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Founded in 1985, Lewes u3a has grown into a thriving
organisation with over 950 members.
Our purpose is to sustain and develop opportunities for
members to pursue interests through stimulating group study, talks, visits and
activities. Our Constitution may be viewed at Constitution.
The cost of annual membership, groups and activities will be kept
low, and Lewes u3a will encourage all not in full-time employment to join and
participate. Organising, contributing to and running Lewes u3a is on a
voluntary, unpaid basis.
The Groups being run for the current period can be
found at Groups and
the Timetable at Quarterly Timetable
Lewes u3a publishes a monthly bulletin. The
current and past issues can be found at Bulletins
Lewes u3a publishes a member's handbook which is being
revised to reflect the new management system being used.
Copies of Lewes u3a's policies are available at Policies covering:
Data Protection
Privacy
Health and Safety, and
Safeguarding
Click here for
information on cost and how to join
The Third Age Trust - The National u3a
organisation
The Third Age Trust is the national representative body
for u3as. It provides educational and administrative support to individual u3as
and their members including insurance cover for meetings. Members receive
copies of the magazine Third Age Matters every March, June and October.
More information may be found at Third
Age Trust.
Innovative new activities required
If you have recently retired or have partly retired,
Lewes u3a needs your fresh ideas, which can be based either on your work
knowledge or your hobbies. In particular, if you have an unusual interest that
you would like to share with others, we would like to hear from you. Our aim is
to provide as many activities as possible throughout the year, on any day and
at any time, to help give our members new opportunities to learn, come together
and enjoy themselves. Many of our activities, see Groups, are the traditional ones that
could be expected and are very popular such as languages, art, science, history
and bridge. However, with imagination, any practical skills can be shared, for
example: crafts, mechanics, learning a musical instrument and cooking. We have
just started a dowsing group which is highly successful. We also need group
leaders for beginner groups in less usually taught modern languages.
You can present your new activity at home, in a hired venue we will organise
for you, or online. We have all the necessary equipment for Zooming or hybrid
activities.
You will have freedom to run a short or a long running
activity, one off or repeated. All you need is the idea and the enthusiasm to lead a group of interested
people, and a little organisational skill, and we will provide any necessary
support.
Please contact me, Group Facilitator, if you would like to join us in this exciting venture.
Michael Austin