Programme of Events
2024 - 2025
Tuesday Meetings with a speaker
The season begins in October and continues on alternate Tuesdays through the winter, finishing at the end of April and will include, as usual, a Christmas Lunch and a Spring Tea as well as a good mix of speakers, which we hope will provide something for everyone.
We meet in the Osprey Suite at the Grant Arms Hotel at 2.00pm.
Visitors will be most welcome and will be charged a small entrance fee and encouraged to join u3a.
The season begins in October and continues on alternate Tuesdays through the winter, finishing at the end of April and will include, as usual, a Christmas Lunch and a Spring Tea as well as a good mix of speakers, which we hope will provide something for everyone.
We meet in the Osprey Suite at the Grant Arms Hotel at 2.00pm.
Visitors will be most welcome and will be charged a small entrance fee and encouraged to join u3a.
DATES FOR 2024 / 25
All meetings are at The Grant Arms, Osprey Room at 2pm 2024 1 Oct: Presentation of our many interest groups – organiser Sue Sykes 15 Oct: Community ConnXions in Aviemore. A talk about the services this charity provides – Donald Hall 29 Oct: Frontier Science Scotland. A talk by the experts in the design and conduct of clinical trials – Eric Riley 12 Nov: The Lion Tamer of Inverness – Anne Fraser from the Highland Archive 26 Nov: Astrophotography. A talk by a local photographer from Boat of Garten where he takes photos of space - Graham Hazlegreaves. 10 Dec: Christmas Lunch 2025 7 Jan: Wildcat conservation in Scotland 21 Jan: Cyber security – computers, phones, internet, apps, WhatsApp, social media, email - Torquil Chapman 4 Feb: Bees and beekeeping – to be confirmed 18 Feb: Forest Bathing. Using nature to improve mental and physical health – Cath Wright 4 Mar: Scotland’s Air Ambulance 18 Mar: Reintroduction of beavers in Scotland – Jonathan Willet 1 April: SEPA (Scottish Environment Protection Agency) Local enviromental issues - Peter Wright 15 April: Spring Tea 29 April: The Highland Clearances – Dr Liz Forrest You can download a printable version of the programme here - u3a_card_2024_25.jpg |