BookmarkThe U3A provides opportunities for mature people, generally those who have retired, to keep active both mentally and physically.
Next Meeting...
2pm to 4pm
at Milford Village Hall
U3A stands for the University of the Third Age.This is a self-help organisation for people no longer in full time employment providing educational, creative and leisure opportunities in a friendly environment. It consists of local U3A branches all over the UK, of which Milford & District U3A is one. The local branches are charities in their own right and are run entirely by volunteers.
Local U3A branches are learning cooperatives which draw upon the knowledge, experience and skills of their own members to organise and provide interest groups in accordance with the wishes of the membership. The teachers learn and the learners teach. Between them, U3A branches offer the chance to study over 300 different subjects including art, languages, music, history, life sciences, philosophy, computing, crafts, photography and walking. Milford & District U3A now has over 50 interest groups available to its members. A typical U3A branch has about 250 members but could be as small as 12 and as large as 2000. Milford & District U3A now has more than 500 members.
The U3A approach is of learning for pleasure. There is no accreditation or validation and there are no assessments or qualifications to be gained.
An annual subscription of £20 allows membership of any or all of the interest groups.
In addition to the interest groups, Milford & District U3A has monthly Friday meetings with guest speakers.