Welcome to the Harrow U3A Website
Harrow Arts Centre, Hatch End, HA5 4EA
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Here are a few examples of places we have visited and other activities
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We are delighted that you have chosen to visit our website. Please use the menu at the top to explore what we have to offer.
Don’t miss the Notice Board – it has information about our forthcoming monthly lecture, open to all members, together with the various opportunities and activities available in the near future.
On the Newsletter page you can view the latest Newsletter and Diary which is sent by post to all members.
The Diary has a full list of our current classes and the venues in which they are held.
If you are thinking of joining us, please see the How to Join page where you will find information to enable you to download the Membership Application and Gift Aid forms together with other details you will need to know.
Don’t miss the Notice Board – it has information about our forthcoming monthly lecture, open to all members, together with the various opportunities and activities available in the near future.
On the Newsletter page you can view the latest Newsletter and Diary which is sent by post to all members.
The Diary has a full list of our current classes and the venues in which they are held.
If you are thinking of joining us, please see the How to Join page where you will find information to enable you to download the Membership Application and Gift Aid forms together with other details you will need to know.
CHAIRMAN’S AUTUMN MESSAGE
If I hear “flaming June”, spoken in exasperation, once more I might get a bit cross. Although having apparently had our summer in February, we have come to realise we need to expect anything. Of course, by the time you read this it will be August and hopefully we’ll be basking and barbequing happily.
Your committee, and I use the word “your” deliberately, are planning some very pro-active ideas to celebrate and encourage greater participation in Harrow U3A by the members. We are starting a feature of articles written by our hard-working Group Leaders to tell us about their lives, experiences and other interests. We often only learn the most fascinating facts about people when we hear their eulogies, too late to start interesting conversations with them. When we “run out” of Group Leaders, perhaps we can invite biographies from the general members. All lives are interesting and feed into the social construct of the U3A, which is such an important part of our remit. Indeed, the NHS is now recommending social prescribing for patients at risk, or suffering from depression, e.g. “join a group like the U3A”. I’m sure it’s been happening for years, but it’s now getting official sanction.
We are also planning new initiatives to recruit more members to bring fresh ideas and attitudes to our organisation and we hope to visit groups to make personal contacts and be more visible to the members. We have had several responses to our invitation to attend committee meetings and are pleased that we have one new member and maybe more to come. This is vital as three officers have expressed their intention to stand down next year. Following Gwen Wright’s resignation as Vice-Chairman, we are grateful to Mike Allen for volunteering to take up this role, as the Charity Commission require us to have a complete committee.
Another sad theme is the retirement of Group Leaders. With our demographic it is to be expected, but the prospect of losing groups is really alarming as they will have to close if no-one steps into their shoes.
We have yet to see any work being done on the planned improvements at the Arts Centre, but things have been happening behind closed doors. Rooms are being reorganised and some of you will know that the storage of our equipment has been an issue. It is now in the room next to Rayners and the HAC team will be aware of the times we need to access it. Apart from the microphone systems, we have HiFi systems and CD and tape players that are used for music groups. It is likely we will need to pay storage charges in the near future.
We wish you good health to Learn, Laugh and Live in the coming Autumn term.
Anne Gerrard
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If I hear “flaming June”, spoken in exasperation, once more I might get a bit cross. Although having apparently had our summer in February, we have come to realise we need to expect anything. Of course, by the time you read this it will be August and hopefully we’ll be basking and barbequing happily.
Your committee, and I use the word “your” deliberately, are planning some very pro-active ideas to celebrate and encourage greater participation in Harrow U3A by the members. We are starting a feature of articles written by our hard-working Group Leaders to tell us about their lives, experiences and other interests. We often only learn the most fascinating facts about people when we hear their eulogies, too late to start interesting conversations with them. When we “run out” of Group Leaders, perhaps we can invite biographies from the general members. All lives are interesting and feed into the social construct of the U3A, which is such an important part of our remit. Indeed, the NHS is now recommending social prescribing for patients at risk, or suffering from depression, e.g. “join a group like the U3A”. I’m sure it’s been happening for years, but it’s now getting official sanction.
We are also planning new initiatives to recruit more members to bring fresh ideas and attitudes to our organisation and we hope to visit groups to make personal contacts and be more visible to the members. We have had several responses to our invitation to attend committee meetings and are pleased that we have one new member and maybe more to come. This is vital as three officers have expressed their intention to stand down next year. Following Gwen Wright’s resignation as Vice-Chairman, we are grateful to Mike Allen for volunteering to take up this role, as the Charity Commission require us to have a complete committee.
Another sad theme is the retirement of Group Leaders. With our demographic it is to be expected, but the prospect of losing groups is really alarming as they will have to close if no-one steps into their shoes.
We have yet to see any work being done on the planned improvements at the Arts Centre, but things have been happening behind closed doors. Rooms are being reorganised and some of you will know that the storage of our equipment has been an issue. It is now in the room next to Rayners and the HAC team will be aware of the times we need to access it. Apart from the microphone systems, we have HiFi systems and CD and tape players that are used for music groups. It is likely we will need to pay storage charges in the near future.
We wish you good health to Learn, Laugh and Live in the coming Autumn term.
Anne Gerrard
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Website Editor : Pamela Gonsal
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Updated 30/7/2019
gonsalpam@outlook.com
Updated 30/7/2019