Next meeting is next Thursday 9th January 2025 – Happy New Year
1 Members to be advised the membership renewal process runs from 1st January 2025 until 30 April 2025.
2 Membership cards will not to have membership numbers. Membership cards will only have: -
a. The members’ name.
b. The year
c. Emergency contact number (To be entered by the member)
3 TAM to be excluded from membership renewal process, unless payment included with the pre-printed membership renewal forms. TAM can be ordered until 31st March 2025.
4 Members to be advised that TAM is available on-line without pictures as, “u3a Matters”
5 Membership renewal forms to be handed out when members enter the hall.
6 Members to complete their membership forms before attending the renewals table.
7 Email addresses to be entered in CAPITAL LETTERS on membership renewal forms.
8 Members to be encouraged to tick the GIFT AID box if income tax payers.
9 Danni Tate and Pam Tate will check forms from people queueing to hand in forms.
10 Dick Fox, Anne Bailey, Beverley Brice and Sue Green will sit at the membership renewal table and accept cheque payments and issue membership cards.
11 Members paying by cash or credit card to be directed to Paul Brice, after handing in their membership form and getting their membership card. - £15.00
Your can pay via BACs - Stanford-le-Hope & District u3a; Sort Code -20-34-69; account - 33122387 - please add your name as a reference
Speaker Thursday 9th January
Our speaker on Thursday 9th January 2025 is Lindsey Barrell. Lindsey’s talk is called, 'Burlesque, Me and the WI’ Lindsey does a fabulously funny and heart-warming talk that covers how she discovered burlesque, and then the WI, and brought the two worlds together.
From empty nest to huge success, and via dance classes and craft sessions,
Lindsey will take you on a journey that a lot of us can relate to. This is a humorous talk that illustrates how even the most diverse of topics can epitomise the Fun, Friendship and Education ethos of the WI.
New Website
. If you have clicked a link bookmark, short cut or icon expecting to see our old website, you will be redirected to our new site and the WELCOME page. The old site is no longer available.
The new website URL or website address is: https://slh.u3asite.uk
A discussion was held to identify how the LOCAL HISTORY GROUP would like to go forward.
Local history continuing
We have decided at this stage to hold only hall meetings with each one having a pre-agreed theme.
January – Maps of Stanford and surroundings, members to please bring examples
February – The Monastery (near Branksome Avenue)
March – The origins of local street names
Currently we have some twenty members and will look to grow as and when we can.
Meetings are on the fourth Monday of each month, the next being January
27th 2025 at The Community Church Hall in Fobbing Road Corringham at 2pm, cost will remain £1
New Trip
MEET THE BAKER - 19th February '25
This trip has proven to be very popular with our members!
On the way to the bakery we will be stopping for a break at Van Hage Garden Centre. I'm certain that you will find this to be more than a garden centre; it offers a quality shopping and leisure experience as well as an excellent café.
The Meet the Baker experience includes an interesting talk and demonstrations with a Ploughman's Lunch followed by tea or coffee and a slice of cake. All guests will have the opportunity to browse the bakery and its wonderful artisan loaves etc..
Please can we request that everyone makes a note of their coach seat numbers as you will receive a complimentary small white cob as a gift to take home. To make life easier for us the bakery will leave this on your seat together with any other purchases that you may wish to make.
This trip will be on Wednesday 19th February with the opportunity for a further date on Tuesday 25th February should this be necessary.
The cost of this trip is £45 per head. This includes (the Coach, Entry, Lunch and Drivers Tip)
The Pick-up time will be :- Lampits Hill 9:00, The Springhouse Club 9:10 and The Oak 9:20
Tickets will be available from Christine Gomm and Jean Jardine at our January General meeting from 1:30. We accept Cash or Cheques payable to "SLH U3A"
RENEWAL FORM Click Revised U3A Renewal Form 2025-2006
JANUARY 2025 NEWSLETTER Click JANUARY 2025 NEWSLETTER