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Gilwern u3a Creative Writing Group members lead the way!
Not only were Kay Blackwell and Lynda O'Keefe chosen to be among the top
ten story
writers in Wales, but Lynda made it to the top three, therefore
receiving a prize. Here are all ten stories, Lynda's being:
"Freedom Trip", and Kay's being "To go or not to go". They
can be read on
wales-u3a-short-stories-2021.pdf (u3asites.org.uk)
The Creating Writing Group's stories for November are on the
lower part of their
page: Crystal Ball, and Little Red Riding Hood from the
Wolf's point of view.
Another Group! Bridge
has started meeting again. The contact is Hilary
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Some members of the Gardens Group during their visit to
Hergest Croft in October.
Further images on the Gardens
page.
Invitation to help
u3a are carrying out a national members' survey, and we have all
been invited to participate. Here you go with the details:
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/u3aStrategySurvey
Give u3a a few trees near Sugarloaf
A new woodland on the eastern side of Sugarloaf is being
created. It is a unique project by the Third Age Trust,
but is also seen as supporting the Queen's Green Canopy to mark
her Majesty's Platinum Jubilee.
It is hoped that many members of
Gilwern u3a will support the project, £7.50 a tree. Please
contact Karen Harris, our Chair, on
chair@gilwernu3a.co.uk
See:
further details.
u3a On-line events
Some interesting topics from u3a Headquarters:
u3a.org.uk/events/educational-events
Afghanistan Refugees ‘Warm Welcome’
Gilwern u3a Committee discussed the topic of support for
Afghanistan Refugees at the last meeting.
Abergavenny Town of Sanctuary have advised that donations such
as clothes etc. are not required at the moment. Individuals are
of course welcome to contribute financially to the various
national charities supporting the refugees.
There is a collection of items such as toiletries, toothpaste
etc. and these can be dropped off in a box at the end of the
drive at the home of Jo Webb, 10 Belmont Crescent, Abergavenny
NP7 5LF. We will keep in touch with AToS in case the situation
changes.
FY1 Monmouthshire is a LA accepting refugees and apparently 1
family will be located in Abergavenny and 2 elsewhere in the
County.
Anniversary Quilt
A note about the u3a competition can be found on the lower part
of
this reference.
Two members chosen for possibly winning award
Kay Blackwell and Lynda O'Keefe of the Creative Writing Group
have both been shortlisted for the Welsh u3a short story award.
We shall hear the results in November.
Talks list for six
months
The talks topics
and dates are shown on the
Monthly Talks page,
and include some interesting and
crucial topics. The
October talk will
include Zoom. Thereafter
will depend on the Covid
situation.
Climate change
and Ecological Crisis? What's all the fuss about?
This was a hybrid lecture by David Ramsden on 15 September.
One group
heard him on Zoom, and at the same time those carefully
spaced out in the Community Centre's main hall heard him on a
large screen. It
displayed the depressing future unless human action to reduce
CO2 is taken
now by the whole world. The dire consequences for us all
were made crystal clear!
Table Tennis Group The group is starting on Thursday
afternoons in the Village Hall 2 - 4pm. Contact is Karen,
our Chair.
Art Group brings fresh
life to Community Centre
The first completed board. Guess where!
Also see where the walkers went (below)!
The Art Group is having a lot of
constructive fun painting boards
to decorate and brighten up the
passage of the Community Centre.
There is much happy work and fun
going on when they meet.
Any visitor wishing to see the
action is advised to sport an
apron!
Walking Group out and
about
The long walkers have
recently been in the Sugarloaf area
Instead of the
Newsletter. Try
some of the latest wonderful
stories created by the Writing
Group. They are
interesting and amusing.
Go to No 5 or No 6 near the bottom of
their page.
Family & Social History Group
– new projects
The Group are planning to
embark on two new ambitious
projects in the coming months.
The first is to record the oral
histories of elderly Gilwern
residents who can provide a
fascinating insight into how
Gilwern has changed over time.
The second will be to photograph
and document the older graves at
St Elli Church.
Both are large and exciting
projects and as we are currently
a small group we would welcome
any new members who would like
to be involved. Please contact
the Group Leader, Linda Swanson
swansonlm@aol.com
The Bridge Group
The Group is unlikely to go ahead for the present.
Are you a Member?
If you are not a member of Gilwern
u3a, and you would like to hear a talk
please send an email asking to be
included to
membership@gilwernu3a.org.uk. Members of other U3As who want to join in should also use that email address.
To use Zoom
To set up and use Zoom is very
simple.
Here is
an instruction produced by our
Secretary on how to join and use
Zoom. There are also helpful
videos such as this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w3Y_9FLgc4&app=desktop
To sign up for the u3a Headquarters Newsletter:
a href="https://www.u3a.org.uk/newsletter" https://www.u3a.org.uk/newsletter
Names of canal bridges: How many do
you know?
https://canalplan.org.uk/waterway/pp9g
Some local u3a websites:
As a result of connections made with other local U3As
it is now possible to attend each others' monthly meetings free
of charge. To find out what is on look at their web sites:
Abergavenny website:
https://u3asites.org.uk/abergavenny/welcome
Crickhowell website:
https://u3asites.org.uk/crickhowell
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