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Chew Valley U3A has a monthly meeting on the third Monday of the month at Ubley village hall. Meetings start at 10:30 with refreshments beforehand.

The University of The Third Age began in France in 1972. The first British U3A was set up in Cambridge in 1982. In 1999 three local women, Jocelyn Ryder Smith, Anne Woodford and Raynor Nixon, thought that the Chew Valley might support its own U3A for people who did not want to travel as far as Bath, Wells or Bristol. The inaugural meeting was in January 2000 and we have never looked back.

The value of U3A is social as well as keeping the mind stimulated. As well as the more serious study groups we have bridge and Mah Jong, pub lunch groups and a range of outings and trips. At the meeting on 15 February Dr. Tom Shaw will speak about the Severn Barrage, and in March Steve Hoddell will talk about the Samaritans.

Nationally U3A runs many residential study schools in various parts of Britain and the two main
Summer Schools are held at Cirencester.

For more information visit our website chewvalleyu3a.org.uk or the national website www.u3a.org.uk, or phone me.