Each year Bristol u3a has an entry in Treefest at St Mary Redcliffe which this year will take place from Friday 4th to Sunday 6th December. Each year there are up to 100 uniquely decorated Christmas trees (ranging from 1ft to 7ft) created by local schools, charities, businesses, and community groups.
Decorations are needed to depict what we are about as a local organisation. Would you be willing to make something to hang on our tree to represent one of the groups you are in? Contact Gill for more details or to let her know you will make a decoration.
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One of our aims is to make Bristol u3a a more diverse organisation and we are trying to reach communities where we have fewer members. Initially our initiatives focused on Kingswood, and Filton and Bradley Stoke, then last year on two contrasting areas of South Bristol namely Bedminster and Stockwood where we have increased our membership quite significantly.
Our current 'outreach' work is focused on inner East Bristol. We have new members in St Werburghs, where we have set up an enthusiastic social group. We spent the summer of 2025 at Easton Community Centre and in the autumn we spent a dedicated period of time at the Wellspring Centre in Barton Hill. Each area needs a slightly different approach. In some areas it is easy to engage potential members, while in others we have to think outside the box.
Funding has come from Bristol City Council's Social Action Programme through Quartet Community Foundation, and South Gloucestershire's Community Action Group. The Executive Committee has also set a small amount of money aside for our efforts in East Bristol. We have been able to offer new members a discounted membership.
Bristol u3a members - if you have Bristol u3a related news, send it to the Website Editor for inclusion here. You can also send the information to Cheryl for our Facebook page, Joan for the quarterly newsletter and Linda for the monthly e-Post.