For those of you who use Facebook. Here is a link to a U3A keeping-in-touch group.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2833125070105668/
Members may also wish to sign up for the regular U3A newsletter and you can do this by going to the U3A site at u3a.org.uk and clicking on the Newsletter tab.
The Third Age Trust have published some further information for guidance of members and will update this regularly.
The link to the relevant page is https://www.u3a .org.uk/covid-19-coronavirus
The Theatre Group have obtained tickets to see The Prince of Egypt matinee at the Dominion Theatre on 10th September 2020.
The tickets cost £32.50 each.
If you are interested in joining this trip please contact one of the Theatre Group Leaders, Valerie Marianni, Bev Hougham or Sylvia Russell.
The Third Age Trust have issued some further updated advice and have asked us to circulate this to U3A members. The pdf document can be viewed or downloaded from here.
Pictures of Australia on fire and of unprecedented flooding in England have brought home the need to take notice of:
The U3A has a growing Environmental Awareness on line network, with some 40 groups around the country. Few are in Kent, but coincidentally a group is also forming in Paddock Wood U3A. Contact has been established and both groups are open to sharing ideas and resources.
In fact, linking up with others (networking) is key to responding to the challenges we face and this struggle should not be left to Greta Thunberg or Extinction Rebellion and certainly not to our own grandchildren.
What will it take? What can we do? Well….lets find out! It will mean research (some on-line), with a willingness for individuals to contribute and share information informally. One U3A group has identified over 80 solutions/mitigations. It is intended that the Pembury U3A Climate Crisis Awareness Group will be closely aligned to the Science and Technology group.
Does anyone have (or know of anyone who has) expertise in this area of knowledge – we are on the lookout for speakers. Tunbridge Wells Borough Council are supposed to have set up a climate change task force to investigate and make recommendations but no word has yet been forthcoming.
If you are interested in joining the Pembury U3A Climate Crisis Awareness Group and you are a U3A member please contact me John Hawker (contact details from Jane Gardner).
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This is a special event being arranged by Tunbridge Wells U3A who will welcome applications from interested Pembury U3A members.
The seminar, on the topical subject of space exploration, is being presented by Professor David Southwood, an eminent planetary scientist. Professor Southwood is current chairman of the steering board of the UK Space Agency.
Full details and an application form for places are shown on the flyer attached here
In these days of rapidly increasing Cyber Crime the presentation made by Aimee Payne to a group of our members recently proved a valuable aid to helping us protect ourselves when we go online.
Aimee has provided a very useful document which lays out in very clear language what to look out for and how to avoid problems. A copy of this can now be viewed or downloaded using this link Little Book of Scams
Click on the triangle in the image below to view the video of the Pembury U3A painters annual exhibition held this weekend. Our thanks to David Doré for making the video and for giving us permission to stream it here.