Newsletter, December 2023
MONTHLY GENERAL MEETING – DECEMBER 2023
Our next monthly General Meeting for all u3a members is on Wednesday 13 December. As usual, this will be held in St. Andrew’s Church Hall, Merton Road, Slough SL1 1QW. The small car park at the rear of the church is available for those who have difficulties with mobility. Otherwise, we ask you to please park in one of the pay-and -display car parks nearby, or in Upton Court Park (free) about 10 minutes’ walk away.
🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄 CHRISTMAS PARTY 2023 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
Do come along to our u3a Christmas party that is to be held on WEDNESDAY 13th DECEMBER from 2pm-4pm at St. Andrew’s Church Hall, Merton Road, Slough SL1 1QW. Please bring finger food to share on your table and take home any leftover food. Teas, coffees, plates, bowls and cups will be provided but bring soft drinks if you wish. We will be entertained by our ukulele group and there will also be a Christmas Quiz. See you there!
| The Ukulele Group are in demand this December. Besides entertaining us at the party, they are performing at the Holy Family Church on 12 December, and on 20 December they’ll be performing Christmas carols at St Lawrence Church. The photo is of their concert at Berkshire Vision on 9 October |
SERVING REFRESHMENTS
Our heartfelt thanks go to Joyce Jarman who does such a great job organising and serving hot drinks at our monthly meetings. Volunteers are needed on a regular basis to help Joyce and to cover when she is not there. Please offer your help if you can and let members of the committee know.
| The Lunch Group enjoyed an early Christmas meal at the Royal Oak in Farnham Common. The group has their next meal out at the end of January. |
SCRABBLE
There is demand for another Scrabble group to be started. Currently one meets in the home of Julia Smith and the other is part of the Activities group on Monday mornings. We need someone to lead and provide a venue for this new third Scrabble group. If you are willing to start a new Scrabble group, please make yourself known to one of the committee.
| This is the Book Group at their new venue, Wexham Golf Club enjoying a good discussion about their latest book “Cold Comfort Farm” by Stella Gibbons. This month they are reading The Sealwoman’s Gift by Sally Magnusson. |
OUTINGS
The Art Appreciation Group are visiting the Royal Academy on Friday 15 December to see “Impressionists on Paper: Degas to Toulouse-Lautrec”.
The U3A Outings group has two outings provisionally booked for 2024
Friday 12/4/24 Eyes on the Spies London Spy walking tour from Green Park underground station. Bus travel into London. Tour cost £18
Friday 24/5/24 coach trip to Blenheim Palace.
More about both trips next year.
Photo from the walk in the Kingston trip
u3a COMMITTEE NEWS
The Annual General Meeting of Slough u3a will be held at the beginning of the monthly meeting on Wednesday 17th January 2024.
Nominations for the following vacancies on the u3a committee are needed –
Chair, Vice Chair, Committee members.
Emails and nomination forms will be sent out next week to each member. Please keep a look out for this, as nominations will need to be handed in soon.
Eleanor Cryer, Peter Beesley, Beverley Edwards, Christine Isles and Debbie Magnus-Watson are willing to continue to serve on the committee.
Anita Balani and Maria Challen have recently resigned from the committee.
And last but not least, Peter Beesley is looking for someone who is not a committee member, or even a u3a member, to check his financial figures in order that he can present them at the AGM. The person doesn’t need to be a financial wizard.
Pete Is currently finalising the figures and will be able to supply both hard copies of income and expenditure and also various spreadsheets