NORTH COTSWOLD U3A

Registered Charity No. 1082169

University of the Third Age

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It has more 30 varied interest groups.
 

Throughout the year the NCU3A hold a series of open meeting with talks by speakers on a wide range subjects of general interest.
 

A special events calendar provides seasonal activities throughout the year marking the seasons and concluding with a Winter Warmer.

About North Cotswold U3A

      The North Cotswold University of the Third Age was launched in September 1996 in the Gloucestershire village of Willersey, near Broadway.  At that time, a group of like minded people met to discuss the opportunities that were available for retired people in the area.  During the discussion, it was agreed that self help groups might solve the problem of providing learning opportunities for mature adults in a social environment rather than the formal atmosphere of a lecture room.  From those humble beginnings, the North Cotswold University of the Third Age began.

      Now with over 300 members drawn from towns and villages as far apart as Stratford upon Avon in the north, to Winchcombe in the south, Evesham in the west to Stow-in-the-Wold in the east, the North Cotswold U3A boasts more than 30 different interest groups covering subjects as varied as Art Appreciation and Scottish Dancing, to Nature Ambles and Opera.

      Once or twice a month, members meet to pursue those interests in village halls and private houses in the area under the guidance of a Group Leader or Co-ordinator and with occasional input from an expert in their subject.  Shared self-help learning is the guiding principle of the University of the Third Age and its major resource is the knowledge, skill and expertise of its members.  In the North Cotswold U3A, members embrace that principle with a high degree of enthusiasm.

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