Gartholwg@Church Village - Learn, Laugh, Live

Welcome to our new website.

No longer in full time employment?
Why not come and join us.
Our motto is Learn, Laugh, Live.
NEW MEMBERS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME.
Just turn up at one of our meetings
or contact our Chair, Barbara Brown.

Full monthly meetings are held on the 3rd Wed of the month
in the Theatre, Gartholwg Lifelong Learning Centre.
Check out our latest Newsletter and our new Facebook page

Am I eligible to join?

u3a membership is not related to a specific age but to a period in one’s life (the third age) after the second age of full-time employment and parental responsibility. Anybody in their third age can join u3a and this includes people who are working part-time. There is no lower age for membership.

Membership.
Our annual membership fee is £15 but new members are welcome to attend 1 monthly meeting and any group activity for 1 month prior to joining. Forms for new members and those renewing their membership will be available at our next General Meeting.
Please remember our GIFT AID facility and indicate your assent on the Membership Renewal Form.

Membership Forms for 2026-27 will be available at the next meeting and whilst cash payments are always welcome, please post-date any cheques or transfer any membership fee (£15) on or after 1st April.

Latest News. (see Newslette r for more details).

Wed, 22nd April. A visit to the Old Railway Garden Centre, Three Cocks outside Brecon. The cost is £20pp for the coach.

Wed, 27th May. A visit to the Hay Book Festival, the main attraction that day will be Pru Leith. Bookings for this will be taken in March and April and the cost will be that of only £20 for the coach.

Wed, 24th June. Our Annual Tea Party plus speaker.

Fri, 17th July. Cegin Gareth Kitchen. The cost for the kitchen is £40pp and the coach cost is £25pp.

Games Using Welsh Media. This is on a VERY informal basis in the Foyer on Wednesdays from 12:00 to 13:00.

Monthly Raffle. At the General Meeting in October, it was announced that we would hold a monthly raffle at £1 per ticket. This is an attempt to boost our funds after running coach trips at a deficit.

The Ambler's group has been suspended until later in the year.
The Cinema group will depend on what films are being shown.
The Gardening group will meet next in the Spring.

Suggestions.
At events that we cannot fill within our membership, we offer the vacancies to members of neighbouring u3a Branches. (This would help us, for example, to fill coaches on our trips thus possibly decreasing the cost).

A trip to the Police Museum in Bridgend and one to a Christmas Market