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Arun

UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE

Reg Charity No: 1063746/0

 

 

 

Here you will find a guide to what's on to help you plan

your learning and social activities with Arun U3A.    

 

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Arun U3A Monthly Meetings

Day:  3rd Wednesday of the month

Start Time: 2pm

Venue: Large Hall, Woodlands Centre, Woodlands Avenue, Rustington.

Entrance: FREE to members

 

Details of recent developments will be announced during the afternoon, and Group Leaders and Committee Members will be available for discussion.  All dates are third Wednesdays.

 

21st December 11:   Traditional Music on Unusual Instruments with Joy Lewis and Derrick Hughes.

After the music we will have a Christmas Party with mince pies, Christmas cake, cheese straws and tea/coffee and biscuits. Members are asked to collect their free lucky tickets at the November monthly meeting, as numbers are limited to 120. A draw will take place during the afternoon. A  fun afternoon!

Please note: Entrance is by ticket only

 

18th January 12:  Canine Partners, a talk by Malcolm Wells MBE who is their national speaker

 

15th February 12: Titanic, a talk by Rob Goldsmith who was chosen to be present at the dive down to the Titanic wreck.

 

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Activities Day by day

This is a guide to regular activities for each day of the week. For most of them you can click the activity for more information.

E:Arun EastC:Arun CentralW:Arun U3A WestSee Groups for an explanation of these areas.

 

MONDAY

Bird Watching

Second Monday, 10am Various E

Book Club East

Fourth Monday,

2-4pm

Private Home in Rustington / East Preston

E

Bryan's Bridge Class

Monday Group

Mondays 2 sessions weekly

10am-12 noon

 &  2-4pm.

Booker Hall,

Rustington

E
Calligraphy

First Monday,

 2-4pm

Private Home in

Rustington

E
Card Making

Fourth Monday,

2-4pm

South Room,

Parish Hall,

Rustington

E

Coffee Morning; Littlehampton

First Monday,

10.30am-12 noon

Arun View Hotel,

Littlehampton

C

Country Walks

Fortnightly on Mondays,  10am-3pm

Varies

C

French Conversation 1, Littlehampton

Group 1

First & third Monday,

10am-noon

Private Home in Littlehampton

C

French Conversation 2, Littlehampton

Group 2

Second & fourth Monday,

10am-noon

Private Home in Littlehampton

C
French Conversation: West

Weekly on Monday,

2-4pm

Private Home in Felpham W

German Conversation

Weekly on Monday, 9.45-11am

Private Home in Littlehampton

C

Keep Fit, group 1

Weekly on Monday, noon - 1pm in term time; booking essential

Leisure Centre,

Felpham

W

Intermediate Italian; stage 2

Weekly on Monday,

2-4.30pm

Various private Homes in East Preston E
Lifestyle

Weekly on Monday,

10 - 11.30am

Guide Hall, by Woodlands Centre

Rustington

E
Opera Appreciation

Second Monday during winter,

7-10pm

Private home in Rustington

E
Painting for Pleasure

Fortnightly on Mondays,  2-4pm

Dove Lodge,

Littlehampton

C
Play Readers: Felpham

Fortnightly on Mondays,  2-4pm

Private home in Felpham

W

Tai Chi

Mondays, on specific dates Nov 11-Jan 12

12.30-1.30pm

Guide Hall, by Woodlands Centre

Rustington

E

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TUESDAY

Beginners' Spanish

Weekly on Tuesday

10.30am-12 noon

Private home in Flansham

W

Belly Dancing

Third Tuesday

2-3pm

St Andrew's Church Hall

Holmes Lane

Rustington

E

Bridge, Friendly Middleton

Weekly on Tuesday, 

2-4pm

Jubilee Hall, Middleton

W

Cards: come and play Third Tuesday, 10.30am - 12.30pm Private home in Rustingtone E

Cribbage

Second & fourth Tuesday

10.30am-12.30pm

Private home in Rustington

E

Digital Camera Club

Second Tuesday,    10.30am-12.30pm

Clymping Church Hall,

BN17 5RB

W

Digital Photography

 A course over 5        Tuesdays,

10.30am-12.30pm or

2.30-4.30pm

Private Home in Yapton

W

English History

First & third Tuesday, 2.15-4pm

Private Home in Littlehampton

C

Film Discussion of 40s & 50s

Third Tuesday,

10am - 12 noon

Private Home in Rustington E

French Conversation: East

Second & fourth Tuesday, 10am-noon

Private Home in Angmering

E

Gardening

First Tuesday, 2-4pm

St Andrews Hall, Holmes Lane, Rustington

or visits

E

German Conversation, West

Every Tuesday,

10.30-11.45am

Private home in Felpham W
Getting started in French

Fortnightly on Tuesday

2-4pm

Private home in Angmering

W

Italian Conversation

Second & fourth Tuesday,  2-3.30pm

Private Home in Littlehampton

C

Lets Talk Spanish

First & third Tuesday,  

2.30-4.30pm

Private home in Middleton

W
Local History Tuesday morning, approx. monthly, see programme

Felpham Memorial Hall,

Vicarage Lane, Felpham

W
Mah Jongg Group 1

Third Tuesday, 2-4pm

Lovegrove Room,

St Andrew's United Reform Church Hall, Holmes Lane, Rustington

(from Feb 2012)

E

Mah Jong II

First Tuesday, starting 01/02/11

2-4pm

South Room,

Parish Hall, Rustington

E

Rapid French

Fortnightly on Tuesday,

10am - 12 noon

Private Home in Angmering E

Scrabble: Littlehampton

Weekly on Tuesday,   2-4pm

Private Home in Littlehampton

C

Sew, Stitch & Knit

Monthly on the last Tuesday, 2-4pm

South Room,

Parish Hall, Rustington

E
Slow Walking

Fortnightly on Tuesday,

10.30am start

Various C

Storytelling

Second Tuesday,

2-4pm

Private Home in Littlehampton

C

Talking About Shakepeare

Second & fourth Tuesdays, 2-4pm Host Home in Rustington E
Writing for Fun Third Tuesday, 2-4pm Private home in Yapton W

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WEDNESDAY

Art

Second & fourth Wednesday,  2-4pm

St Andrews Hall, Holmes lane, Rustington

E

Art for Beginners

First & third Wednesday,

2-4pm

St Andrews Hall, Holmes lane, Rustington

E
Bridge for Beginners

Weekly on Wednesday, 2-4pm.

South Room,

Parish Hall, Rustington

E

Bridge, friendly 2

Weekly on Wednesday, 10am-noon

Booker Hall, Rustington

E

Computer Club

First Wednesday,

2-5pm

Montgomeri Room

Woodlands Centre, Rustington

E

Current Affairs

Last Wednesday, 10am-noon

Private Home in Littlehampton

C

Dirty Hands Club: crafts

Second & Fourth Wednesday,

2.30-4.30pm

Jubilee Hall,

Shrubbs Drive,

Middleton

W

French, Intermediate

Wednesdays 2nd & 4th

2.30-4.30pm

Private home in Barnham

W
German for beginners

Wednesdays 1st & 3rd

2.30-4.30pm

Various private homes in Arun West

W

Knit & Sew Circle

Fourth Wednesday,

10am-noon

Private home in Barnham W

Line Dancing II

Weekly on Wednesday,

 10am-noon

Woodlands Centre, Rustington

E

Linux User Group

Weekly on Wednesday, except the 1st Wednesday of the month,

2-5pm

Montgomeri Room

Woodlands Centre, Rustington

E

Monthly Meetings with Guest Speaker

Monthly, usually on the third Wednesday,   2pm start

Woodlands Centre, Rustington

ALL

Painting

Second & fourth Wednesday,

2.30-4.30pm

Jubilee Hall, Middleton

W
Patchwork & Quilting

Second & fourth Wednesday,

10am-12.30pm

Private Home in Rustington E

Reading Circle:  Middleton

Third Wednesday, 10.30am-noon

Private home in  Middleton

W

Singing

First & third    Wednesday,   

10am-12 noon

St Nicholas Church,

Elmer Road, Middleton

W

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THURSDAY

Book Club: Littlehampton

Second Thursday,     2-4pm

Private home in Littlehampton

C

Book Club:   Middleton

Fourth Thursday, 10.30am-12.30pm

Private homes in or near Middleton

W

Bryan's Bridge Class

Thursday Group

Thursdays weekly

10.45am-12.45pm

 

Angmering Community Centre,

Foxwood Avenue,

BN16 4FU

E

Card Making

Thursday, twice monthly, 2-4pm

Youth & Community Centre,

Westloats Lane,

Bognor Regis

W

Chatterbox Club

Alternate Thursdays

from 7.30pm

Private home in Arun East E

Coffee Morning: West

First Thursday,

10.30am-noon

Elmer Hotel/Pub Middleton

W

Discussion;  Littlehampton

First & third Thursday, 10-11.30am

Friends' Meeting House, Littlehampton

C

Friendly Golf

Fortnightly on Thursday mornings Various Venues E

German; intermediate

Weekly on Thursday, 10-11.30am Private home in East Preston E

Get by in French

First & third Thursday,

2-4pm

Private home in Angmering E
Guitar, Basic

Second & fourth Thursday,

10.30-11.30am

Various venues in or around Rustington

E

Keep Fit, group 2

Weekly on Thursday, 11am-12 noon in term time; booking essential

Leisure Centre,

Felpham

W

Lets Talk Italian

First & third Thursday,

2.30-4.30pm

Private home in  Middleton

W

Line Dancing I

Weekly on Thursday, 10am-noon

10.30 start from 12.01.12

Woodlands Centre, Rustington

E

Literature

Second Thursday,     2-4pm

Methodist Hall, Rustington

E

Luncheon Club

Third Thursday,

12.30pm

Various venues

E
Mah Jongg Group 2

First Thursday, 2-4pm

Lovegrove Room,

St Andrew's United Reform Church Hall, Holmes Lane, Rustington

(from Feb 2012)

  E

Music Appreciation

First & third Thursday, 2-4pm

Methodist Hall, Rustington

E

Poetry Circle

   Fourth Thursday,      2-4pm

Private Home in Littlehampton

C

Recorder Playing

Second Thursday,

2.30-4pm

St Mary's Church,

Church Lane,

Yapton

W

Scrabble: Rustington

Second & fourth Thursday, 2-4pm

Private home in Rustington

E

Supper Club

First Thursday,

7-10pm

Various restaurants

C

Tall Stories

First Thursday,

2 - 4pm

Private Home in Barnham

W
Vol 3: Reading

Second Thursday,

10am-12 noon

Private Homes in Middleton W

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FRIDAY

Bridge, friendly 1

Weekly on Friday,  10am-noon

Booker Hall, Rustington

E

Creative Writing

 Third Friday, 2-4pm

Private Home in Littlehampton

C

Cycling Fortnightly on Fridays, 10am Various locations E

Flower Arranging

First Friday, 2-4pm

St Andrews Church Hall, Holmes Lane, 

Rustington

E

French, post-beginners

Weekly on Friday,

10.30am-12 noon

Private home in Flansham

W

Friday Discussion Second & fourth Friday, 10am-noon

Dove Lodge,

Littlehampton

C
Latin

Weekly on Friday,

2.30-4pm

Private Home in Barnham

W
Life Story Writing

Second Friday,

2-4pm

Private home in East Preston

E

Philosophical Enquiry

Fourth Friday,

10am - 12 noon

Private home in Angmering

E

Play Reading:   Littlehampton

Second & fourth Friday, 2-4pm

Private Home in Littlehampton

C

Play Readers:   Middleton

Second & fourth Friday,   2-4pm

Private home in  Middleton

W

Scottish Country Dancing

Alternate Fridays, 10am-noon

Catholic Church,

Vermont Drive,

East Preston 

E

Singing for Pleasure

Fridays, weekly

10.30am-12.30pm

St Margaret's Church,

Angmering

E

Table tennis

Weekly on Friday,   

1.30-3.30pm

The Dome, behind Littlehampton Leisure Centre C

The U3A Duplicate Bridge Club

Weekly on Friday,

1.30-4.30pm

Angmering Community Centre,

Foxwood Avenue

BN16 4FU

E

Wine Tasting

Third Friday,

7.30-9.30pm

Private home, Felpham W

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SATURDAY

Saturday Workshops

Various Saturdays,     10.30am-3.00pm

St Andrew's Church Hall,

Holmes Lane,

Rustington

E

Study Days, SUN

Various Saturdays, 10am-4pm

Various Universities and Halls

E

 

SUNDAY

Ann’s Ambles

Various Sundays,  10am-3pm

Varies

E

Sunday Tea: drop in, no need to pre-book Sunday weekly, 3-4pm

Look and Sea Centre

Littlehampton

C

 

VARIOUS DAYS

Family History

Drop-in sessions

by arrangement

with the Group Leader

Private Home in Littlehampton

C

Film Club

Various days, 2.15pm

Windmill Entertainment Centre, Littlehampton

C

Gardening Various days Varies W
Outings & Theatre

Various days

Varies

E
Shopping Circle

Various days

Varies

W
Theatre

Various days

Varies

C

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Sussex U3A Network (SUN) Events

SUN logo

 

Study Days and Workshops, an opportunity to get together with members of other Sussex U3As for an interesting and entertaining day. 

 

Study Days start on Oct 1st 2011 and Ann, our SUN rep, already has application forms for the 1st three-

 

Saturday 1 October – Velasquez and Goya at Crawley

Saturday 8 October – Exploring Jazz at Shoreham

Saturday 22 October – Everything you wanted to know about the EU but were too afraid to ask! at Crowborough

 

These days are very popular, so book early!

 

The full programme, with downloadable application forms, is available on www.u3asites.org.uk/sussexu3anetwork  Select Events and scroll down to find the information you want.  A green card containing the programme of Study Days for 2011/2012 has been issued to all members with the August 2011 Beacon.

 

Car sharing to these events is encouraged whenever possible; notify our SUN Rep if you wish to car share.

 

U3A COMPUTING GROUPS WORKSHOP OCTOBER 28TH 2011

This workshop is for leaders of Computing or IT Groups and will be held at the Open University Building, East Grinstead from 9.30-15.45 at a cost of £3.00

Application Forms and further details available on line:  www.u3asites.org.uk/sussexu3anetwork   or from me.

 

Ann Wickenden SUN Representative

 

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