Learn, Laugh and Live with our u3a.
PRINCE OF WALES BRIDGE
Courtesy of Ann Taylor-Heard
u3a is an amazing organisation for people who are retired or working part time, people who are looking for an interesting and fulfilling way to spend their time.
u3a is run by its members for its members. It is an excellent place to find likeminded people, where you can explore and learn from each other by sharing the knowledge and skills you have. The common theme is good company, sharing and enjoyment!
Caldicot and District u3a have more than 20 special interest groups which include languages, art and music, science and history, leisure activities, sports and mind games.
Our monthly 'Saturday Speaker' events are aimed at all of our members. The speakers can give good advice on the complicated web of rules and regulations in our lives.
If you want a better idea of what we are about, please come to our coffee morning, one of our events or try out one of the groups. The meetings with theme, organising group, place and time are found in our list of Events in the top bar of this page, or use the buttons above.
Coffee Mornings,
For New, Old and Potential members.
Next meeting is on Saturday 7th February. We meet in the Methodist Church in the middle of Caldicot on the first Saturday of the month, from 10am - 12 noon.
The address is Jubilee Way, Newport Road, Caldicot, NP26 4BG
Potential as well as established members, it is an opportunity to get to know about our u3a. There are plenty of people who can answer questions you have about our u3a, or at least try to find the answer for you. This is all over a lovely piece of cake with tea or coffee.
Learn, Live and Laugh
Our u3a is one of more than 1000 individual u3as in UK with more than a total of 500 000 members (2025). u3a is one of the largest membership dependent organisations in UK.
Sam Mauger, CEO u3a in 2018 summed us up beautifully:
“U3A brings together third age people to pursue educational, social and creative interests on a self-help basis. The U3A model is low-cost, defined by participants, and learner-led. It is not dependent on state funding; it has a life and existence of its own. The emphasis is on inclusion, enjoyment and the stimulation of pursuing interests together.
Research has showed U3A members reported major benefits to being part of our learning model in terms of confidence, feeling supported in new communities, learning new skills, combatting loneliness and most of all, of feeling valued and enjoying life.”
All u3as are affiliated to the Third Age Trust who provide us with centralised services. If you want to know more about the u3a organisation, please search 'u3a' or simply click on the button below left and it will take you to the national website. The right button takes you to all the podcasts in the u3a.
To receive direct notification of online courses and other Trust updates please set yourself up with a personal member account on the national website.