Welcome to Blackbourne U3A
U3A activities in the Blackbourne area (Thurston, Elmswell, Stanton, etc.,) began in 1992 at the suggestion of the Suffolk Community Education Service. Initially the activities operated under the aegis of Bury St. Edmunds U3A but, in September 1994, Blackbourne U3A became a separate entity. In 2006 it affiliated to the Third Age Trust.
Blackbourne U3A has been supported from the outset by the Community Education Service
and initial financial support was also received from Suffolk ACRE and St. Edmundsbury
Borough Council. The U3A Committee is grateful for this support; also for that
of the Mid-
The programme of Lecture Meetings and Study Groups for 2011/12 is now available. The cost of membership is £10 per annum. Currently in 2011, Blackbourne U3A has a full complement of 550 members. We are now taking names for a possible new intake of members in September 2012 but we cannot guarantee that everyone on the waiting lists will find a place. However, we will do our best to fit you in eventually, depending on the number of current members who do not rejoin in 2012. Please contact the Membership Secretary, Joan Smith, 4 Peddars Close, Ixworth, Bury St Edmunds IP31 2HA for any information regarding membership.
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New Green Community Centre
New Green Avenue
Suffolk
IP31 3TG
Monthly Meetings take place at New Green Community Centre at 10.00am on the first Monday of the Month
Tea/Coffee from 9.30am
Visitors £3 (limited to 3 visits per year), Members free
IOW 2011
along the Gipping
