Beccles

Doors open at 9.45am for a 10.30 start, with tea and coffee available until 10:15. Please ensure that you have your teas or coffees before 10.15, to allow the refreshments team time to tidy up and join the meeting before it starts.

Every month, after the u3a announcements have been made, there will be a guest speaker who has been invited to talk about something of interest. For the last ten years the talks have covered a huge range of subjects from political scandals to dancing in a tutu.

Prospective members of u3a may attend 2 monthly meetings as guests upon paying a visitor’s fee of £2.00, after which they will be expected to join.

Next Monthly Meeting

18 November 2026
10:30 am
George Cooper is an East Anglian speaker on the social history of the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads, associated with the Museum of the Broads at Stalham.
Cost: Free for registered u3a members
8 December 2026
10:00 am
Don't miss our Christmas Special Meeting this year with seasonal refreshments and entertainment, announcements for activities in the New Year, the door prizes and a joyful speaker to entertain us!
Cost: Free tickets for registered u3a members
Booking Required

Past 2026 Monthly Meetings

  • Oct 21st Meeting Summary
    It was good to see over 100 members gathered in the Public Hall for the October Monthly Meeting, despite inclement, autumnal weather. Professor Peter Gascoyne, a "Beccles boy", told the story of his career in biomedical research and the new technologies he pioneered, that have contributed to more economic personalisation of medicine now and in the future....
  • Sept 16th Monthly Meeting Summary
    Juyna Lewis presented a comprehensive and thoughtful talk about witches and their creatures, focusing on the treatment of so-called witches in the 16th and 17th centuries and the self-styled "Witchfinder General", Matthew Hopkins who was based in East Anglia.
  • August 19th Monthly Meeting Summary
    Pat and Philip Alker brough a selection of interesting artefacts and products from Ethiopia...

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