Our monthly meetings are usually held on the second Thursday morning of each month at 10:00 for a 10:30 start. They are normally held on the top floor of The Ocean on Exmouth seafront, but from now on for the foreseeable future will be held in Holy Trinity Church, Exmouth on different dates (details below). We have an interesting range of speakers including some of our own members and have speakers booked throughout the year. For news about our recent monthly meetings, please scroll down to the Recent Meetings heading below. (The photo below is by Christine Chittock).
Our Monthly Meetings in 2026
Our Monthly Meetings will be held for the foreseeable future in Holy Trinity Church in Exmouth on the third Thursday of the month and so will be on these dates and with the usual start time of 10:00 for 10:30:
- Thursday 15 October in Holy Trinity Church, Exmouth
- Thursday 19 November in Holy Trinity Church, Exmouth
- Thursday 17 December in Holy Trinity Church, Exmouth
The committee apologises for any inconvenience caused by these changes but hopes you will be able to come along to these meetings as usual.
Forthcoming meetings for 2026
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October Monthly Meeting - Thursday 15 October
On Thursday 15 October, Terry Green will present 'Cashier no 3 to a life of crime!' Terry has exported the art of the queue to many countries but has now sunk to the level of crime writing. Interesting tales from both professions. This will be held at Holy Trinity Church, Exmouth at 10.30 am. Refreshments… Read more ...
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November Monthly Meeting - Thursday 19 November
On Thursday 19 November, Tony Aston will be talking about his book, "The Bomber and the Weathervane". This is an illustrated talk and presentation that tells the story about how an old, beaten-up, metal weathervane fashioned in the shape of a wartime Lancaster bomber, found in a salvage yard in Surrey, led to the identification… Read more ...
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December Monthly Meeting - Thursday 17 December
On Thursday 17 December, Anna Wallace will be talking about Seachange - what Seachange does and Budleigh Cottage Hospital. Its website is https://www.seachangedevon.org/ This will be held at Holy Trinity Church, Exmouth at 10.30 am. Refreshments can be purchased before. Read more ...
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January Monthly Meeting - Thursday 21 January
On Thursday 21 January Penny Adie, a trustee of Exeter Cathedral Music Foundation, will be talking about Exeter Cathedral Choir and the role of Exeter Cathedral Music Foundation. Read more ...
Online learning events
Did you know that there are plenty of free nationally-organised online learning sessions which all u3a members can attend? Recent and forthcoming topics include:
- Darkness on the edge of town: Bruce Springsteen and the American dream
- On the threshold of a dream: music, imagination and the late 60s-early 70s
- Your guide to feeling connected in a digital world
- Keeping warm and cutting energy bills: Practical advice and support
- The u3a Essay Competition award ceremony 2026
- David Hockney as I knew him
- Art deco days
- Preparing for an AI world (four-week course)
- Laughter yoga
- Exploring world faiths
- The history of pirate radio
- Soulsville USA series - the history and legacy of Stax Records
- Melancholy as a creative force: Joni Mitchell's Blue album
For more details of these and many other events and to register for each event, please go to the national u3a learning events website - https://www.u3a.org.uk/events/educational-events
Recent monthly meetings
u3a Groups Celebration
Our monthly meeting on Thursday 13 February 2025 was a celebration of our u3a Groups. There was table-top information & displays of work from a selected range of our splendid activity groups, plus live music, singing & latin line dancing. More details are at Celebration of our Groups. We have created twenty-five short videos of various performances and you can see them plus a short highlights video on our Youtube channel via this link – https://www.youtube.com/@exmouthu3a/videos or via the image below. We have also selected 40 photos taken at this event which you can now see on our Event Photos webpage.
A La Ronde
Our monthly meeting on Thursday 9 January 2025 was a talk from Jane Birdsall on ‘A La Ronde’, our local National Trust property. This talk covered the recent renovations to the house and garden and the representation of it. If you would like to learn more about A La Ronde, you may wish to take a look at its website - https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/devon/a-la-ronde and especially https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/devon/a-la-ronde/exhibition. The good news is that Jane allowed us to record her talk and you can now see this on our u3a YouTube channel. Just click or tap on this link to view it - A La Ronde presentation - or on the image immediately below:
A follow-up to the Monthly Meetings on Brain Health held in October 2024 and June 2025
At our October 2024 and June 2025 monthly meetings Jonathan Hanbury from the Ness Care Group gave us some really interesting presentations about brain health and dementia. You can see a recording of his talk on our u3a YouTube channel by clicking or tapping on this link - Jonathan Hanbury presentation (or on the image below). In addition he has now very kindly produced a 2-page information sheet for us, and you can read this and/or download it by clicking or tapping on this link: Top Tips to Stay Mentally Agile
If this is something that interests you and you want to know more, Professor Sir Muir Gray has given a presentation on a similar topic as part of the national u3a's Future Lives initiative, and a video recording is available for anyone to see. The current topic on our own u3a's Connect & Learn website (at https://sites.google.com/view/connectandlearn) is 'Live Well Longer' where there are a number of useful resources, including Muir Gray's presentation. Here's an extract from our u3a Connect & Learn website which gives the links:
- Sir Muir Gray's presentation on 'Reduce Your risk of Dementia' offering from the national u3a's Future Lives initiative. This is something that does or could affect us, our family and our friends and so is well worth a watch. You can see this by tapping or clicking on this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-L5dMklbGk&ab_channel=u3a
- Slides from a presentation from Patrick Holford, Founder of the Food for the Brain Foundation on 'Upgrade Your Brain' have been posted on the national u3a's Future Lives webpage - see https://www.u3a.org.uk/our-impact/future-lives/future-lives-past-events and scroll on down to see this.
A Day in the Life of a Magistrate
The speaker at our Monthly Meeting in January 2024 was Peter Scott, JP who spoke about ‘A Day in the Life of a Magistrate‘. He very kindly allowed us to record his presentation and you can see his talk in full on our u3a YouTube channel by clicking or tapping on the image below: