Welcome to the website of Faringdon & District U3A. We hope that you will find much to interest you, whether you are already a member or merely browsing.
Faringdon U3A has been in existence since 2002 and currently has about 550 members. We think we offer something for all who are eligible to join us – anyone who is not in full time employment. We have a total of approx 45 interest groups, ranging from Astronomy to Art History, Bridge to Spanish and Family History to Opera. We also have monthly meetings in the Corn Exchange, Faringdon which offer the opportunity to hear fascinating talks as well as the chance to mix with other members. Our Newsletter is published every three months and contains up to date news of the activities of the Committee and Interest Groups as well as details of forthcoming monthly talks. Much of this information can also be found on this site. We are affiliated to the Third Age Trust, our parent body, but have our own Constitution. Information about National activities that may be of interest to members, such as Summer Schools, Shared Learning Projects and other joint activities can be found here. In addition we have over recent years enjoyed our association with the Thames Valley Network of U3As. Information on forthcoming activities received from TVN can also be found here. This is a new and developing website and our hope is that members and, in particular, Group Leaders will become used to providing us with material to improve and enhance the information provided.
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Latest News, Messages and Newsletter Amendments
Faringdon & District U3A and the Coronavirus – the latest news with regard to advice from The Third Age Trust together with information about our own U3A’s General and Group Meetings:
The link below is to a website outlining the Third Age Trust’s latest advice for U3A members. It will be of interest to all, but especially to Interest Group leaders.
| Date changed | Webpage | Details |
| 1st August | Astronomy | August Newsletter posted, as well as a link to the interesting GoSpaceWatch website |
| 1st August | Ramblers | Latest update on the Ramblers group |
| 1st August | See below | Next Zoom monthly talks for August & September |
| 17th July | Astronomy | Comet NEOWISE in the Northern Hemisphere |
| 29th June | Astronomy | July Newsletter posted |
| 21st June | Cryptic Crosswords | Solution to the Summer Newsletter prize crossword |
| 27th May | Recorder Consort | Lockdown update |
| 23rd May | Newsletter | Summer 2020 Newsletter posted |
| 28th April | Cryptic Crosswords | This Group has compiled a Crossword that has been published in the latest edition of Third Age Matters – have some fun and have a go! |
Monthly Meetings
Sadly we cannot have the Summer Lunch in August, but we do plan to have Danielle Mills speak about Medical Detection Dogs on Thursday 13th August. This meeting is going ahead as a Zoom meeting and an email will be sent to all members in early August confirming the arrangements.
Please see details of all monthly meetings here.
