National U3A

How To Age Well

u3a members featured in ITV's Tonight programme on March 11th, 2021.

This was Series 23 - Episode 10 - What should we all be doing to take care of ourselves as we get older ?

Actor and musician Martin Kemp investigates. In this 'How To Age Well' programme, he talks to u3a members and CEO Sam Mauger about positive ageing in a virtual coffee shop discussion.
To watch the programme go to https://www.itv.com/hub/tonight/1a2803a9309

U3A Radio Podcasts
These monthly podcasts cover a wide variety of subjects.
For example, the March 2021 episode has a history theme, and includes :

• stories from u3a members about their experiences of the Battle of Britain and the Blitz,

• an interview with the u3a Egyptology Subject Advisor Neil Stevenson and

• our team find out more about a Speaker Swap that's been happening across u3a British History groups. You can find out more about Speaker Swap on this website by clicking here.

Episode 1 - September 2020 https://youtu.be/9zGNxpUSUAc
Episode 2 - November 2020 https://youtu.be/p2eNL--6kSc
Episode 3 - December 2020 https://youtu.be/Gf9fZs1QuVo
Episode 4 - January 2021 https://youtu.be/8xGi67wrGIs
Episode 5 - February 2021 https://youtu.be/ePUwjsF11j
Episode 6 - March 2021 https://youtu.be/44kGOX2jPNw

Episode 7 - April 2021 https://youtu.be/xvCJZZgz4v8

Episode 8 - May 2021 https://youtu.be/yAddlc6oyH8
Episode 9 - June 2021 https://youtu.be/pb1MdmY2Xag

Episode 10 - September 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuMueW7sKfo

Episode 11 -October 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txIXhszfQSY

Episode 12 - November 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yitKi1U26nY

Episode 13 - December 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHdSHFTEWc4

Episode 14 - January 2022 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrqc8qYDZ4U24lq0J4qx0fQ
Episode 15 - February 2022 https://youtu.be/bSp1zdcaxc4?list=PLsB2t41TNozHSJ4fvod_yjjxrUJDzqbDD

Episode 16 - March 2022 https://youtu.be/gQDuPk8ZxR4?list=PLsB2t41TNozHSJ4fvod_yjjxrUJDzqbDD

Episode 17 - April 2022 https://youtu.be/7DwL8jlogT8?list=PLsB2t41TNozHSJ4fvod_yjjxrUJDzqbDD

u3a Birdwatch
U3A members are being asked to help keep track of our garden birds.

You are invited to join Garden BirdWatch, a free online tool to record your own bird sightings and keep up to date with trends.

Provided by the British Trust for Ornithology, BirdWatch is for observers to manage their own personal records and contribute data to BTO science; supporting species conservation on local, regional, national and international scales.

Build A Bird Box Challenge
National u3a are inviting members to take up the challenge of building your own bird box or bird feeder for your garden. You may prefer to decorate an existing one for the challenge. Whatever your preference, this is a great opportunity to build something for the birds in your garden.

A great way to encourage more birds and also take part in the u3a BirdWatch initiative! (See Above)

National u3a will publish a selection of bird box photographs onto their Bird Box Challenge webpage over the coming weeks and months, so please fill out the online form.

Maths Challenge

Take part in our weekly maths challenge, with problems and puzzles posed by Gordon Burgin, Andrew Holt, Rod Marshall, Ian Stewart and David Martin, U3A Maths and Stats Subject Adviser. If you would like to share your ideas on how to solve these puzzles please join our learning forum or discuss within your U3A and interest group.
Go to https://www.u3a.org.uk/learning/national-programmes/maths-challenge

Weekly Quiz

Participate in our weekly quiz! Go to

https://www.u3a.org.uk/learning/national-programmes/weekly-quiz

These quizzes are intended for the enjoyment of u3a members and are subject to copyright. Please do not copy them for non-u3a groups and clubs without permission. This is a breach of copyright and not giving credit to the devisers implies you are claiming the work as your own. Members are welcome to add a quiz to their u3a newsletters (only) provided they include a statement, e.g. "Quiz devised by Madeley & District u3a. Copyright". For any other use or distribution, or for fund-raising, please have the courtesy to obtain prior permission by contacting Quizzes subject adviser, Chris Wright.

U3A Paint or Draw
https://www.u3a.org.uk/learning/national-programmes/paint-or-draw
Send in pictures of your original artwork on a monthly theme to feature in the online gallery. No prizes, just prestige!

• Are you a dab hand with a paintbrush or pencil?

• Do you want to develop your skills or are you simply interested in the world around you and how to capture it in a piece of artwork?

National u3a are running a monthly challenge to encourage people to paint or draw a piece of artwork, then take a photo of their work and submit their pictures via the online form. They will be posting a different theme each month and inviting U3A members to submit photos of their creations on that topic.

This is not a competition and it is not about your artistic ability – what we want from you are interesting pictures, possibly different perspectives on everyday scenes or objects, anything which has inspired you to paint or draw.

At the end of every month, we will choose and publish up to 15 photos of artwork.

That's After Life
Esther Rantzen has teamed up with Adrian Mills, who she used to work with on the "That's Life" TV programme, to produce a podcast called "That's After Life".
It can be found at https://captiveminds.com/podcast/thats-after-life/

Successful Ageing
To see a video of a lecture given by a member of the Royal Society to u3a members in 2016 go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_prg77TVOQQ