News & Diary Page

Looking ahead:

diary imageDIARY NOTE:
U3A Anniversary Lunch with guest speaker.
Friday April 20th 2012 at the Bridge Hotel Walshford. 12.30 for 1.00pm .....PLEASE NOTE THE REVISED DATE.
2 courses - main and dessert. Tickets are £16 and will be available at the February Open Meeting. Our guest speaker will be Nicola Down - who always entertains us well with her informative and amusing talks.
<< You can download and print the details and an application form here.

RENEWING YOUR MEMBERSHIP: a Renewals Coffee Morning will be held on Wednesday 21 March in the Methodist Hall, 9.30 – 12.30.

March: Just a selection from our list of activities.
(Most other groups meet on an ongoing regualar basis.)

Note: some of these groups may be full and hence not available to new members. The activities are listed here to illustrate the wide range of interests available to members. Please go to the ACTIVITIES page for more information on the groups.

29 March (Thursday) Open Meeting 2.30 to 4.00 - our presenter will be Jackie Depelle talking about "Chimney Pots and Stacks - Crowning Glory"
See the poster on the right for details.>>>

28 March (Wednesday) Days of Special Interest Group have organised a backstage tour of the Grand Theatre Leeds.

27 March (Tuesday) Walkers Group Extra will explore Roseberry Topping

21 March (Wednesday) Renewals Coffee Meeting at Wetherby Methodist Hall 9.30 – 12.30

21 March (Wednesday) Theatre Group visit to York Opera House to experience STOMP

13 March (Tuesday) Going for Green - this new group starts out with a ride in an electric car. New members welcomed. Details here

12 March (Monday) (TBC) Walking Group Extra first walk of 2012...Burnsall to Grimwith Reservoir.

9 March (Friday) Historic Walking Group will explore Little Ribston and ancient Goldsborough.

8 March (Thursday) Current Affairs Group will consider "How are we going to keep the lights on? Gas fracking, nuclear?" Peter Baldwin leads the discussion.

3 March (Saturday) Theatre Group visit to Theatre Royal York BED

2 March (Friday) new Calligraphy group starts a set of 8 weekly lessons, at Tennis Club.

February: (just a selection from the group activities)

Note: some of these groups may be full and hence not available to new members. The activities are listed here to illustrate the wide range of interests available to members. Please go to the ACTIVITIES page for more information on the groups.

29 February (Wednesday) Monthly Open Meeting for members and the public. Ken Humphries will give a presentation about the life, music and shows of Andrew Lloyd Webber. All welcome.

27 February (Monday) Walkers Extra Group walk.

15 February (Wednesday) Days of Special Interest group will visit The Bar Convent, York.

14 February (Tuesday) Victor Hawkins will entertain the Local History Group with tales about Wetherby at War.

12 February. Sunday Lunch Group will be meeting and dining at Wetherby Golf Club.

10 February (Friday). Historic Walks Group will be exploring Ripon and Fountains Abbey (6 mile walk).

9 February (Thursday) Curent Affairs Group will debate "Baby Boomers - Have we pulled up the ladder after us?

7 February (Tuesday) Walking with lunch group walk.

3 February (Friday) Family History Group continue to delve into some of their members' family trees.

Mary and Lesley Receive Joint Townsperson of the Year Award. The joint winners of the Wetherby Townsperson of the Year Award were announced by Stuart Arnold, the President of the Wetherby Lions, at the annual Pram Race. The winners, who received a record number of nominations, were Mary Bentham and Lesley Newnham, two of the founder members of our U3A.

How we started out.......

The Official Launch took place on
Wednesday 28th. April 2010 at The Methodist Church, Bank Street, Wetherby

The meeting was a great success and there was a steady stream of people arriving from 2 o'clock onwards to explore what activites were on offer and to find out more about the University of the Third Age - Wetherby & District.

The various tables where details of the activities and courses were on display remained busy throughout the afternoon and when the last visitors had left and the clearing up was completed, we were able to take stock of some numbers:

  • We enrolled 177 new members
  • There was sufficient interest to be able to start 20 groups. A list of the activities is shown in the column on the right. More details are shown on the ACTIVITIES page.
  • We took stock of the numbers for these groups and the group leaders subsequently brought together the members interested in their topic, for an informal get-together to plan the meeting days, the programme and so on.
  • Our sincere thanks go out to all the local organisations who helped publicise the launch by displaying our posters - and also to our friends at Wetherby's own radio station Tempo 107.4 for their support. Thank you all for helping to get us airborne.

Details of meetings planned for later in the year are shown on the MEETINGS page.

April 2010. Publicity everywhere!

Posters, posters everywhere! Wetherby, Boston Spa, Tadcaster, Clifford, Bramham, Linton, Collingham, East Keswick, Spofforth and more!
Thank you to all the local shops, venues and others who helped publicise the U3A Wetherby & District. Thanks also to our friends at Tempo Radio 107.4 for your announcements.
Together, you helped get us off the ground. Thanks!

23rd. March 2010 at The Methodist Church, Bank Street

The pre launch meeting held in the Methodist Church in Bank Street saw a turnout of around 140 people and the enthusiam in the room was quite evident. Visitors came from Boston Spa, Tadcaster, Clifford, Bramham, Linton, East Keswick, Collingham and Spofforth as well many from Wetherby itself.
The room was full of expectant faces and their enthusiasm for the launch of a U3A in Wetherby was obvious for all to see.
Following an informal presentation, most of those present filled in our brief questionnaire to tell us what group topics and activities they wanted to see available. ( You can find more about the group topics and activities that resulted on the following page. ACTIVITIES )

As a result of all the support and interest, the formal decision was taken to go ahead and form a U3A for Wetherby and the surrounding villages.