Monthly Meetings 2022
Past Monthly Meeting Talks
Wednesday 14th December 2022 at 2 pm
A Christmas Special
A monthly meeting with a difference!
We will be entertained by Ventriloquist & Magician David Tomkins, who has some super reviews from local groups. We’ll hold a bit of a social get-together after the show and are planning to serve mince pies and mulled wine as well as tea, coffee and biscuits.
So wear your Christmas jumper, Santa hat and some tinsel in your hair to join our early Christmas get-together!
Don’t forget to bring a cash donation towards refreshments!
This is a “face to face” talk ONLY at Chalfont Community Centre SL9 9QX
Wednesday 9th November 2022 at 2 pm
Age UK Buckinghamshire - its work within the community and services.
Sue Gehnich will present an overview of the big range of services that are provided by Age UK. Sue will also explore opportunities to volunteer your time to help in their worthy cause
More information to follow.
This is a “face to face” talk at Chalfont Community Centre SL9 9QX
We will also be streaming the meeting via Zoom. Chalfonts U3A members will receive an email with the Zoom meeting details 48 hours prior to the meeting.
Wednesday 12th October 2022 at 2 pm
The Perils and Pleasures of a Blue Badge tourist guide
Amanda Bryett’s team accompany around 6,000 visitors on private guided tours of Windsor, Windsor Castle and on evening private guided town walks. In this talk, Amanda describes some of her experiences whilst acting as a guide.
This is a “face to face” talk at Chalfont Community Centre SL9 9QX
We will also be streaming the meeting via Zoom. Chalfonts U3A members will receive an email with the Zoom meeting details 48 hours prior to the meeting.
CANCELLED
Wednesday 14th September 2022 at 2 pm
Beacons of the Past - Investigating a prehistoric Chilterns Landscape
Wendy Morrison tells us of her project to discover in the Chilterns, one of the largest collections of hillforts in the UK, yet many are poorly preserved, and little is known about them.
This is a “face to face” talk at Chalfont Community Centre SL9 9QX
We will also be streaming the meeting via Zoom. Chalfonts U3A members will receive an email with the Zoom meeting details 48 hours prior to the meeting.
Wednesday 10th August 2022 at 2 pm
Two Mansions: Hermit's Wood and Pollards Wood Grange by Denise Beddows
We are very proud to have Denise as a member of Chalfonts U3A. Denise was born in Manchester, and her career enabled her to visit over 20 countries and learn several languages. Retiring in 2010, Denise is a prolific writer of true crime and spy thrillers; under the pen name of D J Kelly, she writes on local history.
A new talk from Denise, focusing mainly on the mansions' more famous residents, which included brave, betrayed heroes and an outrageous eccentric.
This is a “face to face” talk at Chalfont Community Centre SL9 9QX
We will also be streaming the meeting via Zoom. Chalfonts U3A members will receive an email with the Zoom meeting details 48 hours prior to the meeting.
Wednesday 20th July 2022 at 2 pm
AGM 2022
Our Annual General Meeting will be held on 20th July at 2 pm
We will have 5 members of the committee stepping down at our Annual General Meeting, so we really need you! We will all have a sense of what our u3a means to us and how it runs so effectively due to the work of all the volunteers so perhaps now is the time for you to get involved?
Please contact Jane Barker our Chair for more
information. chair@chalfontsu3a.org.uk
The AGM was recorded and can be viewed on the members page.
This is a “face-to-face” meeting at Chalfont Community Centre SL9 9QX
We will also be streaming the AGM via Zoom.
Wednesday 13th July 2022 at 2 pm at
Chalfont St Peter Community Centre SL9 9QX
HS2 Update
We welcome back Keith Hoffmeister for an update on HS2. Keith has talked to us a couple of times in the past, and he is most informative on the progress and issues that are occurring for the tunnel and the neighbourhoods around the line.
This is a “face to face” talk at Chalfont Community Centre SL9 9QX
We will also be streaming the meeting via Zoom. Chalfonts U3A members will receive an email with the Zoom meeting details 48 hours prior to the meeting.
Wednesday 8th June 2022 at 2 pm at
Chalfont St Peter Community Centre SL9 9QX
The importance of a Lasting Power of Attorney
Gaye Illsley is a U3A member and she gives educational talks on Lasting Power of Attorney.
Gaye will share her personal experiences of using LPAs to care for her mother and sister.
The talk will be particularly beneficial for anyone that has not got round to putting in place their LPAs or anyone that has an older style Enduring Power of Attorney
This is not a sales pitch!
This is a “face to face” talk at Chalfont Community Centre SL9 9QX
We will also be streaming the meeting via Zoom. Chalfonts U3A members will receive an email with the Zoom meeting details 48 hours prior to the meeting.
Wednesday 11th May 2022 at 2 pm at
Chalfont St Peter Community Centre SL9 9QX
An introduction to Indian Culture
Ramji Abinashi is a member of Chiltern U3A and has
been the Convenor for their “Aspects of India” group for the last 4 years. Coming to the UK in his late forties, he is able to bring a refreshing and informed view of the lives and ways of the Indian culture.
Ramji will present a broad overview of:
- The Indian way of life, its general customs and beliefs
- Characteristic features of everyday existence
- Behavioural norms, expectations, taboos and values
- “Do’s and don’t’s”, People's interactions
- Dress codes, eating habits
- Family values, male and female roles and interactions.
This is a “face to face” talk at Chalfont Community Centre SL9 9QX
We will also be streaming the meeting via Zoom. Chalfonts U3A members will receive an email with the Zoom meeting details 48 hours prior to the meeting.
Chalfonts u3a Celebration Event
We held our 7th-year Celebration Event at The Hub in Chalfont St Peter on the 5th of April 2022. Over 500 people attended including both members and non-members. Our music groups, including Old Time Musical, Singing for Pleasure and Yukele performed for us on the stage. We also have a demonstration of Flower Arranging.
Tony Darbyshire from the Photography group had put together a slide show which we displayed on the large screen
Many of your members had baked cakes and with tea and coffee, we kept everyone fed.
You can view the original webpage by clicking the button below.
Below are a few snaps of the event.
Tuesday 5th April 2022 from 2-4 pm at
The Hub, Church Lane,
Chalfont St Peter,
SL9 9RF
Chalfonts u3a Celebration Event
The is no Monthly Meeting in April as we are celebrating our seven year with an event at The Hub in Chalfont St Peter.
Come and join us for live performances, demonstrations and information about our interest groups. These cover 70+ subjects, such as: languages, walking, outings, singing, theatre outings, bridge, science, technology and more. Meet the convenors, chat to members and try new activities. Refreshments available.
Click the button below for more information.
Wednesday 9th March 2022 at 2 pm at
Chalfont St Peter Community Centre SL9 9QX
The lives and trades of Chiltern people by Dr Helena Chance
The Woodlanders Lives and Landscapes is a community social history project. We welcome Dr Chance and her colleagues who will tell us of their activities and findings.
For more than two centuries, the Central Chilterns was a thriving industrial landscape. The woods and villages were alive with men, women and children making furniture, woodware, straw plaiting for hats, lace making and tambour beading (applying beading and sequins for the fashion industry).
What were their lives really like?
In an illustrated talk, Woodlanders project leader Helena Chance, and research volunteers, Keith Spencer and Susan Holmes will tell us about the “Lives and Landscapes” project, and about some of the exciting new research, they are uncovering.
This is a “face to face” talk at Chalfont Community Centre SL9 9QX
We will also be streaming the meeting via Zoom. Chalfonts U3A members will receive an email with the Zoom meeting details 48 hours prior to the meeting.
Wednesday 9th February 2022 at 2 pm
at Chalfont St Peter Community Centre SL9 9QX
An introduction to Beekeeping by Dorothie Jones
I have been interested in nature since I was a child. I studied botany and zoology at university and I think I always wanted to be David Attenborough!
When I retired in 2015, I signed up for the beginners course.
I keep bees in my garden, and my husband now describes himself as a "bee-widower!" I think we are extremely lucky to have such an active and supportive club here in the Chalfonts. I continue to learn so much from the club and its members. My goal is to become a better practical beekeeper.
For more information please click the button below to visit the Chalfonts Beekeepers' Society Website.
This is a “face to face” talk at Chalfont Community Centre SL9 9QX
We will also be streaming the meeting via Zoom. Chalfonts U3A members will receive an email with the Zoom meeting details 48 hours prior to the meeting.
Wednesday 12th January 2022 at 2 pm
at Chalfont St Peter Community Centre SL9 9QX
Single Handed Long Distance Sailing
John Apps, who has sailed every ocean except the Indian Ocean, will talk about why some people will put up with discomfort, poor food, interrupted sleep, extreme weather, inexplicable breakages and loneliness to sail the oceans of the world by themselves in small boats.
Single-handed ocean sailing has been described as 99% boredom with occasional terror, panic and moments of splendour. John will give us examples of all of them!
It's like the Zen Dog – it’s the glory of the ride
This is a “face to face” talk at Chalfont Community Centre SL9 9QX
We will also be streaming the meeting via Zoom. Chalfonts U3A members will receive an email with the Zoom meeting details 48 hours prior to the meeting.