	Stafford U3A
	The University of the Third Age

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New Groups

Basic Family History Research Techniques This will be a short course (possibly 6 weeks), starting mid-September, to give members the skills to embark on reasearching their antecedents.

The Art Group is re-forming Meet the new Group Leader on Monday 13th September at 1.30pm to discuss plans for the future of the Art Group. New and previous members welcome. Use the Contact Us page for further details.

If you are interested in joining one of these new groups, use the Contacts page to give your details to the new group leaders.

Films at Uttoxeter Cinebowl
Cheadle U3A invite you to join them at Uttoxeter Cinebowl (next to Tesco) each month for a filmshow. Tickets, only £3.50 each, can be purchased immediately beforehand. Open only to U3A members so take your membership card with you. Please arrive by 1.30pm to ensure a prompt start. Films commence at 1.45pm

The titles of this month's films and the date on which they will be shown can be found on the Calendar on Cheadle U3A's website.

STONE U3A GARDENING GROUP invite Stafford members to join them on visits to
Shrewsbury Flower Shop, depart 8.30, cost £24.00
Southport Flower Show - 20th August, depart 7.30, cost £26.00
Price includes entrance fee and coach fare.
Use Contact Us page to find out more

LEEK U3A are organising an 8 day holiday to JORDAN and PETRA departing 22nd March 2011 and invite Stafford members to join them. The cost of £1399 includes all excursions, guided tours and entrance fees and accommodation in 4* hotels.
Use Contact Us page to find out more

Open Day
In June, Stafford U3A held its first Open Day at Oddfellows Hall where the over one hundred people who visited saw displays from many of the groups, some of which are shown here. Some existing members also took the opportunity to seek further information about Stafford U3A activities. Nineteen new members enrolled straight away and applications continued to arrive for several weeks from the enquiries made


	Some of the books enjoyed by the Reading for Pleasure group		A display of work by the Art group


	A demostration from the Canasta group		Items produced in the Silk Textile Workshops

Summertime Special
On Friday 2nd July 2010, 99 members of Stafford U3A visited the Trentham Estate. After strolling around the Italian Gardens and Lake in beautiful sunshine and indulging in some retail therapy in the shops and garden centre, members gathered together to enjoy a cream tea in the restaurant.

For our second lunchtime visit to the Terrace Restaurant in Brownhill on 14 July 2009 just over 100 members attended including 8 from Stone U3A. Once again the meal was excellent and as one member remarked 'I would go back to the Terrace again anytime.' After our three course meal we were entertained by a Duo performing with gusto numbers that everyone knew from the old music hall days. It is planned to have another visit to the Terrace sometime in the future.

Cycling

Several members of Stafford U3A joined Cheadle U3A Cycling Group when they completed a 20 mile cycle ride around the Stafford area mainly on cycle tracks and canal and river pathways.

U3A Online Courses

If you visit the website www.u3a.org.uk and click on the link to 'Online Courses' you will be pleasantly surprised at the number of non-tutored and tutored courses available to members at a modest cost (£8 to £15) and on an extremely wide range of subjects. The availability of these courses enables everyone to participate, especially those who may be housebound or disabled.

New Groups

Films at Uttoxeter Cinebowl

Open Day

Summertime Special

Cycling

U3A Online Courses