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Introduction

Benalla and District University of the Third Age, or U3A, provides opportunities for learning and social interaction to help older people no longer in full time employment keep physically & mentally alert.

36 courses and activities are being offered in Benalla 2018. To find out more about a particular group, click on Groups on the menu at the top of the page.

There are no prerequisites or exams!

Our monthly newsletter is produced towards the end of the month The website's home page, group pages, daily calendar & monthly calendar are updated at this time.

The Newsletter deadline is the 25th day of the month at midday - email to newsletter@u3abenalla.com

June Newsletter

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Garden Appreciation - Goorambat and Devenish - photographs

Lifeball Banner Launch and Fun and Friendship Day

Stock and Land - May - Excursion to Toland Merino Stud, Violet Town

Collectors - April - 'From the Shed' May - 'Bedroom and Bathroom'

Travel Group - Kangaroo Island Trip and Eildon Day Trip

Swanpool Art Festival including the Swanpool Community Recycled Art Prize August 4 to 19

President's message

The Annual Network Presidents' Briefing Day was held on 16th May. My thanks go to Margaret Jenkins for attending in my absence. Some points that came out of this meeting are:-

U3A has 109 branches with 36,000 members in Victoria
U3A has more members than Mens’ Sheds
Mens’ Sheds have received $4.3 Million in funding since 2010
Membership fees range from $40 to $75 per annum. Benalla is the only group in the state with a membership fee of $30
A number of groups receive council funding up to $1500
Most councils see U3A as a positive effect on the ageing population
Funding is a major concern for many U3As
Some U3As report that Utility charges are up to $6000 per year

U3A Benalla is indeed fortunate that previous committees have used good management and have been able to ... Read on ....

New courses in Semester 2

Be Connected is an Australian Government initiative to help people make the most out of being online. 1st & 3rd Wed 1.30-3.30 pm.
Registration/Orientation Wed 4th July
Short Course for Apple users:
Wednesday 18 July; 1 & 15th August
Short Course for Android users:
Wednesday 29 August; 5 & 19 September
'Drop in' October/November
Contact Jenny 0409545182

Hot Topics Do you enjoy discussing current affairs? Topics will be wide ranging, but there will always be a topic set for a chaired discussion & time to prepare your thoughts. Come along, it will be great to get things ‘off your chest’. 3rd Frid 1.30 to 3.30pm. Contact Carole 5762 6165 or joan@spectak.co

'Thank you'

Lorraine Knox would like to thank her many friends in U3A for their support, cards messages and phone calls on the passing of her husband Henry. “It was really appreciated and meant a lot to us all. Many, many thanks. Lorraine.”

Program update

Newsletter With the advent of the What’s On page and a later newsletter deadline for reports, it has been decided to update the heading to the month of issue. The deadline for the newsletter has moved from the 28th to the 25th day of the month at midday.

Investment and Tech Savvy Talks will be taking a winter break in July.