Information post about...
U3A ... which is
University of the Third AgeRegular readers of the
Belfast forum will be familiar with popular forum member
Jack Casement, who is a keen and talented amateur artist, who frequently posts images of his paintings in the lounge section of the forum.
http://www.belfastforum.co.uk/index.php?action=profile;u=24641He also has his own website on which he posts images of his paintings.
https://www.thecasementcollection.com/Jack has just posted an image of his latest picture on the link below.
http://www.belfastforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,68662.0/topicseen.htmlOn that recent forum thread,
Jack mentioned an organisation called U3A for and with which he has held exhibitions of his paintings.
U3A = University of the Third AgeIt's an organisation which provides various social and recreational learning opportunities and facilities for senior citizens, both in the
U.K. and in Commonwealth countries.
This Wikipedia page describes the organisation and it's activities.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_the_Third_AgeThis is
U3A's UK website...
http://www.u3a.org.uk/home.html
https://vu3a.org/index.php
https://www.u3a.org.uk/This is their
Northern Ireland website.
https://u3ani.info/This is their
Belfast website.
https://u3asites.org.uk/belfast/welcomehttps://u3asites.org.uk/belfast/groups
https://u3asites.org.uk/belfast/events
https://u3asites.org.uk/belfast/galleryThis is a
map of all of
U3A U.K.'s U.K. local branches...
https://www.u3a.org.uk/find-a-u3a/79-public-area/83-find-a-u3a-group.htmlIf you hold your mouse pointer over the map and rotate your mouse wheel forwards or backwards, you can zoom in or out of the map.
If you hold your mouse pointer over the map and hold down your left or right mouse button and move your mouse around, you can move the map around.
You can also search for the branch locations by post code or town name, on this page...
https://www.u3a.org.uk/find-a-u3a.htmlThis is the
U.K. U3A youtube video pages...
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheU3a
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheU3a/videosThis is the
U3A U.K. facebook page...
https://en-gb.facebook.com/u3auk/This is the
U3A U.K. twitter page... https://twitter.com/u3a_ukAt least some of the local branches may have their own local branch facebook pages, and possibly also their own local branch twitter pages.
This is some information about
U3A AUSTRALIAThis is their
website...
http://www.u3aonline.org.au/
http://www.u3aonline.org.au/content/about-u3a-onlineThis is their
facebook page...https://www.facebook.com/U3A-Online-128184030591120/?ref=page_internal
https://www.facebook.com/pg/U3A-Online-128184030591120/about/?ref=page_internalU3A AUSTRALIA doesn't seem to have it's own
youtube video page, but if you do the following google search you will see a bunch of youtube videos which have been posted by various
AUSTRALIAN members or branches, google search for ...
youtube u3a australia.
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http://docdro.id/mG2Fi91