Our Social Outings Travel Group had it’s first weekend away and it was a great success. More than 35 of our members left Seaham on Saturday morning and travelled first to Bakewell. Bakewell is a small market town in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England, well known for the local confection Bakewell pudding. The … Continue reading →

” Hello” to everyone going to Chatsworth, Nov 25th & 26th November… The Bus will be leaving Seaham Harbour from the area at Costa. Please be there no later than 8.15am and hopefully we will be on our way at 8.30am prompt.  The Bus Company’s arranger, Steve Robson will be there at hand to see … Continue reading →

Northumbria Region Event Workshop on Facebook Privacy  Northumbria University will be running an interactive workshop for Northumbria U3A members focusing on Facebook privacy. The workshop will be held Thursday 8th February 10:30 – 12:30 in the 4th floor of the Sandyford Building, 2 Sandyford Rd, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8QE. We will be providing coffee … Continue reading →

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD 2017 WAREHOUSE INDUCTION POSTPONED  Regrettably, due to unforeseen circumstances there will be NO induction at the warehouse on Wednesday November 8th.  The warehouse will return to normal operation Monday November 13th at 10am  Regards Sunderland Operation Christmas Child Team.  For further details ring: Anne : 0191 4103306    OR    Chris: 0191 5281808 Continue reading →

To build teamwork and foster innovation the History Group took on the Spaghetti and Marshmallow Challenge. The task was simple: each team (4-5 members) had eighteen minutes to build the tallest free-standing structure out of 20 sticks of spaghetti, one yard of tape, one yard of string, and three marshmallows. The structure had to bear … Continue reading →