We hold an open members' meeting very month except for May, August and December. This is on the 3rd Monday of the month in the Jubilee Hall, Wellow Road, Ollerton. Doors open at 12.30pm when people can meet together and find out what is going on from group leaders and a display of forthcoming events. After refreshments we welcome a guest speaker presenting a matter of interest to u3a members. March's meeting is an open meeting for members and non members where our group leaders showcase our groups and is also our annual subscription day. May's meeting is our Annual General Meeting and in August members enjoy an indoor picnic. December is our Christmas party and entertainment.
Please see the link below for details of the programme for our monthly members' meetings. More information on the speakers is below. Also visit our Groups page for the programme of activities and interest groups which are of open to all members.
Please note that Dukeries u3a members will have priority for events, and guests will be invited once members have had a chance to book.
Our programme of social events and trips for 2025 is under way and events and trips are planned for 2026.. Our guest speakers are already lined up for 2026. Please see below for more details.
For the U3A Christmas Party 2025, Sue North made this beautiful table decoration in memory of Wendy.
It was raffled off and made another £123 for the John Eastwood Hospice. 😊
Many thanks to all who bought a raffle ticket.
A message from Pam Hardwick our charity coordinator
Mmmmm a good party and it was great to see so many new faces, I hope you were entertained well and enjoyed yourselves.
The sale of bingo and sticky thirteen games came to £125 and the generosity of the winners in donating back their winnings swelled the proceeds to £145.
A member donated £5 and others donated 23p,( that was a funny story which has been repeated much to the amusement of the listeners)
My lovely group of gardeners donated £17 this month and it all added up to £167.23 which I have just transferred to our chosen charity.
So we have smashed our hopeful target of £9,000 👏👏 and have up to today raised £9,150.00.
My thanks go to you all for being so generous in supporting this life saving service and my hopes are that you will not need them to rescue you at any time in the future.
So I wish you all a very merry Christmas and a happy and healthy new year.
See you soon
Pam Hardwick
Charity coordinator.
Useful Links
Social Events and Trips
Monthly Programme 2026
Monthly Programme 2025
Forthcoming events
Past Events
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Irish Night April 2026
The 30 or so members who came to the Irish themed social on Saturday night made a real effort to dress the part. With costumes, many hats and even one or two beards, it was a very colourful evening. See photos.…
Leslye, as usual, with her team of willing helpers, pulled out all the stops to make it a fun night. The entertainment just kept going all evening, a card game followed by Bingo, a Beetle drive, competitions for the best costumes, a professional photographer with lots of props, a selection of Irish jokes, a Raffle which raised a hundred pounds and the grand finally, a paper aeroplane competition to see who could make, decorate and fly their plane the furthest. Altogether a very enjoyable night, so a big thankyou to the events team for yet another successful social evening. John Harris
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Membership renewal day 2026
What a great turn out for renewals day @ Ollerton Jubilee Hall on Monday 16th March..
Many thanks to all groups who attended and also our u3a members who came to renew for the next year. It was great to see so many new faces and new members who joined and prospective members who came to see what the Dukeries u3a is all about..
Many thanks to all who participated and the wonderful people who kept us supplied with coffee tea and yummy biscuits. Thank-you all @ the u3a
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Rhubarb Rhubarb Rhubarb
An exciting and amazing day at the Wakefield Rhubarb Festival, thankyou to Leslye and the events team and to Carl the coach driver and to everyone for making it such a fun day.
Here are a few photos from various people who came along... Enjoy
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