Burnham-On-Sea U3A to hold beach clean event this Wednesday morning
Burnham-On-Sea’s branch of the U3A (University of the Third Age) is set to hold a beach clean on Wednesday (June 2nd) to mark the organisation’s nationwide ‘U3A Day’.
The U3A Day is being held for the first time to celebrate the new experiences that come from people being in their third age – when they’re no longer in full-time employment or bringing up children.
A spokesman says: “The annual event, which will take place in Volunteer Week on the first Wednesday in June, will show the amazing and diverse things that our members get up to and challenge preconceptions of what being an older adult means.”
MEMBERS of a Bridport-based community group have begun meeting in-person again following the easing of lockdown restrictions. Members of Bridport U3A’s ‘Monday Morning Zoom Contact Group’, who connect via Zoom every Monday throughout the lockdown, were able to meet up last week on a sunny morning for the first time this year. The group will continue to meet on Zoom for 45 minutes to an hour every Monday, except for when the weather makes a face-to-face garden meeting possible. Bridport U3A chairman Pat Grafton, said: Zoom has enabled us to keep a strong programme going throughout the restrictions and it will continue to have its place to support our groups who will happily now increasingly be able to meet again face-to-face.