MONTHLY GENERAL MEETING – MARCH 2025
Our next monthly General Meeting for all u3a members is on 19th March 2025 at 2pm. 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 or who are bringing equipment. 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.
Our guest speaker on 19th March is Richard Brewster who will be giving a talk entitled:
“BALANCING LOVE AND LEGACY”
This is an informative talk covering the important topics of Care Fees and how to avoid losing your home, inheritance tax and tactics to mitigate or reduce IHT, sideways disinheritance which is about impacts of estate planning after separation and divorce and finally the importance of Lasting Powers of Attorney to protect later life. Richard is a qualified Estate Planning Practitioner and published author with over 20 years’ experience advising families on their later life estate planning.
 | ART APPRECIATION GROUP21 February 2025 We visited the King’s Gallery at Buckingham Palace for an exhibition entitled ‘Drawing the Italian Renaissance’ featuring Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael amongst others. We also had a fascinating talk regarding the artists and anatomy of the human body. Federico Barocci ‘The Head of the Virgin’ |
GARDENING GROUP
At the end of December, we met at the arboretum. We loved the shapes of the trees, the bark, the fallen leaves and various seed structures.
Last week we met in a member’s garden. She was pleased to have so many ideas about how to manage her garden after a period of inactivity. Some members are going to give her a hand with pruning etc. We have a booking to visit a garden in Pinkneys Green at the end of this month.
WALKING GROUP
| As of November 2024, in conjunction with the Windsor Ramblers, the u3a walking group now run 4 walks a month with two walks being offered by the Windsor Ramblers and 2 walks led by u3a members.The additional u3a walk around Langley Park which was started in November has proved popular. See picture attached. It's an easy walk around the park with a stop off at the Cafe for a well-earned earned cuppa. |  |
Walks are approximately 4 miles and take place on:
1st Thursday of the month - Burnham Beeches led by the Ramblers.
2nd Wednesday of the month - u3a led walk around the Slough and Windsor Area.
3rd Tuesday of the month - u3a led walk around Langley Park.
Last Wednesday of the month - Dorney led by the Ramblers.
All u3a members are welcome to join any of these walks. If you do not currently receive the monthly walks circular but would like to be added, please can you let the membership secretary know.
membership@sloughu3a.com or treasurer@sloughu3a.com
OUTINGS
Outings reminder:
Tuesday 25th March walk in London with Paul Barfield; Friday 11th April coach trip to Arundel Castle tulip festival; Friday 9th May coach trip to Petworth House National Trust; Friday 13th June coach trip to Salisbury; Monday 7th July summer seaside coach trip to Margate.
NEEDED- u3a GROUPS’ COORDINATOR
The position of Groups’ Coordinator is still vacant. This role involves keeping in touch with all the convenors of the various activity groups and notifying them of any important information. In the past there has also sometimes been social get togethers so that all the convenors can meet in an informal setting and ask any questions or share any ideas that they may have. If you are interested in taking on this role, please speak to one of the committee members.
CODE OF CONDUCT
Along with this newsletter you will also receive a copy of the u3a Member Code of Conduct that has been approved and adopted by Slough u3a. It applies to all u3a members and clarifies the standard of behaviour expected from each member.