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The
Christmas Newsletter
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Some members of the Walking Group in mid December 2021
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Our Risk Assessment
The
current risk assessment covering our meetings and hybrid
meetings (including by Zoom) will be updated from time to time
as necessary. Hilary can be contacted for a copy if requested on
talks@gilwernu3a.org.uk.
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
Anniversary Quilt
A note about the u3a competition can be found on the lower part
of
this reference.
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 had a lot of
constructive fun painting boards to decorate and brighten up the
passage of the Community Centre. Illustrations
can be found on the Art page.
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
Social
Bridge
have
met
for
the
first
time
since
March
2020
and
welcomed
2
new
members
to
the
group.
We
plan
to
start
up
our
regular
Monday
afternoon
(2-4pm)
sessions
again
at
the
Gilwern
Community
Centre.
All
levels
of
players
welcome
-
perhaps
you
would
like
to
learn
in a
friendly
and
supportive
environment?
Please
contact
Hilary
if
interested
on
01873
830244
or
oldrectorybarn@hotmail.co.uk
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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