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 venue for all our monthly meetings is usually The Ocean Suite (in the building next to Exmouth Pavilion on Exmouth seafront). These are usually held on the second Thursday of each month but building work is taking place in The Ocean in the first half of 2026. So this means that the venue and dates of the first few meetings in 2026 have been altered. They will be held for the foreseeable future in Holy Trinity Church on these dates and with the usual start time of 10:00 for 10:30:
- Thursday 21 May 2026 in Holy Trinity Church, Exmouth
- Thursday 18 June 2026 in Holy Trinity Church, Exmouth
- Thursday 16 July 2026 in Holy Trinity Church, Exmouth
The committee apologises for any inconvenience caused but hopes you will be able to come along to these meetings as usual.
Forthcoming meetings for 2026
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June Monthly Meeting - Thursday 18 June
Nick Clayburn will be talking to us about "Air Traffic Control". This will be held at Holy Trinity Church, Exmouth at 10.30 am. Read more ...
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July Monthly Meeting - Thursday 16 July
Sam Bridgewater will be talking to us about "Local Seascape Reclamation". This will be held at Holy Trinity Church, Exmouth at 10.30 am. Read more ...
Recent 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: