Welcome to the Matlock Area U3A
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The Matlock Mole
Uncovering group activities
Keeping in touch with our groups.
Badminton
Mondays 16.30 – 17.30 at the Whitworth Centre, Darley Dale at a discounted rate!!
Please contact Linda if you are interested
Boules Un – game on!
This group has restarted on Wednesday mornings at 11.00 at The Rising Sun, Middleton-by-Wirksworth.
More players are welcome, including beginners.
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Classic Novels….new group.
A study and discussion of novels that are considered classics by eminent critics – but by you?
Please contact Peter for further information
Get to grips with Earth’s materials, structures, processes and organisms and how they have changed over time with the Geology group
Join the debate! Discuss news and views with the Current Affairs group
Spotlight.
Highlighting interesting features.
Derbyshire u3a Network
40th Anniversary Events
Online Photography Exhibition
Subjects: ‘The Spirit of Derbyshire’ and ‘The Spirit of the u3a’
Walking Baton Relay
Walking groups from all the 17 Derbyshire u3a’s will be linking up by passing a baton on from one u3a to their neighbouring u3a during September.
Derby u3a will be kicking off the start on Wednesday 7th September.
Matlock Area u3a will receive the baton from Wirksworth Walkers on Saturday 10th September and set off for Bakewell on Sunday 11th September.
Details of all the sections and dates will be available soon should you wish to join in the fun.
Happy Snapper in and around Matlock
The walking group ‘bags’ Sir William Hill above Eyam.
Find out what this is all about on the inside page
Join the Derwent Dawdlers and view things differently
A welcome addition to the walking groups – ‘even shorter short-walks’ for those members who like it flat with no stiles. Take a look at their inside page for more details.
Happy Snapper – Why not try our “Six of a Sort” photo challenge? Just send us six pictures on any theme of your choice. Follow the link to find out how you can join in.
A haiku is a Japanese verse form most often composed, in English versions, of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables. The nuthatch featured in the first set of Will’s Haikus. Here are six more for you to decipher.
Noticeboard
Next Coffee Morning
Monday 11th July 2022
10.30 – 12.00
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Shorts Lounge, Matlock Football Club, Causeway Lane, Matlock
Welcoming new and existing members.
Covid-19 update. Lifting of restrictions.
Matlock Area u3a are providing the following guidance for Group Coordinators and individual members as restrictions are now being lifted.
‘Hands, face, space and fresh air’ is still relevant
1. Group Coordinators must complete an appropriate Risk Assessment for your group activity and submit this to the Groups Liaison Officer
2. Group Coordinators must share this Risk Assessment with their members so they know what to expect when attending a group activity
3. Members should consider their own circumstances before undertaking to join any activity
4. MAu3a Committee will not mandate that all members must be fully vaccinated to attend MAu3a activities. We would anticipate that any unvaccinated members take regular Lateral Flow Tests before attending any activities
Keeping in touch
- WhatsApp calls and Zoom Video Conferencing are enabling some groups to have short online meetings without face-to-face. Notes on Use of Zoom for Personal and MAU3A Communication (01/05/20). How to Share Screen in Zoom (09/02/21)
- Tools for Keeping in Touch (7/04/2020) (Discussion Forums, WhatsApp, Zoom, etc.)
Looking for a new activity or something to keep you occupied during lockdown then check out the National U3A On line Events.
Latest news from the East Midlands Regional Trustee, Jean Hogg