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Dates at a Glance
In bad
weather
please check with the Group Leader or Organiser that events will
take place.
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Beach Clean
Organised by Arun U3A members Marigold and Allan.
Saturday, 27th February 2010 at 10.30am.
Click
Beach Clean for more details
Note this is not an Arun U3A event, but your help to clear up our
beaches will be very welcome.
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SURA Inter-U3A Workshops
This is a new enterprise organised by the Sussex U3A Network and is
aimed at sharing ideas and experience between members of similar
groups in different U3As throughout Sussex.
The first of these workshops is on Story Telling and will be held
on Saturday, 27th February, 10.30am-3.30pm at Ringmer Village Hall.
This workshop is for both storytellers and beginners in which you
can expect to feel inspired and challenged (but only as much as you
choose; no-one will put you on the spot). The tutor is an
experienced storyteller and workshop leader.
Several people will be going from Arun so there may be some help
with transport.
For further information and application forms please contact Nova,
email
novaabrookes@talktalk.net
Ann, our
Regional Representative,
or Nova would also like to know if you have any ideas for other
topics for workshops later in the year or if you would be prepared
to organise one.
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Storytelling for Children - a Children's Workshop
Friday, 9th April 2010
2 - 4pm
At the Look & Sea
Centre, Littlehampton
All children aged 4 - 12
years welcome.
Please book in advance.
Contact 07929 504661 or 01903 718984
Come & listen to
magical stories of our local dragon and other wonderful characters,
and learn how to tell a story yourselves
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Art & Craft Festival 2010
Saturday, 31st July
Click for
Poster
If our Regional Rep has not contacted you
yet and you would like to find out about getting involved, then please click to email her:
Regional Representative
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A U3A Afternoon at the Royal
Institution (Ri)
Each year the Royal
Institution and the U3A team up to produce an afternoon of the best
speakers from the Ri's programme on a variety of subjects.
Date: Tuesday, 30th
March
Time: 1.30pm for 2pm
start
Venue: Ri, 21
Albermarle Street, London W1.
Tickets:
Admission is by ticket only at £15 each including refreshments.
Places are
limited.
Speakers:
Dr Lewis Dartnell,
astrobiologist, on The Hunt for Alien Life.
Professor Susan Jebb, of
the Medical Research Council on Towards a Leaner, Fitter Future.
Professor Quentin Pankhurst,
Director of the Davy-Faraday Research Laboratory at the Ri on
Magnetic healing: The Real Power and Mystery of Magnets for
Healthcare.
For further details of
how to apply see the
National U3A Website in the Members' Area - Events.
Or email the
Webmaster quoting your Arun U3A membership number.
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Holidays with Ferndown U3A 2010
15-29 March: Northern India Golden Triangle
(palaces, forts & Taj Mahel) hill station edge of the Himalayas,
tiger reserve, Hindu festival at Haridwar (holy town on the
Ganges). 3* hotels HB. £1409 sharing SS £263.
18-31
July: Great Rift Valley Malawi & Zambia. Lakeside
activities, nature walks, local culture, game drives & exciting
walking safaris. Lodges/hotels mostly FB. Around £2680 depending
on number booking SS £360.
6-10 September: Northern Ireland. Staying in Portrush on the Antrim
coast & with excursions to Giant's Causeway, Dunluce Castle,
Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge, Rathlin Island, Derry & Belfast. 4*
hotel HB. £589 sharing SS £92.
All 3
flying from Heathrow.
Contact
Gina for full details:
ginapointing@yahoo.co.uk.
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Brian's Mobile Phone Tips
There are a few things that can be
done in times of
emergency.
Your
mobile phone can actually be a life saver or an emergency tool for
survival.
To check
out the things that you can do with it, click
mobile phone tips
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ICE
If we were to be involved in an
accident or were taken ill, the people attending us would have our
mobile phone but wouldn't know who to call. Yes, there are
hundreds of numbers stored but which one is the contact person in
case of an emergency? Hence the 'ICE' (In Case of
Emergency) Campaign. 
All you need to do is store the number of the person who should
be contacted during an emergency under the name 'ICE' ( In Case
Of Emergency).
For more than one contact simply
enter ICE1, ICE2 and ICE3 etc.
The idea was thought up by a paramedic who found that when he went
to the scenes of accidents, there were always mobile phones with
patients, but no-one knew which number to call. He thought it
would be a good idea to have a nationally recognized name for this
purpose. In an emergency situation, Emergency Service personnel and
hospital Staff would be able to quickly contact the right person by
simply dialling the number you have stored as 'ICE.'
A great idea that
will make a difference!
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OpenLearn
For a range of free Open University study material.
Click
OpenLearn for details.
You can also find a link to OpenLearn on the National U3A website.
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Booking a Venue for Arun U3A Meetings
Booking halls and meeting rooms for U3A activities is done through
our Venue Bookings Secretary. There is now a form for Group
Leaders
to
request a new venue.
Please help the Bookings Secretary by using the form.
The on-line copy is a WORD document. To use it:
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Click
Booking Form to save the form on your computer;
if you do not have Word on your PC - see below for paper copies.
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Type in the required
information as and when you can; remember to save
the document each time you change it.
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When the form is
complete return here and click
Venue Bookings Secretary to email it; attach the document to
the email and then send it.
Paper copies of the form are also available at monthly
meetings and Middleton coffee mornings, or direct from the Bookings
Secretary.
For the Bookings Secretary's phone number see The Beacon.
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Events
Monthly Meeting
Date of Next Meeting:
Wednesday,
17th February 2010
Subject:
The Life and Voices of Kathleen Ferrier
Start time: 2pm
Venue: Large hall at the Woodlands Centre,
Woodlands Avenue, Rustington.
The speaker is Christopher Fifield, a
professional conductor and music historian, who has given talks
to organisations all over the South of England. He illustrates
his talks with CD recordings of her voice .... and he points out
it will be the centenary of her birth in April 2012.
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Coffee Concert
Date: Friday, 26th March 2010
Venue: St Margaret's Church, Angmering
Singing for Pleasure group invite you to arrive from 11am for
coffee, price 50p.
Then to stay for the concert which starts at 11.30am.
Entrance is free, but a donation to the church would be gratefully
received for their local charity, food parcels for the
under-privileged.
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Gardening Holiday in
Wales
Hotel: Park
Inn, Cardiff
Dates:
16th-19th.April 2010
Duration: 3
nights 4 days
Cost: £269.per person all inclusive
This Hotel is a
modern 3 star with good facilities which include an indoor heated
swimming pool.
We are pleased to
say that a lot of interest has been shown in this trip, the
highlight of which will be a visit to the RHS Flower Show in
Cardiff. We will also be visiting The National Botanic Gardens,
Aberglasney Gardens and the Gower Peninsular
The following
accommodation is still available: 1 Double, 3 Twin, plus 5
single rooms. The single rooms have a supplement of £12 per night.
The holiday is now open to non U3A members
We will have the
sole use of a coach and will have local pick-ups.
Details from Jane
Nancollas kyron@sky.com
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NEW GROUPS
If you have ideas for new groups please contact the appropriate
Coordinator.
See The Beacon for contact details, or email:
Arun East (Groups meeting in Rustington / East Preston)
Arun Central
(Groups meeting in Littlehampton)
Arun West
(Groups meeting west of the River Arun)
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MEMBERS' NOTICE BOARD
This feature on the Website is open to all Arun U3A members to
post announcements & small ads. To post an item here
please email
the
Webmaster
Please note that anything advertised on the Members' Notice Board
will be a private offer; Arun U3A takes no responsibility for the quality
of any items advertised here.
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