Pageants, Priests & Purgatory - A talk by Jane Gosling (4th October 2024)

The history of what we term 'belief' sometimes lies hidden behind hierarchy and social structures.Jane Gosling will unwrap some examples of beliefs that became promoted as Guildhalls grew in strength […]
Venue: Village Hall
Cost: £1

Anniversary Celebration - 6th September 2024

Venue: King's Hall
Cost: £5
Booking Required

Beekeeping - A talk by Paul Meadows (2nd August 2024)

A year in the life of a beekeeper. I will go through from overwintering bees through to honey harvesting and explaining how a colony works. The role of the Queen […]
Venue: Village Hall
Cost: £1

u3a Festival 24

Join us for u3a Festival 24! The u3a movement is holding its first ever Festival in 2024, 18 - 20 July, where members will be running a wide variety of […]
Venue: On Location
Cost: Please see link for details
Booking Required

Who Built Tutenkhamun's Tomb - A talk by Janet Brewer (5th July 2024)

Who Built Tutankhamun’s Tomb? Tutankhamun died when he was only about 19 years old, we don’t know how but we do know that his tomb was one of the few, […]
Venue: Village Hall
Cost: £1

The Crop Circles Mystery - A talk by Andy Thomas (7th June 2024)

THE CROP CIRCLE MYSTERY: With a stunning slideshow, Andy Thomas explores the extraordinary and controversial phenomenon of crop circles, looking at their fascinating history and discussing possible theories which might […]
Venue: Village Hall
Cost: £1

Coach Outing to Dedham and Flatford Mill

Tuesday 4th June 2024 - Cost £20 (driver's tip included in the cost) Leaving Burnham Clocktower at 9:00am; pick ups in Burnham and Southminster. Enjoy a relaxing day out in […]

Cost: £20
Booking Required

Flight Inspirations Aviation Group

110 Years of Aviation History in Hertfordshire1913 - 2023Speaker: Guy Thomas The Flight Inspirations u3a Aviation group is organised by Don Mobley of Stowmarket u3a and Barbara Cordina of Lea […]
Venue: Online
Booking Required

The First Emperor of China - A talk by Dennis Eraut (3rd May 2024)

Venue: Village Hall
Cost: £1

Secrets of the Human Brain

Talk 4: The Blood - Brain Barrier (Hadrian's Wall) This talk explains there is a major barrier betweenour circulating blood and brain. This barrier stops many substances in the blood […]
Venue: Online
Booking Required

The Climate Crisis - and some solutions

Brenda Ainsley is a u3a member (Cotgrave and District u3a and Online u3a), a trained Climate Reality Leader and is also Community Lead forPlastic Free Cotgrave. Brenda has led various […]
Venue: Online
Booking Required

Mindfulness and Meditation

Join us each month as we continue the practices introduced in the Mindfulness and Meditation Series and introduce new ones. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mindfulness-and-meditation-continuation-sessions-dec-may-tickets-732689553177?aff=oddtdtcreator
Venue: Online
Booking Required

Live Cookery Demonstration

More spring recipes. Chef Alex from ‘Vegetarian for Life’ demos more of his delicious spring recipes live on Zoom, especially for u3a members.If you have not had a go at […]
Venue: Online
Booking Required

From Despair to Delight: The Sonnets of Gerard Manley Hopkins (2)

About the series: A series of four talks by Professor Christopher Dowrick, illustrating how the creative arts, including literature, poetry, classicalmusic and contemporary folk/rock, can enhance our wellbeing. Each talk […]
Venue: Online
Booking Required

The Road to Clean Water

Beginnings of a sewage system in Victorian London The great stink of the Thames in1858 convinced parliament to clean it up so Londoners could drink clean water. Enter Joseph Bazalgette.Advances […]
Venue: Online
Booking Required

Bollywood Laughter Yoga Dance

Judith Walker and Merrie Maggie offer a session of Bollywood Laughter Yoga Dance. Judith Walker and Merrie Maggie offer a session of Bollywood Laughter Yoga Dance. It’s a gentle aerobic […]
Venue: Online
Booking Required

Live Cookery Demonstration

Live Cookery Demonstration - spring recipes Alex joins us from Vegetarian for Life - a charity that supports older vegetarians and vegans. ChefAlex demos his delicious spring recipes live on […]
Venue: Online
Booking Required

A Remarkable Woman

The Arts and Crafts Designs of May Morris Teacher, lecturer, editor, jeweller and designer, May was accomplished in a wide range of crafts, but it is her work as an […]
Venue: Online
Booking Required

Artificial Intelligence News - April

Last month our AI News focused on using Chat Bots to interact with publicly available Generative AI systems and we explored some things these Chat Bots do well and some […]
Venue: Online
Booking Required

Dodgy Scales & Delivering the Mails - A talk by Mike Fogg (5th April 2024)

This presentation is the result of three years research into the retailers of Woodham Ferrers and South Woodham Ferrers going back several centuries. Mainly covering 19th and 20th Century events […]
Venue: Village Hall
Cost: £1

Journey to Citizenship - A talk by Linda Scoles (1st March 2024)

A lively and humorous presentation by an American who came to England with her husband, an American Air Force Officer, and settled with her family in a small Suffolk village.
Venue: Village Hall
Cost: £1

Prison: Line of Duty - A talk by Lindsey Whitehouse

Venue: Village Hall
Cost: £1

Laughter Yoga with Merrie Maggie (Jan - Apr)

Bring more joy and laughter into your life through Laughter Yoga - an aerobic exercise with playful exercises and hand claps combined with deep yogic breathing. Click Here to Book […]
Venue: Online
Booking Required

Holocaust Memorial Day

The story of Major Leonard Berney (1920 - 2016) John Wood, a speaker from Generation2Generation, will present his father's remarkable story of survival, Click here to book or for more […]
Venue: Online
Booking Required

Winston Churchill

Venue: Village Hall
Cost: £1

Fire Safety Talk

Venue: Village Hall

Wandsman at St. Paul's Cathedral

Venue: Village Hall

History of Accents - English Dialects

Speaker: Charlie Haylock
Venue: Village Hall

Police Dog Baloo

Speaker: Mandy
Venue: Village Hall

Exciting Wildlife from Around the World

Speaker: Tom Way
Venue: Village Hall