u3a

Forest Town & District

General News

Forest Town and District u3a - registered Charity No. 1186417

Our next General meeting is on Friday the 7th.NOVEMBER 2025 in the concert room Forest Town arena, Clipstone Road West, Mansfield NG19 0EE 

October 2025 - Paul Lilli - Performance artist - Music to Art.

Paul Lilli led us through a musical, artistic journey of the life of Elvis Presley, from his roots, through his changes in style to remain as ‘The King’ and to his decline.

The doors will open at 10.am, and the meeting will start at 10.30 am. make sure you check in at the desk before taking your seat. Please don't arrive before this time to give committee members and helpers time to prepare the room. If this is your first visit talk to one of the Greeters at the door and sign in as a visitor at the reception table.

Please use the doors at the far end of the car park that open in to the Concert room and not through the bar area.

Tea and Coffee are available on arrival, we use recyclable plastic cups but you can bring your own cup if you prefer.

Remember to bring your membership card with you, Membership cards are used to scan members into the meetings.

New members - if you have not yet received your membership card you will be able to collect it at the meeting.

Members and visitors are encouraged to take their seats by 10.30 when the Chairperson will take the floor.   Your attention is drawn to health & safety and notices are read out before the Chair introduces the speaker of the day.

Parking

Car parking: A: There is free parking in the Arena car park.

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Other public car parks: B: King Charles public house, This car park is no longer free, there is now a charge to use it. C: Kingsway, this car park is no longer available.

Some of our groups meet in the Flint Avenue community centre shown on the first map and some groups meet in the Sherwood centre, Stuart Avenue for their meetings.

The Nottinghamshire County Council bulletins have moved to the Newsletters page.

The Nottinghamshire Network of U3A's supports the U3A branches in the county and is active in establishing new U3A's. Visit their website: Nottinghamshire Network of U3A and read this newsletter about the Nottinghamshire Network of u3as - Organisation, Purpose and Structure

North Notts Neighbourhood group - reciprocal arrangement.

The nine U3A members of the NNNG have agreed that there should be a reciprocal arrangement between the member groups whereby should you be interested in an interest group that a neighbouring U3A is running you can contact the Group Leader or Membership Co-ordinator of that U3A to see if they have a place for you.

If you want to attend the General Meetings of that U3A you would be expected to join that U3A as an associate member at the reduced membership fee.

Beacon portal. For members. When you next login to the Beacon Portal using the link above, click on the 'Sign in with membership details' option. This will take you to a a page where you will be asked to enter your email address and create a password of your choice. Your email address and the password you set will now be your login to the Beacon Portal. There will be a simple recovery process for anyone who forgets their password. Advice is given on the page about creating a password. An email will be sent to your given email address with a link to the portal to verify your email address. More help can be found by clicking on this link: Beacon portal help.

PHOTOGRAPHS We believe that by including photographs of members and activities on our display boards and in our newsletter and web site helps to illustrate the warmth, friendliness and activities of our U3A and its associated groups. If you don't want your photo on the web site, newsletter or subsequent displays please tell the person taking the photo and turn away from the camera.

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