Location and Parking for Meetings

We meet at The Bromsgrove Methodist Church Centre, 19 Stratford Rd, Bromsgrove B60 1AS.

School Drive car park is the closest parking area for the Bromsgrove Methodist Centre. For further information, please click on the link. Bromsgrove Council's Car Park Website.

New Members - Joining Bromsgrove U3A

If you wish to join Bromsgrove U3A, please contact our Membership Secretary We will provide you with an application form together with instructions on how to pay the membership fee.

For new members, the subscription for 2024 is £18

Droitwich u3a have invited us to join their Beginners Bridge course in the Autumn

Droitwich u3a are now taking names for the next Beginners Bridge interest group which will operate as a course running from October 2024 to March 2025 inclusive, with the 2-hour meetings being held weekly on a day to be agreed between the members. Meetings will be held in the Group Leader’s home, or (if numbers are too large) a local Droitwich venue will be hired.
The course is suitable for members who are complete novices to the game of Bridge or who may have played some time ago and forgotten most of what they once knew.
Bridge is a "whist-like" card game for 4 players operating as two teams/pairs, who sit opposite each other. The game consists of two main parts. Firstly, the bidding - where players compete to decide on a contact where one pair aim to take a specified number of tricks, with a specified suit as trumps (or with no trumps). Secondly, the play - where the pair that won the contract then try to make at least the specified number of tricks. Starting from the absolute basics the course will cover the main features of Acol (the most commonly used bidding system), and some techniques of card play. Familiarity with “whist-like” card games would be an advantage, but is not essential.
This group/course is open to members of Bromsgrove u3a, Evesham u3a, Pershore u3a, Reddich u3a and Wyre Forest u3a. Participants will need to become Reciprocal Members of Droitwich u3a, but there is no charge associated with such a membership.
For more information or to sign-up for the next course please contact the Group Leader, Les Hazlewood, on 01905 796201 or email to leshazlewood@btinternet.com

2024 Membership Renewal Subscriptions

It is now a requirement that existing members must complete on renewal a new membership form.

The form is available by contacting the Membership Secretary

You will be sent an application form, with instructions on how to pay your membership fee.

The membership renewal fee for 2024 is £18

Notice for Members receiving information by email notifications

It has been reported that some members are not receiving Newsletters, Programmes or Information notices by email.

Further to an investigation, it would appear that these notices are being delivered into members Junk/Spam folders.

Can you please check your Junk/Spam folders regularly for emails from the U3A.

If you find that the problem still exists, then please report to the Membership Secretary

Newsletters

We are not currently posting Newsletter updates to this website.

For existing members, newsletters are made available by email. If you wish to be added to the emailing list, please contact the Membership Secretary

Facebook

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Committee meetings

Should anyone require a copy of the latest minutes, they can be made available on request from the Membership Secretary

Insurance information for Group Leaders and Members of the U3A

u3a - Learning Activities

u3a is UK-wide movement of locally-run groups providing a wide range of opportunities to come together to learn for fun.

u3a - National Initiatives

Check out the latest range of activities including online talks and workshops available through the u3a National website.

Interest Groups Online

This is a national programme offered by the Third Age Trust which might be suitable if you are unable to attend our 'in person' meetings. It is completely separate from all local u3as, including Bromsgrove u3a. Paying to use the Interest Groups Online service doesn't include membership of Bromsgrove u3a. You can of course do both but if it's a choice, please join Bromsgrove u3a where you'll find a friendly face-to-face welcome.