WHAT'S HAPPENING IN AND AROUND COOKRIDGE AND HORSFORTH

There are some pictures on the Gallery page from this mornings talk on Alaska including that large Grissly bear.

I get regular emails from the national U3A called U3A Friends newsletters. You can sign up for these as well.

Go to https://www.u3a.org.uk/news/newsletter

Jenny Jones had a look and reported back

"There's a lot of information about past events, all quite interesting.

There's quite a lot of information in that message, some things that might interest our members, including ...

On-line events which include 'Bring a friend' week

Book u3aweek@u3a.org.uk for ...

24th Sept ...Development of Barnsdale Gardens, Nick Hamilton

25th Sept ....Upgrade your brain, dementia-proof your diet and lifestyle, Patrick Holford

26th Sept ....The secret lives of garden bees, Jean Vernon

Also there is now a Quiz Library on the u3a website.

u3a are collecting  photos of war memorials that mean something to members, share photos on the Help us Remember page.

Members can book for the Cheltenham Literature Festival on its website, quoting LF23 U3AC  at the end of August

Look on the Bridge website for an on-line course on Bridge. "

 

Our annual visit to Napoleon's will take place on Tuesday 1st February, 2025. 

Please make a note of the date; registration will be available in November when the price will be confirmed.

This is a popular event so make sure you watch the website for when more details become available. 

This visit will be on 1st October   at 10.00am and has a limited number of places.

It is by car share because parking is limited on site.

Before signing up, it is important that you read the regulations to make sure it is suitable for you. (Are you pregnant?) These are available on the Events page of the website. 

Have you completed your ICE card and do you carry it with you? Important in case of the need to notify anyone in an emergency.

Please put the 29th November in your diary for this year's Christmas Trip. After much discussion we have decided to go to Burton Agnes. You will be able to wander through the decorated rooms and also walk in the gardens. Hope to see many of you there

Sorry I missed the Monday morning Social event as I was walking in Austria but thanks to the organisers for what looks like a great time. Pictures are now on show in the gallery. 

The providers of our card payment reader have sent us an offer. If just one member pays with an American Express card using our machine during the months of June or July we will get a month of free transactions for all payments on the machine. This may not be a big saving given the time of year and I do not know how many members have an AMEX card but we might make some money from it.

We received the email below from Home Instead who are a care at home company. They have opened an office on Town Street Horsforth and are inviting our members to drop in. I cannot vouch for the company but thought one or two might be interested.

Maybe you would like to influence and change how the U3A movement works. Well now is your change. We have received an email about elections of board members to the National U3A whose AGM sin October.

Please click on the file below if you are interested.

AGM 2024 - Officer _ Director Elections.rtf

Also we have the latest summary of the last board meeting on the Newsletter page under Members.