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Would group facilitators please send short descriptions of their groups to Felicity or Alison if they have not done so already, as many groups listed do not yet have these.
Contact:
Groups Secretary: Felicity Renshaw on martocku3agroupssec1@gmail.com
or Web Manager: Alison Bleasdale on webmaru3a@gmail.com.
Monthly Meetings
Monthly Meetings are normally held on the second Wednesday of each month at 2.30pm at Martock Parish Hall, Church Street Martock TA12 6JL. Visitors are welcome at the meetings. Upcoming meetings are:
2025
12 November Andy Day, ‘The Commonwealth War Graves Commission — Gardening the World’
10 December Christmas Party
2026
14 January Brimsmore Gold Club ‘Slightly Naughty Plants’
11 February Andrew Whiley ‘Yeovil Freewheelers Blood Bikes’
11 March Jonathan Hoskyns ‘North Perrot Farm’
8 April Adrian Dening ‘ Spy Radios’
13 May Caroline Newark ‘Till Death us do Part’
10 June David Webb ‘UK Wild Otter Trust’
8 July Brian Wright ‘Humpty Dumpty sat on a Wall’
9 September Niall Clifford ‘Governing Prisons’
14 October AGM – quiz, prize raffle
11 November TBC
9 December Chistmas
Members of Martock & District u3a are also welcome to attend meetings arranged by other local Avalon u3a groups (Chard & Ilminster, Somerton, Crewkerne and Camelot u3as). For details of their meetings please look at their websites.
Groups Outings
Theatre group planned visits:
On 8 October members of the theatre group attended An Evening with Mary Beard at Westlands.
Details of future visits will be listed here as they are arranged.
If you are interested, please contact Alison Bleasdale on alisonrbleasdale@gmail.com.
Newsletters
We send out a monthly Newsletter. To read the latest or previous Newsletters click on the links below:
2025 January February March April May June July September October .
2024 February March April May June July September October November December
2023 December November October September July June May April March February January
2022 December November October September August July
Have you got any news for the monthly Newsletter or anything that you would like to pass on to or ask of our members? Contributions are welcome, please contact the Chair, Chris Atkins: martocku3achair24@gmail.com
u3a Newsletter
The u3a Trust has a monthly newsletter and it is interesting to see the news from them and other u3a’s in the country. To view the latest u3a Newsletter click on this link.