In addition to learning with U3As there are a number of organisations providing adult learning or lifelong learning classes. This post aims to provide links to the key players – please submit your suggestions to nithirdage@gmail.com. (latest) Blacksmithing Classes Irish music…
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Newsletter of the National Office
To get regular copies of the Trust’s newsletter add your email address to their website at Newsletter . For a starter check out the September issue to see who you know there.
Speaker Suggestions
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Looking At Art, Project with Ulster Museum
LOOKING AT ART: A SHARED LEARNING PROJECT BETWEEN BELFAST U3A AND THE NATIONAL MUSEUMS NORTHERN IRELAND’S ULSTER MUSEUM Following an approach to the Ulster Museum agreement was reached to set up a small working group to produce guidelines to help…
Technology Workshop – Report
Technology and Beacon Day – Report On the 16th of October Rose Marie Bradley welcomed the inter-U3A technology group to a meeting in Spires in Belfast. The day began with a presentation by Venie and Eric Martin who showed…
Shared Learning Project
Check out the national website which gives prominence to the North Down and Ards – click on Shared Learning Project.
The AGM of the NI Region
The 12th Annual General Meeting of the Northern Ireland Region of U3As This was hosted by Shimna U3A and held in the Community Cinema in Newcastle, County Down, on Wednesday 16th May. It was addressed by Lila Jackson (Chairman), Gabrielle…
New Year Honour
Congratulations to one of our Executive Committee, (Elizabeth) Gabrielle Deans, who has been awarded the B.E.M. for Voluntary service to Western Health and Social Care Trust.
Governance Consultation Survey
Below is a link to the Findings and Recommendations of the Working Group into the future structure of the Third Age Trust. Here is the link.
Warning of scams against older people – HMRC
The police have made repeated warnings and now HMRC are urging tax payers to be on alert for a scam aimed at older people. The phone message, claiming to be from a Scottish telephone number, is designed to frighten targets…
Grants
At the recent Regional AGM mention was made about some sources of grants to support the work of running your local U3A. There are probably other small grants available and that you might find on a community network site in…
Mauritius U3A 2017
Recently a U3A Foyle member and Regional Trustee Rose Marie Bradley, completed an exchange visit on behalf of the U3A to Mauritius. You can read all about it complete with photographs here.
Database of all U3A projects
The Third Age Trust has recognised the wide range of topics covered by Shared Learning Projects and U3A Research Projects and has set up a website where details of them all can be found. It might give you some ideas.…
LibrariesNI
Through a special agreement between LibrariesNI and U3As in Northern Ireland, local libraries are accommodating many of our events free of charge provided the participants are library members. In addition to this they will accommodate the needs of book groups,…
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