Monthly meetings are held on the first Thursday of the month in the Function Room at The Stella, Albany Village, Washington, NE37 1BH, from 10:30am to 12:30pm. These meetings are for members (and prospective members) only. There is no charge.

N.B. Committee meetings are normally held monthly at 1st Washington Scout HQ, Glebe Crescent on the third Thursday from 10am to 12noon. Any member of Washington Village u3a is welcome to attend and fully contribute to our committee meetings. The only restriction is that you cannot vote, propose or second any motions.

Typical timetable

• 10.15am: Doors open to members.
  • Please do not come earlier than this as the room needs to be set up by the committee and tea and coffee prepared by other volunteers.
• 10:30am: Refreshments are served (tea or coffee and biscuits provided free of charge) and time is given to socialising.
  • If possible please bring your own mug to reduce the use of disposable cups used.
• 10.45am: Welcome and updates from the chair plus information about group activities.
• 11.00am: Talk or performance from guest speaker (see above for details of upcoming speakers).
• 11.45am: Further time for (i) socialising, (ii) exploring groups, (iii) checking out the book and jigsaw swap.
• 12:30pm: The meeting closes.

N.B. If you are a prospective or new member we have a clearly signed "New Members' table" where our members' liaison team will welcome you, where there is information about how Washington Village u3a operates and what activities we currently have running..

Past Talks/Performances at Monthly Meetings

Group Meetings.

All events relevant to specific Groups are shown on the relevant interest group's page (and not on this page). All interest groups are led by Washington Village u3a members and the Groups Coordinator  is always happy to hear of new groups that could be formed and led by members and will provide support to get the group started.

The national u3a also has more than 80 Subject Advisors who can help set up a new Interest Group. They can be contacted by any u3a member for help and advice (but we would prefer you to liaise with the Groups Coordinator first).

Regional Meetings.

Please check the Regional page for events and other Regional information.

u3a ADVICE REGARDING CORONAVIRUS

If a member has any of the symptoms identified on the government website they should not hold interest groups in their own homes, or attend interest groups or attend monthly meetings until they have followed the NHS advice provided after calling 111.

• If a member has contracted coronavirus, they should contact the Chairman, and the Group Leaders of any sessions attended during the previous week.
• The members of interest groups that any member with coronavirus has attended should all call 111 to ask for advice.

In general a u3a may consider other precautions, such as using hand sanitiser gel, social distancing and wearing of face coverings, in interest groups and monthly meetings and reducing physical contact such as shaking hands until further information becomes available.

Your safety is of the utmost importance to your Washington Village u3a Committee who will continue to keep you informed of any further advice from the Trust.