can work together to make FW&Du3a a fun place to be
  • We have already had confirmation from the U3a Headquarters that we are indeed officially your actual committee until the next AGM in the new year.
  • Finally, please be assured that we will do all we can to make FW&Du3a a wonderful place to ‘learn, laugh and live’

David Evans

Chairman, FW&D u3a

NATIONAL AND REGIONAL NEWS

FWDu3a belongs to the National Third Age Trust – our regulating body and to Eastern of England Region u3a. Both of these send out regular Newsletters full of chat and opportunities to get involved, should you wish, in the wider movement. EofE region in particular arrange a huge variety of Zoom courses and one-offs – everything from AI to Laughter Yoga – well worth dipping into.

NB although we belong to these organisations all u3as are independent and we as members decide how we run our own u3a.