In this edition:
- Events
- Groups Notices
- Local and National
Upcoming Events
March Coffee Morning – Tuesday, 3rd March, 10am-12noon
Always on the First Tuesday of each month, so please mark your calendars!
Our Coffee Mornings are held in the Bar at the MINERVA THEATRE building, opposite the Chichester Festival Theatre. You can chat with our groups team and learn about current and new offerings, meet old friends and make new ones!
Members’ Monthly Meeting at the Assembly Rooms on North Street, Chichester, Thursday, 19th March 2-3 p.m.
The Speaker is Alan Jones: Look into my Eyes … The History and Mystery of Hypnosis
Alan has enjoyed a variety of careers, including as a BBC journalist, a registered nurse and a hypnotherapist. Each brought its own unique experiences and events, providing him with a wealth of anecdotes to fill his talks with fun, information and discovery. The use of hypnosis dates back millennia, yet, mention hypnotism today and people fear being turned into chickens. Discover the history and mystery of hypnosis, plus its modern day benefits. And you can sit back and relax ….. you definitely won’t become a chicken!
Doors open at 1.15 p.m. No booking required. Please stay afterwards and enjoy free refreshments in the Crush Bar.
The next Quiz Night will be held on Thursday 26 March, at the Jubilee Hall, New Park Centre
Quiz Evenings – on the last Thursday of the month. Booking in from 18.30 and the quiz will begin at ~19.00 to 22.00
Booking via the form HERE on our website is essential.
Bookings open at midday on the first of the month and close on the Thursday before the event.
Groups News & Notices
Italian for Beginners
I have recently started to learn Italian mainly through Duolingo. I am wondering if there are any others who already are, or might be interested in, starting up this lovely language? Learning together can be more fun and accountable, so a possible format would be informal meetings in a café, say fortnightly, to work through some grammar, easy translations or similar, following a beginners’ textbook. The exact format can be adapted to suit those who show an interest, but would only be able to support what we do at home; it is not aiming to be a taught course.
To register your interest or to find out more, come along to the March 3rd Coffee Morning (we will have a table to meet at the end of the meeting, at 11.30am) or if you cannot make that please contact Katharine via the Groups Team link: HERE.
BRIDGE – Beginners Minibridge
This group will initially offer a “Taste of Bridge”.in the hope of becoming “MiniBridge” or, eventually a course in “Basic Bridge.
VENUE – The instructor’s home in Birdham. (Up to 8 max). With 8 plus applicants the venue might be Donnington Parish Hall (West Wing).
TIME – Thursday 10:00 – 12:00
COST – At Birdham, 50p for tea. At Donnington, £11.25 per hour (shared).
No previous experience of card play is required.
MiniBridge is both an important first stage in learning Bridge but is also an enjoyable game in its own right. It includes all the basic skills of “English Standard 4-card Acol Bridge” but with a greatly simplified way of choosing the ‘Contract’.
To register your interest please go HERE.
Local and National
National u3a
There is a wealth of information on the National u3a website – www.u3a.org.uk , including online groups, u3a Radio podcast, upcoming events, and the latest issue of Third Age Matters, the monthly national u3a magazine.
The link to this version is: https://www.u3a.org.uk/what-we-do/u3a-matters
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