NG5 SHERWOOD JUNE/JULY 2021

We’re Back; Step Out;
Start Dancin'
Mapperley Plains Social Club
u3a celebrate annual event
by Mapperley & District u3a
Waltz & Cha Cha Course
A new 7-week course starts on
Thursday July 8th 2021
Beginners start at 6.45 pm
Intermediates at 7.45 pm
Advanced at 8.30 pm
These classes may need to be run
with limited numbers, social
distancing and plenty of
ventilation!
To register:
email: doug@startdancin.co.uk
Phone: 07760 112277
www.startdancin.co.uk
Notts Guided Walks Update...
With group walking not allowed under
Covid-19 restrictions, the Notts Guided
Walks programme and web-site have been
unavailable for several months. However,
some groups are now venturing out and
have submitted their walks to us, just in
time for sunny weather.
The booklets will not be available at all this
year, but our website:
nottsguidedwalks.co.uk
is now up and running with more
walks arriving weekly, throughout
Nottinghamshire.
For the time being, walk leaders are taking
great care to prevent Covid-19 infections. If
you want to try a walk, you can find it easily
on our website, with a brief description. Please
contact the leader first to book in, and then
follow instructions when you assemble.
Keep safe, and happy walking!
The local u3a movement is embracing the
opportunity to celebrate all that u3a stands for and
raising awareness of our activity and learning with
our u3a Day taking place on 2 June 2021.
u3a Day is set to celebrate the new experiences
that come from being in your third age (no longer in
full-time employment). The annual event will take
place in Volunteer Week showcasing the amazing
and diverse things that our members get up to and
challenge preconceptions of what being an older
adult means. The 2021 event will be enhanced
by the multitude of projects, activities and new
approaches to communication that have emerged as
a consequence of the lockdown periods.
There are more than 1,000 u3as in the UK including
34 in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. Each u3a
runs itself with an elected committee of volunteers.
Every u3a has a variety of interest groups such as
study groups for learning a language. Other popular
topics include family and local history, sciences,
various aspects of literature, film and theatre to
name but a few. Popular creative groups include
writing, photography and crafts. Gardening, walking
and cycling are firm favourites. You can even start
your own group.
To find out what your local u3a is doing for u3a day
and every day, please visit www.nottsU3Anetwork.
org/website-link
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