There is a notice regarding the AGM of the Patcham Memorial hall on June 28th. All members who use the Hall are invited to attend. Click on the following link for details.
The 2026 Annual Holiday will be from June 22 to 26th, and will be visiting Devon, in the area of Tiverton. For further details go to Group Page and contact the Holiday Coordinator by email. This is now fully booked, with a waiting list.
The visit of the Sussex Churches group to St.Margaret's church Ditchling was most interesting. Look on the Sussex Churches Group page for more visits this season.
The current Book Circle Book List is available; See their Group Page.
2025 Christmas Lunch at "The Gallery" at the MET (Brighton Metropolitan College) at 12 noon, Wednesday 10th December 2025 Pictures now in the Group page : Lunch Group Many thanks to Margaret for arranging a great time for us all.
On Wednesday 1st October 25 the outing to the Butterfly Farm, Middleton Common Farm, Middleton Common Lane Ditchling Common. East Sussex, BN6 8SF was very interesting with many varieties of butterflies from tropical parts of the world in a large glasshouse, with delicious coffee and cakes available. See the Group page for pictures./out-and-about
The annual Patcham Duck Fayre 2025 was held on the grounds of the Patcham Schools and in the Community Centre on Sunday August 24th. This year we had a shared plot with the Memorial Hall and the Local History Group. We had good conversations with some lovely people.
We held our annual Picnic in the Park in the Peace Gardens on Old London Road on Monday 11th August 2025 from 12:00 on. The weather was kind to us once more and we enjoyed this social occasion, a great opportunity to catch up with each other.
Our picnic in the Patcham Peace Garden August 2024 where we were grateful to find some shade in the lovely sunny weather!
A fascinating tour of the AMEX Stadium took place on Monday July 28th. This proved thoroughly enjoyable and interesting for those of us who went. Many thanks to Margaret for organising it.
In 2025 we gathered on Monday June 16th to celebrate Sussex Day with various events and performances concerning our lovely County. It proved great fun with poetry, music and tasters of Sussex food and drink. Thanks Sue and Philip!
Our 2025 Annual Holiday of a coach trip to the Waterways of Cheshire and North Wales, 30TH JUNE TO 4TH JULY 2025, proved a great success and was enjoyed by all who went. Many thanks again to our organiser Pamela who made it all go so smoothly.
Details of the 2026 Monday program is available on our Monday page.
Links
- Monday Meetings
- In Flanders Field Poem for Poppy Day
What is u3a all about?
The u3a movement was founded over 35 years ago and its main aim is to encourage groups of people in their “third age” to meet together to continue their enjoyment of subjects and things which have interested them in the past or may prove to interest them in the future. Go to their website to learn more.
What is your “third age”?
Loosely it is any time in your life when you have the opportunity to pursue your own interest. It is primarily aimed at those no longer in full time employment or raising a family. From the start the guiding principle was to promote learning through self-help interest groups. These might cover any subject or topic of interest to members. The guiding principle was to be self-help and self-funding, and based on collaborative learning. Members were to be encouraged to learn from each other with all members of a group contributing to the learning process.
From its beginnings in 1981 the movement has expanded rapidly and at the end of 2016 u3a reached the milestone of 1000 groups.
Our local u3a in Patcham
Patcham u3a aims to cover people living in the Patcham/Westdene/Withdean/Hollingbury areas of Brighton though members from further afield are welcome, and we also collaborate with other local u3as
We have a number of groups, details of which can be found by clicking Groups. We rely on the enthusiasm of members to introduce more groups and will offer help and advice to anyone prepared to have a go! Check the Events Page for dates of the next Group meetings.
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