WANTED: a new Group Leader to take us forward and re-ignite our enthusiasm.

Marian Parker

Gardening

The Gardening Group restarts Monday March 16
Meeting at 2pm Spring Bank Arts Centre New Mills.
See group page for new photos.

Birds and Botany

NEXT VISIT

Wednesday 26 February
Martin Mere Wetland Centre

Membership Renewals

Please note that reminders for the year to 31st March 2021 will not be issued until April 2020. Members will be able to renew at the Monthly Meeting on 21st April and at the Coffee Morning on 28th April, and subsequent meetings, or by post. We hope that this temporary change does not inconvenience anyone and ask that you pay as promptly as possible

Riveria Travel

The success of the affinity partnership scheme between Riviera Travel and the University of the Third Age has resulted in over £110,000 in commission being paid out to individual U3As for 2019 alone.

This has resulted in thousands of individual payments being made to different accounts – in itself this is no longer sustainable but neither the Third Age Trust or Riviera Travel would want to withdraw the offer completely.

Therefore, the process for the payment of the commission from Riviera Travel for members of the U3A taking their holidays and cruises is to change.  For all travellers departing on or after 1st April 2020, the 10% commission payment will be made directly to the Third Age Trust, in the month following that of departure, for them to distribute to the appropriate U3A.

All payments for departures before 1st April 2020 will be dealt with by Riviera Travel in the current manner.

OUTINGS

New Geology Course starting in January 2020

The Geology 2 syllabus will start by going right back to basics: plate tectonics; the three major classes of rocks; the rock cycle; and geological history of our region.

For more details see the Geology Group page