WHERE LEARNING AND FUN COMBINE WITH A WELCOMING & FRIENDLY SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT

What is U3A

U3A exists to provide an environment for continuing learning for those who are no longer in full time employment. Full information on the worldwide U3A movement can be obtained from www.u3a.org.uk.
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​GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT US
One of over 1000 U3As with over 400,000 members - dedicated to the continuing education of those who are no longer in full time employment. South Solihull U3A was formed in the Autumn of 2011. We meet monthly at the Bentley Heath Community Centre, Widney Road, Bentley Heath, Solihull - normally on the second Monday in the month but do look at our calendar as Bank Holidays may mean a move of this date.
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We are friendly and have quite a few active Interest Groups running. Each group has or will have its own web page(s).​
Should you wish to know more please send an email to the Group Activity Coordinator, Kris Clark - click here
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We have decided to update the site! 
Our site is undergoing an update- Everything is there but links on the site may from different heading pages - Please bear with us over the next month or so. Everything should be back in order at the start of 2020 ​

Our November General Meeting

We are meeting on Monday 11th at Bentley Heath Community Hall, at 2pm  when the talk for the afternoon is
Shipwrecked In Antartica
by
Georgina Hale
​Visitors are welcome! Do come along

A NEW U3A WEBSITE

www.u3a.org.uk

The U3A National Website has been revamped.  Click the link to the left to log in.  All previous logins to the MEMBERS AREA have been deleted so if you have not recently logged in  you'll need to login again by pressing the button: CREATE ACCOUNT

"ARMCHAIR THEATRE GROUP 2"
INSURANCE NOTES
​Our Insurance Cover Note is downloadable from OTHER DOCUMENTS.
​We have a booklet which describes in detail our insurance cover - please ask to see it at a meeting - it is too difficult to upload it onto the website. It will generally be with our Secretary - Pat Middleton,
We are  a recently formed group and meet on the last Tuesday of the month at 14:00.  There are 9 members at present, but not all members are available each month. 
If you are interested in joining us then please contact
Helen Woodcock
​RESEARCH GROUP​​​ 
We are looking into the possibility of starting a research group. U3A groups around the U.K. have conducted research on a wide range of topics, sometimes  with other U3A groups and/or with an outside organisation or institution such as a university or museum. The following website has details on the research projects conducted by various U3A groups: http://u3aresearch.org.uk If you interested in participating in some research, contact 
​Dave Hunter or Rosemary Wisker.

A NEW SSU3A GROUP IS UP AND RUNNING (AND LISTENING)

​The Jazz Group would welcome a new member or two, We have had two meetings to date - so if you are interested in forming the group and formulating its format and future please contact: John Eveson
NEXT TOPIC    Jazz on a desert island - November  14th
​A new group is being formed

Recent Events

Our Local Social History Group (and others) have published a booklet about Middlefield Hospital - for more click here​

Beginners French / Français pour les debutants

We are fortunate to have a new member of SSU3A, who is French and would be pleased to lead a new interest group for those wishing to learn the language, or pick up their basic schoolroom French. This is a great opportunity  to learn the language from a native speaker.  Please contact, without delay, Monique Appleby on applebymonique@googlemail.com

Please read this​

Interest has been expressed in:
​ Italian. Poetry and Current Affairs.
If you're interested, in forming a group, including any of the above please contact Kris Clark ​