WHAT'S ON

Online Exercise Classes: looking for some local lead exercise classes? Then have a look at the programme offered by Healthy Generations here. Some of these are paying classes (they are not run by iU3A).

Thursday 09 July 11.00am-12.15pm: Gentle Dusk are holding a Co-ordinate my Care Webinar. This will help you complete one of these essential documents. For details see here.

If you don't feel you need to attend a Café or aren't ready for this stage yet, then you may find the guide we've created to help explain some of the terms. Read it here: End of Life Planning Or if you want some supporting information on creating a care plan then look myCMC.

For the two talks each Month see details below.
 
Future iU3A Outings
Unfortunately our programme of Outings for 2020 is currently suspened due to Covid19. We hope to be able to resume these later in the year.
Like all iU3A activities the number of Outings we can support will depend on whether people are willing to organise Outings. If you are willing to organise an Outing or just have some ideas for Outings, please send them to our Outings Coordinator here.
  
Courses
In the iU3A year of 2019/20 we are looking to start a new intiatitive — short courses. We'll trial one and see how that works and then if popular will add some further ones. Watch the Bulletins for further details.  Details are on the Groups listing page here.

Monthly Meetings, Speakers Programme
Our physical Monthly Meetings have been suspended due to Covid-19 but instead we have created a programme of speakers who will present to us online using Zoom. How long the programme will run like this will depend on the unwinding rate of lockdown.

They will generally start at 10.00am and run to 11.00 but there are some exceptions — see the details below. It's suggested you log in and join the meeting at least five minutes before the scheduled start time. There will only be the one topic, the main speaker. Details as below. The Zoom invitation to these meetings will be sent to all members in the Bulletin.

DATE	MONTHLY MEETING PROGRAMME — TALKS & 2nd SUBJECTS:
23 July	Martin Plaut: Ethiopia — Born in South Africa in May 1950, Martin Plaut is Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies at the University of London. He received degrees from the Universities of  Cape Town (1975) the University of the Witwatersrand (1977) and an MA at the University of Warwick (1978). He worked for a year as an Industrial Relations officer with Mobil Oil before joining the British Labour Party as Secretary on Africa and the Middle East in 1979. In 1984 he joined the BBC, working primarily on Africa. He has reported from many parts of the continent but specialised in the Horn of Africa and Southern Africa. He was Africa editor, BBC World Service News for ten years before retiring in October 2013. Martin Plaut has advised the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, the US State Department and the European Parliament. He has published a number of books on Africa.
06 Aug	2.00pm: Jo Livingston on Face Blindness: I’ve been face blind all my life but had never heard of it until I was sixty. I was a founder member of Face Blind UK which is a support group for the surprising number of people who have the condition. I’m a member of Bexley U3A and the London Region committee.
27 Aug	Anna Byrne on Alzheimer's Research
10 Sept	2.00pm: Mark Lewis on The Colourful History of Watercolour Painting. Mark is a freelance artist, designer-silversmith, semi-retired university lecturer and public speaker. He is also a folklorist and has been a member of the Folklore Society since 1987, speaking regularly at their conferences around the UK. He has a particular interest in unusual local customs and rituals and in 2013 he published a book on the folklore and popular customs of the church. Furthermore, Mark is passionate about lighthouses, being an active member of the Association of Lighthouse Keepers. He is currently their Education Officer.
24 Sept	Roger Mead on Pioneers of Photography. Roger Mead spent his working life in professional photography and has spent the twenty years since his retirement collecting items relating to the early history of photography. Roger is a member of U3A South East London, which has two photography groups. He is treasurer of the Network of U3As in South East Greater London.

Additional Dates of Future Monthly Meetings/Speakers for 2020:
22 October, 26 November, December: none.

You can see information about past monthly meetings on the following webpage: Past Meetings

Our iU3A coffee mornings are a popular way of getting to know other members. They take place around the borough, are always at 11.00 on varying days of the week and are free to iU3A members. In order to provide opportunities for all our members to attend, we limit attendance to a maximum of three coffee mornings per member per year (1st January to 31st December). See the latest Bulletin for date of next coffee morning.

Our coffee mornings are now organised by Sally Fox. To book up for any of the above coffee mornings please email Sally here. She will then advise you that you are booked, or if there are no spaces that you have been put on a reserve list. If you can't attend a coffee morning you've booked for, please let us know by emailing Sally (same link as above) to say you can't now make it.
 

iU3A's pub lunches provide an opportunity for members to meet each other in a social atmosphere. They take place monthly, around Islington. If you are buying a lunch the cost is around £10 to £12 with drinks being extra. If you'd like to come along to one of these please email Howard Stone here for more information or to reserve your place.