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.
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Monthly Programme 2026
Monthly Programme 2025
Forthcoming events
Past Events
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Festival in the Forest 2026
North Nottinghamshire Neighbourhood
Festival in Sherwood Forest Wednesday 17 June 2026
In spite of the day starting with spots of rain and drizzle, members of Ashfield, Dukeries, Forest Town, Mansfield, Rainworth, Sherwood and Worksop arrived early morning at Sherwood Forest, with their cars full of equipment. This was unloaded and erected and within an hour, the amphitheatre and picnic area of Sherwood Forest, was transformed into a blue and yellow U3A festival.
The live music, which showcased how professional our musicians are, started with Irene and Wynn, a musical duo from Forest Town U3A. After a well-choreographed changeover, the 25 strong Jubilee Ukulele Band (Dukeries u3a) had our feet tapping with their melodies and song. After lunch, the pace was picked up again with sounds from The Banjoleers from Dukeries U3A and the programme was completed by the Guitar Group from Worksop U3A, who concluded the day with encores!
The high standard of the music, clearly the result of hard practice and rehearsal, was greatly appreciated by the surrounding audience and anyone coming into Sherwood Forest on the day was greeted by high quality tunes which bought smiles to lots of faces.
Further down in the picnic area, games were played throughout the day concluding with the Welly Wanging Challenge. Squeals of laughter could be heard around the playing areas.
Midday, a walk to the Major Oak, where Ranger Clare gave information about the challenges for conservationists, was led by Iris, helped by Stefan and Kevin from Dukeries U3A.
Throughout the day, many members of u3a and the general public enjoyed relaxing, chatting and eating picnics in a most amiable and enjoyable atmosphere which promoted the friendship and fellowship of U3A groups. John Butler kindly came to show his support and he chatted with many, many members in the morning. The sunshine made a visit too!
The behind the scenes planning for the event took place over several months by Claire Wilkie, Sherwood, Kathryn Henshaw Carole Harrison and Bill Harrison from Mansfield and Leslye Henstock from Dukeries u3a. Special thanks were sent to Megan at RSPB Sherwood Forest, who arranged the event with the organisers.
A huge thank you is sent to everyone who contributed to the publicity of the event and the festival on the day. A huge amount of equipment was transported safely to and from the site, and by 4pm, Sherwood Forest was back to normal without a trace of evidence that U3A had been there!!
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T'Pedal power
Peter gave us an insightful talk about his cycle tour of East Yorkshire and Whitby, with tales of punctures, youth hostels, beer and wine, steam trains, hills and descents, injuries and tiredness.
The route took them around Beverly, Hill, York, Pocklington, Stamford Bridge, Whitby and Scarborough to name but a few.
It looked like the 14 'older' generation had a lovely time
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