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Interest
Groups Online (abbreviated as IGO) is an online u3a community that gives you
the opportunity to join groups, talks and courses from the comfort of your
home.
An Exploring London Group outing
Walk
around the Royal Parks. Hoddesdon Heritage Weekend
Good Friday Nature Walk
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Dear Members, Our National Office, the Third Age Trust ("TAT") issues monthly online newsletters full of great ideas on how to stay connected and involved. The TAT has asked committees to encourage members to sign up for the newsletter, which can be accessed from the link below: Either click on the link (or type the website name into your address bar) and then scroll down to the foot of the main page. Under the heading Quick Links there is a heading "Newsletter Signup". Click on this and you are taken to a page where you can input your details and receive the newsletter. I hope you find this helpful. Glynis Evans, Chair ___________________________________________________________ PUBLICITY & RECRUITMENT EVENTS
___________________________________________________________ Our monthly Newsletter has been produced as
a downloadable (pdf) file, which should be compatible with any
computer. It contains the "Chair Corner" message, details on some forthcoming events and other information about Groups etc. To view the latest editions please "click" on the link:- Please note that contact details (phone numbers, e-mail addresses etc) for Group Leaders and Committee Members are not shown in
this on-line version, as it is open to anyone with
access to the internet, and we wish to protect this information. Therefore members need to refer either to the version emailed to you, or the paper versions available at main meetings, as those versions do contain the personal contact information. Alternatively anyone (members and non-members) can use the club's email system to make contact with us - please refer to the top of the left hand margin of this page, and go to the 'CONTACTS' page, and the email address is in the margin. ______________________________________ CHAIR’S CORNER Hello again!
Glynis EvansI trust you are enjoying the good spring we have had now that we are on the way to summer. Both our main Spotlight meeting and our Interest Afternoon seemed to go down very well last month. In particular, Lyndsey Barrell’s Introduction to British Sign Language (BSL) seemed to go down very well, especially in the wake of many recent TV programme’s which focused on deafness, such as Code of Silence featuring Rose Ayling-Ellis. Lyndsey was a truly excellent speaker and we are hoping to have her back to present her other talk on Burlesque, which sounds very entertaining. Our Spotlight meeting this month is on Monday 9th June and our speaker is David Williams and his talk is Mystery of the Estuary. This will be looking at the Thames estuary, with its mud flats, barges and artillery ranges, which has a fascinating and often mysterious history. Then at our Interest Afternoon on Friday 27th June, Laura French will be coming to talk to us about Crossness, a Victorian sewage pumping station. I know this sounds like an unlikely topic for a Friday afternoon, but it truly is a magnificent hidden wonder designed to deal with the nineteenth century “Big Stink” in London. The masterpiece of engineering was also intricately and beautifully decorated and painted. As usual this Interest Afternoon will be at the Barclay Hall, Hoddesdon starting with drinks and cakes and the chance to have a chat with fellow members from 2pm and Laura will start her talk at 2.30pm.Tickets are available on the door priced £3 – do come along. I hope to see as many of you as possible at our Spotlight meeting on 9th June and/or at our Interest Afternoon on 27th June. Chair __________________________________________________________________________________ 2025 AGM - MONDAY 13th OCTOBER Whilst still some time away, it’s not too early to start thinking about next year’s committee! The ethos of the u3a is as much about what you get out of it as what you put in! Please speak to any committee member for more information if you would like to put yourself forward for a committee post or general committee member. The officers are: - Chair - Treasurer - Secretary - Membership Secretary - Groups Co-ordinator - plus General Committee Members __________________________________________________________________________________ ONLINE LEARNING EVENTS WITH THE u3a There are always plenty of online learning events to book. The website to look at is: There are new events each month. ______________________________
Our
Lea Valley u3a Facebook page has been updated and is now up and
running. We are hoping to reach the wider public in our area who may be
viewing our page. Anyone can view the page but only the
Administrator can add posts. ______________________________________________________However, if you are a Facebook user you can ‘like’ the posts and comment on them! We would encourage positive comments to our posts to enhance our profile on Facebook. Posts will be added regularly but please do let Lesley Robinson know by email at secretarylvu3a@outlook.com with any posts you would like added. Particularly, Group Leaders with information on events etc or a post following an event which will help to advertise and promote our u3a. Names or personal information will not be adde, to ensure privacy. Click on the link to go to our page:- Our Council Representative for the East of England Region
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Newsletter & Social Media If your LVU3A Group has enjoyed a good meeting or outing, please send a report (& photo if possible) for the Newsletter to Alan at mail@alanjc.plus.com and to Lesley for social media at secretarylvu3a@outlook.com Please make sure you have permission to do so from members appearing in photographs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sign of the Times
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Garden Group Savour the Diversity of Savill Garden
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Exploring London 6 at the Neasden Hindu Temple
Get to Know the Committee Each month we will feature one or more of our committee members, this month we are featuring Glynis Evans, our Chair, and Lesley Robinson, our Secretary.
_______________________________________ 'EAT YOUR WAY AROUND THE WORLD' GROUP Our group enjoyed a delicious Indian meal at the Royal Bengal restaurant in Broxbourne recently. As usual there were plenty of good conversations and laughter to be had. These
evenings are always a wonderful opportunity to get together with u3a
friends over a different world cuisine each month.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MAY 2025 UPDATE FOR u3as FROM THE CEO The link from the CEO of the Third Age Trust was sent to our Secretary,
Lesley. May update for u3asClick on the link to open the web page, ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- u3a FRIENDS COMMUNITY . To become a ‘Friend’, simply sign up to receive the Friends Newsletter on the u3a website via the link below. _________________________________________________________
KEEP UP WITH OUR NEWS
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__________________________________________________________________________________ SHAKESPEARE GROUP The
Shakespeare group is branching out…to look at other great writers as
well as Shakespeare….click on the link below to see our plans for 2025:- __________________________________________________________________________________ FORTHCOMING EVENTS FOR YOUR DIARY Friday 27th June, Interest Afternoon - Barclay Hall, Hoddesdon at 2pm. Speaker Laura French - on "Crossness" (Located in London SE2, this is a 19th century sewage pumping station restored in part to its original high Victorian glory). Tickets £3 on the door, includes tea and cake. Monday 14th July, Main Meeting - Speaker - Iestyn Edwards “My Tutu went AWOL”. Drawing on material from his best-selling memoir, "My Tutu Went AWOL", and making full use of his background in vaudeville, Iestin tells the story of being the Combined Services Entertainment ‘experiment’, sent out to entertain British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan during the conflicts. Wearing what 42 Commando called his ‘frock of many doilies’! Friday 25th July, Interest Afternoon - Barclay Hall, Hoddesdon at 2pm. Speaker Nadene Stevenson - "The Power of Magnets for Health & Wellbeing". Tickets £3 on the door, includes tea and cake. Monday 11th August, Main Meeting - Speakers - Lou and Mike Casey are entertainers. Their show today is called “Pineapples and Palm Trees". Friday 29th August, Afternoon Tea & Open Garden - Keep the date. more information and tickets will be available nearer the time. Monday 8th September, Main Meeting - Speaker - Jon Mein - "Room at the Inn". Travelling through Georgian Hertfordshire. Friday 26th September, Interest Afternoon - Barclay Hall, Hoddesdon at 2pm. "Wine Appreciation & Tasting" with Peter Robinson, the President of the National Association of Wine and Beer Makers. A tasting event and introduction to understanding commercial wines. More details to follow. Monday 20th October - This is the date of our next LVu3a quiz, so no Interest afternoon on a Friday this month. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SEE WHAT OUR u3a CAN OFFER YOU One of our members, John Astin, produced another excellent video in December 2019 showing what happens at Lea Valley u3a. Sadly John passed away in March 2021. The video includes comments from a few members who explain what joining us has meant to them, and an insight into what some of our groups get up to. It is available to watch on YouTube.To view, please click on the link below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ECUfIJ7nn8 _______________________________________________________
Playreading Group . Come along to our group on the first and third Thurdays monthly at 2pm to enjoy the world of theatre. Click on the poster for more information:- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
We also have our own Facebook page which can be found by clicking on this link:-
_______________________________________________________East of England Region of U3As The East of England region comprises the six counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire. The website can be viewed via the following link:- https://eastofengland.u3asite.uk/ "Regional News Bulletins" are published each month containing details of this month’s events and presentations both regionally and nationally. The latest edition can be viewed by going to their website. then click on the "Publications" link at the top of the Home page. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Group Sharing Agreement This
arrangement includes 7 local u3as, namely Broxbourne, Buntingford, Cheshunt, Hertford, Waltham
Abbey, Ware, and Lea Valley. ________________________________________________________The idea behind this is that where any of the other 6 u3as have groups that are keen to increase their numbers, they can open the group to members of LVU3A, and you will be allowed to attend those groups without having to join the other u3a. Conversely, where we have groups that are struggling with low numbers, they can participate and open themselves up to members of the other 6 u3as. It is very important to note is that members of our u3a can’t just see a group in another u3a newsletter and go along and join it. Only those groups which are struggling to be viable and which have agreed to open up to members from other participating u3as can be approached. 1) Broxbourne https://broxbourne.u3asite.uk/broxbourne-groups-open-for-sharing 2) Buntingford https://buntingford.u3asite.uk/buntingford-u3a-shared-groups/ 3) Cheshunt
4) Hertford & District 5) Waltham Abbey 6) Ware The groups at Lea Valley U3A which have agreed to open up their groups to the other u3a's in this arrangement (as at March 2022) can be found by opening this link: LVu3a Group Sharing If you have a query about the scheme, please contact me. Glynis Evans, Chair Lea Valley u3a's Constitution Under the recommendation of the Third Age Trust, many u3as amended their constitutions to facilitate new methods of voting and holding AGM's and SGM's (Special General Meetings) etc both during and after the pandemic, to ensure that they could operated legally without breaking any of their own 'rules'. Lea Valley u3a's constitution was updated in August 2021. It can be viewed by clicking on the link below:- Lea Valley u3a's Policies The Third Age Trust provides guidance to branches on Policies that should be adopted. The current versions of our Policy documents are available to open and read by clicking the relevant link(s) below:- ___________________________________________________
The u3a Central Office (of Third Age Trust) provides guidance to branches should disputes occur. There are
three documents published which give procedural guidance covering ‘Complaints’, ‘Disciplinary’, and
‘Grievance’. These were reviewed and updated in 2022 to align with u3as latest guidance. You can view these by clicking on the links below:- Complaints Procedure Disciplinary Procedure Grievance Procedure VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO LISTEN TO CHILDREN READ IN LOCAL PRIMARY SCHOOLS Can
you spare an hour or two a week to listen to children read in a local
primary school? Schoolreaders is looking for more volunteers in
Hertfordshire to carry out this important role. Reading time for many
children at home and at school is often insufficient and one in four
children are now leaving primary school unable to read to the required
standard. Please visit the website www.schoolreaders.org to join or call 01234 924111 for further information, or click on this link:
Broxbourne Arts Forum ("BArts")
Lea
Valley u3a is affiliated to BArts, and one of our members is
present at a table in the bar area at all monthly meetings, with
leaflets and information.
BArts offers activities and events which are not usually provided by the Borough of Broxbourne's Leisure and Entertainments programme. It also represents the arts interests of
individuals and member groups and negotiates with the Borough, so that the arts
community may enjoy greater recognition and leisure facilities on a par with
the provision for sports. For more information either come to the table at our main meetings or visit the BArts website at: www.broxbournearts.org.uk On
the website you will find current and previous editions of the
"Broadsheet" which contains information on all forthcoming events. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Lea Valley Discussion Group This
local society, founded in 1976, meets on Monday evenings usually twice
a month at the Methodist Church Hall, Middlefield Road, Hoddesdon. For more information and contact details please click on the link below: ------------------------------------------------------ - End - TOP |