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WELCOME AND INFORMATION
We welcome new members, and we also answer many questions, keep a list of tradespeople and help generally. Our main purpose is to “meet and greet” keeping a special eye out for newcomers. We give them guidance and advice on Groups, introduce them to Group Leaders, make sure they have a cuppa and introduce them to others at the tables. The success of this depends on the members making them welcome. Also please inform us when people are sick, bereaved or any special occasion enabling us to send a card if appropriate. I also circulate around the rooms making sure nobody is sitting alone. Our main aim being to support, friendship and companionship at our U3A. N.B. If you are a member and you feel you would like to join our Group you would be very welcome. Please contact me either at the coffee morning or telephone 792618. Rachael Rowse Welcome & Information organiser - info@burnhamu3a.com Social Evenings with Cheese & Wine
We are planning that the next one will be 27th September, then 25th October, and November 22nd. Next year (2020) will start with 24th January 7 - 9 pm at the Community Centre Our next Cheese & Wine Social Evening will be held on Friday 27th September
Usual time : 7 – 9 pm / £4 per ticket This will be our third Social Evening and we would like to try something slightly different! (Don’t worry, no dancing on the tables or karaoke!) Following feedback from the last Evening, this time there will be plenty of room between tables for people to move about and mingle ……… and speaking of mingling, the whole idea of these evenings is to encourage members to chat to people from other groups beside their own, as well as to welcome new members and tell them about the groups we belong to.So, with this in mind, at 8 pm there will be an opportunity for everybody to move to a different table and get to know other members. Are there any group leaders out there who could talk informally for a few minutes about the groups they run? (Now’s your chance to recruit new members!) Please contact Chris Noble on chrisnoble@burnhamu3a.com or 01278 751808 if you would like to do this. Tickets will be on sale soon Group Leaders Meeting
Friday 20th September 7pm at the Community Centre Cheese & Wine will be provided The Community Centre
The Community Centre, which is such an asset to the U3A, is having financial problems. The roof needs repairing, and one of the outer walls needs work on it too. For this reason, the Centre's Committee has decided to put up the rent we pay for the use of the Centre. It will be increased by 5% from this April. This will mean a small increase in the money we collect for Groups to use rooms, and also in the price we charge for drinks at the Thursday Coffee Mornings. The actual amount will be determined by the Committee and will not happen until after April. Some members are under the impression the U3A owns the Community Centre. This is not so, it belongs to Burnham via the Council. It is an amenity for everyone, but the U3A would have a much more difficult time if it wasn't there. It now has its own website : http://boscommunitycentre.btck.co.uk/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPEAKERS PROGRAMME Mark Green from the blood bike charity Freewheelers which provides a free out-of-hours emergency courier service to hospitals in the southwest of England. Friday 20th September at 11am in Room 3 in the Community Centre. Tickets £1 (non-members £2). Free refreshments. Further info and tickets from Kath 783995 speakers@burnhamu3a.com or Keith Searle at Thursday Coffee Mornings. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- U3A Diaries 2020 -will be available soon, at £3.25. Place your order with Margaret at the Cashier's desk in Room 1 on Thursday Coffee Mornings. |
AUDIO/VISUAL EQUIPMENT
We have a certain amount of Audio/Visual equipment for Group Leaders to borrow when needed (and will get more if the need arises). Linda Sadler our new Equipment Officer has taken it all in hand- there is a booking system now, and a dedicated secure store for it. You can contact Linda by email equipment@burnhamu3a.com, by phone- 787817, or at the Thursday Coffee Morning. RUNNING BURNHAM U3A
We have a Committee, which has 3 important officers, the Secretary, the Chairman and the Treasurer. The rules of the TAT have limits as to how many years one person can hold an office without a break. There is good reason for this, it stops an individual from taking over and it encourages other members to get involved in running the U3A. NowI have agreed to be Chairman for one year. I have enough to do with producing the magazine, running the website and also my Groups to agree to do it any longer than that. Gary is asking for someone, maybe new to U3A, to ‘understudy’ what the Secretary does for when he has to stand down. We do have a nearly full committee, but most of those have been doing it on and off for a long time. What this boils down to is, we really would welcome new ideas. We know we have new younger members, many of you must have had some experience of Committees during your working life, and your expertise (however small) would be valued. If at any time we have no-one to be an Officer, the whole U3A would have to close. Whichever bit you joined for will no longer exist. You would be very welcome to attend committee meetings as an observer, just to see what goes on. We have over 500 members, of whom at least half should be reasonably young and fit! So where are you ? GROUPS LATEST
SPANISH CONVERSATION
1st Thursdays at the Community Centre Starting September One place left SCRABBLE & MAH JONG
Scrabble 1 (3rd Mondays pm) and Mah Jong (1st Mondays pm) are looking for new leaders. Can you help? ACTIVE LIVING
Carol Service at Wells Cathedral Weds Dec 11th 9.30am departure, return for 3.30pm, £9.00 CLASSICAL MUSIC
Classical Music Group 4 4th Thursday Opera Group 6 Sundays Opera Group 6 2nd Sunday 2-5 at a private address Margaret Pickard ASTRONOMY
Group meets on the 4th Tuesday of the month at 10:30 , at room 4 in the Community Centre The next meeting will be 22 October 2019 . We start by looking at what is to be seen in the night sky during the following month, and then cover a particular subject in more detail. There will be no meeting in September, because I will be away :-) In October we will look at our near neighbours in the Solar System again, with all the new things that have happened over the last couple of years. Phone 01278 795258 or email editor@burnhamu3a.com for further information. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
You will be given all the support you need to start a group so why not give it a go?..........after all the success of our U3A is in the strength of the groups. Please register your interest by signing the flyer in the Community Centre ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
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U3A Study Day -Bristol Science Centre, Harbourside BS1 5DB
“We The Curious” Is There Anybody Out There? Wednesday 18th September 10.30am – 4.00 pm We The Curious is a cultural venue in the heart of historic Bristol, offering exciting and stimulating experiences based around science and the arts. U3A members are invited to enjoy a day out with a difference. Every day another ‘earth-like’ planet is discovered somewhere in the universe. But how do we detect these ‘exoplanets’, could they support life and what might that life look like anyway? This exciting day starts with a 3D show in our incredible, full-dome Planetarium and in-between features three hands-on workshops. Each examines an aspect of the search for new life forms, giving visitors an opportunity to identify a mystery animal using DNA fingerprinting; determine the atmosphere of distant planets using spectroscopy and find far-away solar systems with the transit photometry technique. An enjoyable and fascinating introduction to some contemporary science, and with no previous or specialist experience required! The day will include welcome refreshments, 3D Planetarium Show, three workshops and full admission to the venue with two floors of exhibits. Tickets: £22.00 including refreshments (lunch not included). To book your placewww.u3a.org.uk/Events, where you can book and pay online, or apply in writing to The Third Age Trust, 52 Lant Street, London SE1 1RB using the form below, enclosing a s.a.e. and cheque made payable to the Third Age Trust.Bookings open in late May. "------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To: The Third Age Trust, 52 Lant Street, London SE1 1RB. I enclose a cheque for …….and s.a.e. Please send me ….. tickets for “Is There Anybody Out There”atWe The Curious, Bristol Name ............................................................................ U3A ............................................................................ Address....................................................................................................................................Postcode..................... Telephone: ............................................... Email:.................................................................................................... |