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Chichester u3a Magazine
In case you missed it, you can find the latest Chi u3a news magazine by clicking here, or by going to the Chichester u3a website and clicking on the link on the home page.
It contains contributions and pictures of the activities of many of the groups as well as articles of interest by and to members.
The next edition will be coming out in a few months, so if you would like to contribute as an individual or a group please contact the editor Penny Blackmore Smith here and she will tell you what to do.
Coffee Morning
Please note change of venue for February and March.
Helping out at the Hospital
Do you have some spare time?
Do you have a couple of free hours a week? The Friends of Chichester hospital are currently recruiting volunteers to work in their shop at St. Richard’s and/or take the trolley around some of the wards. They also need admin help in the office, it would be helpful if are familiar with excel, but not essential. The work is fun and interesting and is a great way to get more involved in the local community. The Friends help raise money for equipment and resources for the hospital and also provides a valuable service to staff and patients. You can read more about the work of the Friends at https://www.friendsofchichesterhospitals.org.uk/
If you are interested or want to know more, please email admin@friendsofchichesterhospitals.org.uk
A Member needs help with her book
A member of the non-fiction book group has asked, and:
This is a very ‘big ask,’ as they say so annoyingly nowadays, but I urgently need help to complete—and hopefully publish the memoir I’ve written and rewritten countless times over the years, and being that I’m now ninety, I don’t have time to waste. However, any volunteer must be unshockable, because it’s not a fairy story!
If you would like to help, please respond here and we will put you in touch.
Upcoming Events
Coffee Morning – Tuesday, 4th February, 10am – 12 noon
Always on the First Tuesday of each month, so please mark your calendars!
For February and March our Coffee Mornings will be held in the Brasserie, downstairs at the MINERVA THEATRE (rather than upstairs.) The Minerva is the building across from the Chichester Festival Theatre.
You can use this opportunity to chat with our groups team and learn about current and new offerings, meet old friends and make new ones!
Monthly Meeting on Thursday, 20th February at 2pm at the Assembly Rooms on North Street
Joanna Foat: Discover the Exciting Tales of the Lumberjills
Join Chichester U3A for a lively and interactive talk from author and popular speaker, Joanna Foat. She will share the fascinating stories of what life was like for the young women living in the forests in WW2 while serving in the Women’s Timber Corps.
About the speaker: Joanna has published a history book, her first novel on the Lumberjills, and is currently writing her second novel. She has given over a hundred talks, written an exhibition which is touring the forests in the UK and been interviewed on BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour, TV’s How We Won The War, Walking Wartime Britain, BBC South TV and Dan Snow’s History Hit Podcast among many others.
Groups Notices
PROPOSED SPANISH FOR HOLIDAYS GROUP
If you just need enough to get by for your holidays then this may be the course for you. We are thinking of running a short 6 week course, which will cover the basics re ordering food, hotels, tickets etc. Classes will be weekly and run for two hours. If you are interested can you please contact the Groups Team here for further information.
RESISTANCE TRAINING CLASS
More members are needed to keep the numbers up for this class – held at Westgate Leisure Centre on Wednesdays at 13:55 – or it will close. This resistance training class uses primarily body weight and various equipment. We occasionally do a circuit, which includes a cardio element. Resistance training is vital for string muscles to support the skeleton and cardio helps to keep us fit and young. We always do a stretch out at the end, to relax the body and ease the mind. It’s a full service for your body.
If you’d like to try it out, just come to the leisure centre next Wednesday and ask at the desk for the u3a class with Melissa.
National & Regional
National u3a
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