Cancer, a 21st century perspective
Dr Andrew Wilks will present the first of our Four O’Clock Forums on this fascinating topic at 4.00pm on Wednesday 28 July. The Forum will be held in Studio 2 and run from 4pm – 5pm.
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Healthy Ageing Quiz
What can you do to maximise your current and future health? The National Ageing Research Institute (NARI) would like to invite all Australian residents aged 50 years or older to participate in an online survey to update and validate a new version of the Healthy Ageing Quiz. The survey will take approximately 20 minutes to […]
We’re turning 31!
Please put Wednesday 8 September in your calendar. U3A Nunawading is about to celebrate its 31st anniversary. Our 30th anniversary last year was postponed due to COVID, so we are hoping to hold a fun event in the Hub this year for members. We’ll provide more information closer to the date. Whatever we do, it will be in line with COVID restrictions at the time.
Four O’clock Forums
Now that we are settled into our new home, we are very pleased to be able to offer members the opportunity of listening to some excellent ‘outside’ speakers. From July we will be hosting a program of forums to be held at 4 o’clock on the fourth Wednesday of the month …
Delighted member wins delayed raffle
After a year’s delay due to the 2020 Covid lockdowns and our move to the Nunawading Community Hub, our Patchwork Doona Cover raffle was finally drawn during Meryl McEwan’s Patchwork 2 Class on Thursday 6 May 2021.
Winning ticket holder Vivian Diep was absolutely delighted when she received a phone call to advise her that she had won.
Anyone for table tennis?
You may not know but we have been running a Table Tennis Class for years at the Kilsyth Sports Centre with beginners as well as veterans made most welcome. In this article, Class Leader Colin Smith gives an insight into our fun ‘ping pong’ class.
Piper sets the mood
U3A Nunawading’s Military History Class participated in a presentation and discussion on Thursday 13 May on The Wars of Scottish Independence.
Bagpipes were at the front of most Scottish Wars to frighten the enemy …
Community Support Register
Whitehorse Community Support Register is a joint initiative between the City of Whitehorse, Neighbourhood Watch and Victoria Police and operates out of the Box Hill Police Station.The free program is run by accredited volunteers and designed to help seniors living in Whitehorse to feel safe and connected to their community.
Welcome back to Term 2!
Welcome also to members who have begun classes this term. To date, over 1,600 members have returned from last year, and around 220 new members have joined.
A highlight of the last month was the Information Session that we ran for around 60 of our Reception Desk Volunteers …
Course Administration
I hope you are starting to feel a little more at home at the Hub as we move into Term 2. We will, of course, have Covid restrictions with us for some time but I think we are all adapting to the new way of doing things at U3A very well.
There have been a number of changes to our timetable to get the maximum use of our larger rooms …