- Outing to Helmingham Hall Spring Plant Fair and Artesan Market - 24 May 2026. Full payment must be made at the next monthly meeting in order to secure your place.
For more information go to the Outings Page - Meetings in St. George's Cafe - please can I remind people to arrive no more than 10 minutes early for any meetings held in the Cafe. If the cafe is not open, there are benches on the Kings Road side of the cafe where you can wait.
- Membership Renewal will be available at the next monthly meeting in May
- Garden Lovers Sweetpea Challenge - who can grow the best vase of sweetpeas this summer? Get those seeds sown because there will be a competition for the Best in Group sometime in the summer
- Spanish Groups - there are now 3 Spanish groups as follows:
- Spanish Beginners A for absolute beginners (full)
- Spanish Beginners B for members with some basic Spanish (spaces)
- Spanish Improvers to brush up on conversational skills (spaces) - 2026-2027 Group Returns are now available on the Documentation page
Committee Members Needed
Due to national u3a rules, several key members of the committee must stand down this year. We are in need of volunteers to take take their places to ensure that Great Yarmouth u3a can continue to serve retired and semi-retired people in the area.
- Chairman
- Secretary
- Monthly Talk Organiser
- 4 x committee members
Membership
A warm welcome to everyone who joined Great Yarmouth u3a for the first time at the April monthly meeting and thank you to everyone who renewed their membership.
We will be available to process membership forms at the next monthly meeting in May and all postal applications will be accepted.
Group News
Groups with spaces
| Art | Quiz |
| Backgammon | Rambling |
| Book Group - Gorleston | Scrabble |
| Bridge | Singing for Fun |
| Country Dancing | Spanish Improvers - conversational Spanish |
| Crafting for Fun | Spanish B (for members with some basics) |
| Garden Lovers | Ukulele Beginners |
| History | Ukulele |
| Luncheon Club | Whist |
| Miscellany |
- Miscellany Group - the next activity on the 20 May will be Disc Golf and Caldicott Hall Country Park
- Proposed New Groups
- French - possibly starting after Easter
- AI for Fun
Please let our Groups Coordinator, Terry Wing know if you are interested in either of them
- Group Leaders wanted to help set up the following proposed new groups:
- Book Group
- Mens Shed
- Dancing or Keep Fit
Meetings this week: 27 April - 1 May 2026
| Monday | Book Group - Acle Country Dancing | 2pm 2pm |
| Tuesday | Art Book Group - Gorleston | 10am 10.30am |
| Wednesday | Quiz | 2pm |
| Thursday | History | 2pm |
| Friday | Bridge | 10.30am |
Outing News
- Short Break and Outings - See latest news above
General News
- Fantastic offer on tickets from St. George's Theatre - St. George's Theatre is offering all our members a 20% reduction on ticket prices for shows St George's Theatre have produced themselves. This includes tickets for friends and family you may wish to treat to a show. When booking your tickets use the code SLIPPER
- Foreign Currency Collection - we have found a company that will exchange foreign currency for cash which we will use to help fund Great Yarmouth u3a. If you any foreign currency at home, please bring it along to the next monthly meeting. It doesn't matter whether it is still legal tender or not, for example French Francs, German Deutsche Marks or Spanish Pesetas are all acceptable.
National u3a News
- UK u3a Website - keep in touch with u3a's from around the country
- u3a Matters - the national u3a members magazine can now be read for free online. Click on the link to find out more
Website amendments - my name is Angela Williams and I am the Web Manager. If you have anything you wish to add or change on the website, please don't hesitate to let me know.