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Thameside (Wallingford) U3A
A member of the Third Age Trust and the U3A Thames Valley Network

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THAMESIDE (WALLINGFORD) U3A is one of the UK's branches of the Third Age Trust (U3A) and is located in Wallingford, Oxfordshire. It is an active and enthusiastic organisation that was formed in 1997 and currently has some 300 members. As with other local U3As, the members are residents of the area who wish to remain active and continue to learn during their retirement years. Social events include:

Monthly Meetings at which an outside speaker addresses an audience of U3A members at the Baptist Church, Wallingford, at 2.00pm on the third Wednesday each month.
Coffee Mornings held on the first Friday in each month, at Centre 70, Goldsmiths Lane, Wallingford, to allow members to socialise and exchange ideas.

ABOUT THAMESIDE (WALLINGFORD) U3A

Welcome to the Website for
Thameside (Wallingford) U3A

What’s On?

U3A Coffee Mornings: The December coffee morning will take place on Friday 2 December, 10.30 to 12 noon, Centre 70, Goldsmiths Lane, Wallingford.

The Monthly Meeting takes place on Wednesday 16 November 2011 at 2.00pm, Baptist Church, Wallingford, when Edward Dixon will talk on Animal Heroes and Villains of the Great War.

December Meeting: Please note that the meeting is on the second Wednesday 14 December 2011.

Bath Christmas Market: An Outing to this event on Friday 2 December has been announced as an addendum to the October Newsletter. See Outings Page

Thames Valley Network: Now that the initial Riverside Project has culminated in the Riverside Revealed Conference, ideas for the next stage are invited.

Special Interest Study Groups are an integral part of U3A activities and Thameside (Wallingford) U3A has over 25 such Groups. Members organise their own interest groups and pursue whatever studies or activities they choose. Studying without exams! The study groups (arts, sciences, languages, books etc.) meet in private homes and organise their own activities, outings or talks, whilst other groups meet to walk, study nature or practise creative arts. (Visit the Interest Group pages and look at the Diary).

Outings that are open to the whole Thameside (Wallingford) U3A membership are arranged on an monthly basis. These may be to famous country houses, estates and gardens, to places of special interest, to the theatre or to a concert. There are also occasional visits abroad. (See the Outings Page).

U3A Annual Garden Party

Visit the gallery of photographs from the Annual Garden Party, held on 17 August 2011

Other information resources related to our U3A’s activities:

The University of the Third Age

The Thames Valley Network of U3A branches
Follow the progress of the TVN Riverside Project

Why 'Thameside'?
There is a separate, but closely related, 'Wallingford U3A' that is centred in Crowmarsh, Wallingford, and was established in 1983. This quickly reached capacity, and so a large waiting list built up. As a result a second U3A branch was formed taking the name Thameside (Wallingford) U3A. The two groups work closely together and sometimes share outings and activities. See Outings Page

Photo Gallery

Photos from the walk, 10 November 2011, in memory of U3A member Joan West, can be viewed in the website photo gallery