Monthly meetings at the Public Hall
with guest speakers
10.30am at Beccles Public Hall
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
21 October 2026
10:30 am
Peter Gascoyne grew up in Beccles and spent his career working on cancer research, primarily in the Texas Medical Center, USA. His talk will look at how new technologies such has those he pioneered, have enabled the personalisation of medicine and how this is being introduced to everyday care to improve quality of life....
Cost: Free for registered u3a members
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
Past 2026 Monthly Meetings
- 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... - July 15th Monthly Meeting
Read a brief summary of our busy meeting on July 15th here....
