notices for november 2021
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Notices for November 2021
This Month’s Open MeetingThursday 4th November @ 10.30am.
Christine ShawJames Bond - The character and the
actor. 59 years (or make that 60) of spying
for the queen.This meeting will be held at the Methodist Church
AND we are hoping to also offer via Zoom (if technology allows).
Full details will be circulated before the meeting.
Next Month’s Open MeetingThursday 2nd December @ 10.30am.
Fool’s GoldLive musical Christmas special from
popular duo Carol and Steve Robson – a mixture of music and stories.
This meeting will be held at the Methodist Church AND we are hoping to also offer via Zoom (if technology
allows). Full details will be circulated before the meeting.
Sam Mauger, Chief Executive of the Third Age Trust
will be taking part in our Beeston u3a Desert Island Discs event, on Zoom.
Wednesday 24th November6:30pm for 7:00pm start.
Sam has a very interesting and diverse group of interests and a varied career and it will be
fascinating to hear her choices!
Desert Island Discs Special
PROVISIONAL DATE FOR THE DIARY.QUIZ on FRIDAY FEBRUARY 18TH 2022
At CHILWELL MANOR GOLF CLUB
MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW.
TICKETS ON SALE IN DECEMBER
New event - Quiz
Interest Groups
Watch out for information coming soon
to Group Leaders about this event
on 21st January 2022.
Group Facilitators Meeting
We’re seeking your assistance to help us communicate with each other, potential new members…and the world!We want to post regular news, photos (and even videos) on our website, social media pages and share with the
National organisation.How has your Group coped during lockdown? Has
anything changed?What are you looking forward to next year? What are
your plans?Have you found new members? Are you looking for more
members?Have you got anything special to share about your
activities?...
Spread the Word about your u3a Group (1)
…It would be great if each Group could set about nominating one member (it needn’t be the Group
Leader) who could send regular updatesto Celia on [email protected]
Celia will in turn share with Roger Farmer, Webmaster and Karen Attwood, Publicity Officer, who will do their
thing to disseminate.
Thank you for your help with this!
Spread the Word about your u3a Group (2)
Groups Fair at the
Pearson Centre
Thursday March 3rd 2022 at 10am
A date for your diary!
Something to look forward to…
Tuesday 9th November @ 2pmat the Pearson Centre and on Zoom.
‘Frederick Douglass - former slave to civil rights leader’
A talk by Celia Billau
Contact Celia on [email protected]
if you wish to come along
American History
Bowls will restart as soon as Government regulations allow indoor sports.
If you are interested in joining the Group as a beginner or regular player when we restart,
please contact Peter Noon,[email protected]
Bowls
Buddies is a friendship group for single, divorced, or widowed members. We also welcome those with spousal caring duties who maybe in need of an
informal occasional social outlet. It is a means of making friends and taking part in activities which are
more pleasant in company. Members can make friends and are free to arrange activities between
themselves, such as cinema visits, meeting for coffee, going for a walk, shopping, pub quiz etc.
We also periodically arrange various activities and outings.
Anyone interested please contact Jo Wilson [email protected]
Buddies
Meets at the Flour Brewer on the second and fourth Thursday of the month
at 10 am.
New players welcome of all standards , including beginners.
Next meetingsThursday 11th November
Thursday 25th November
Contact [email protected] further details.
Chess Group
The next meeting is on Wednesday 10th November - 6.30pm for 7pm
The Zoom link will be sent out to all u3a members in advance.
Our guest this month is Ioan Reed-Aspley from East Midlands Airport.
Ioan has worked with N.E.T on setting up our tram system, he has also worked for the woodland Trust in Lincolnshire.
Ioan has many strings to his bow including singing with the Lace Market Choir.
If any of you have heard his talk on the Airport you will know just how knowledgeable and entertaining he is.
This may well be your most interesting hour of your whole day, and it's free! Do join us.
If you have any difficulties with Zoom, we are here to help.Maureen [email protected]
Desert Island Discs
The History Group started meeting face to face at the Pearson Centre in September.
There are currently 66 members so, due to room capacity, we are not currently looking for
new members.
For more information please contact Judith Foxon via [email protected]
History Group
The group is enjoying some new solo dances from many countries including
Japan & Romania so why not give us a try.Dates for next meetings at Foster Ave R.C.
church hall.
November 9th & 23rd 10.30am to 11.30amand December 14th.
Gill Morral
International Dance Group
Our meetings are in The Pearson Centre at 2 pm
The next meetings are:-TUESDAY 2ND NOVEMBER
THURSDAY 18TH NOVEMBERTUESDAY 7TH DECEMBER
THURSDAY 16TH DECEMBER
Hope to see you there,Sheila Schierbaum
Knit, Crochet & Natter group
New Potential Group.
Can you strum, plonk, pluck, blow, bow or thump? If you can sing as well, great.
Are there any instrumentalists out there who would enjoy playing regularly with others? Initially we will be playing just amongst ourselves, possibly in
due course occasionally for audiences at U3A social events, or for seniors in residential homes etc.
The music we play will depend on your abilities and tastes. You don’t need to be concert standard, nor able to read music. I myself am an
experienced but limited guitar strummer. I play pop and folk- anything as long as I can figure out the chords.
If you are just learning the guitar, don’t be bashful please come forward. If needed , we can set up a guitar learners’ group to help you up to a
reasonable playing standard.If you are interested, please contact [email protected] then we will get back to you and set up an initial meeting- hopefully in the second
half of November. Steve Degnan
Let’s Make Music!
November - Friday 19th will be at World Service. Newdigate House, Castlegate, Nttm
Organised by Barbara Rawlinson [email protected] Tel: 0115 9411779Eleanor Hickie [email protected] Tel: 0115 9701742
December - Friday 10th will be at The Corinthian. 24, Goldsmith St. Nottingham
Organised by Jo Muxlow [email protected] Tel: 0115 8497499
Brendan Breen Tel: 0115 199198
Group Leaders Pamela Bayley and Jo Muxlow
Lunch Club 2
This group is now full.
Any existing members are reminded that they must respond to the email sent by Julia Powell
requesting confirmation that they wish to remain on the Beacon register.
Any member wishing to attend a meeting must also now inform Julia of their intention. This is
because only 25 people are allowed in our room owing to Covid restrictions.
Julia Powell [email protected]
Practical Gardening Group
New members are welcome to join our monthly meetings or just come along for a 'taster'
session.
Meetings are held on the 4th Monday of the month at 10.30am
at the Pearson Centre, Nuart Road, Beeston.
Contact Groups Co-Ordinator for more information.
Psychology/Sociology Group
If any members are interested in a SECOND session of Rummikub on the FOURTH Monday
afternoon of the month, there is a free room we could use.
If anyone is interested, could you please let me know either at Rummikub on 8th November or
contacting me by email or telephone.
If sufficient members are interested, we could go ahead with this second session. Pauline Tilley [email protected]
Rummikub
Calling all instrumentalists!Great News! We plan to restart “Singing For Fun” after Christmas.
Thank you to Steve Degnan for volunteering to take on the role of lead facilitator and session organiser.
Steve plays guitar, but we ideally need one or two more musicians to help lead the singing. A keyboard player would be great, and a percussionist, but
we will consider any instrumentalist.And you can help with the singing as well if you wish.
The repertoire will be typical sing along stuff- folk and trad and 50s/60s/70s pop- but we can tweak that to suit your taste.
Steve has chord song sheets, but we can source sheet music if you need it.If this might be of interest to you, please contact
[email protected] we can arrange a meet up and jam session and decide how to
proceed.For all budding singers who have not yet joined Singing for Fun, and would like to be added to the group membership list, to be kept up to date with
progress towards reopening, please use the same contact email.Anne Pinnock- Joint Groups Coordinator
Singing For Fun
This group will now be meeting on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the
month at 2pm in the Epworth Room
at the Chilwell Methodist Church.
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DAY
The contact is Lynn Goulding on 07968228946.
Ukelele Group - Beginners and Intermediate
Our meetings at The Pearson Centre in September and October have had an average of 12 people.
The next meetings are as follows:Group 1: Thursday 4th November and Thursday 2nd December
Group 3: Thursday 18th November and Thursday 16th DecemberAll meetings begin at 2 pm.
There will be a maximum of 15 places at each meeting.You must book your place by contacting me by the Monday
before the meeting if you wish to attend.
There will also be a Zoom meeting on Thursday 25th November at 4 pm.
If you are interested in joining one of these groups, please contactJohn Scottow [email protected] or 07771792867
Wine Appreciation Groups 1 and 3
We hope to move forward with opening at least some of the groups we initially advertised in early 2020, before
lockdowns started:- Model Railways- Cribbage- Walking with Dogs- a walking group specifically for those
who like dogs- Short Walks 2 - Walks of 3-5 miles, (perhaps all accessible
by public transport, or starting from Beeston?)If you think you may be interested in any of the above,
please contact us at [email protected] be aware that these new groups do not have named
facilitators yet.Anne and Kathy- Joint Groups Coordinators
Potential New Groups
Other News
ARE YOU GOOD AT ADMINISTRATION? THEN YOUR u3a NEEDS YOU?!!
Would you like this interesting position involving a wide variety of activities and liaising closely with other
committee members? From May 2022 the committee will need a new
BUSINESS SECRETARYwhich is one of the officer positions which are
compulsory for our u3a to continue. We need someone who will work with our current Business
Secretary ensuring a smooth transition and effective succession planning and support.
If you would like more information about the role then I am happy to discuss this further and provide an up to date job
description. Sue Blackley [email protected] or 07870971915
MANY THANKS…to NEW 2021 MEMBERS We have had a tremendous rate of reply to our survey
sent to our new members who joined during 2021. We are looking forward to analysing the results and discussing your feedback for the good of existing
members and to help us to reach out to new recruits! There is still time to participate.
Just click on the link in the email sent by Alison Membership secretary on 23rd October.
Closing date is 5th November.
*We may well follow up with surveys for the wider membership – watch this space!*
Karen, Publicity Officer and Alison, Membership Secretary
Don’t forget that your membership of Beeston u3a also enables you to join up to
3 interest groups at u3as in our local cluster group.
Our cluster group covers Long Eaton, Stapleford and Ilkeston.
Take a look at their websites to see what’s on offer!
www.u3asites.org.uk/stapleford/homewww.u3asites.org.uk/long-eaton/home
www.ilkestonu3a.org.uk