Third Age Trust online event: AI news: May

Friday, May 22, 2026 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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How can AI help us to maintain our independence? Explore how AI can help you stay independent as you age, with practical tools, future insights, and guidance from the u3a AI team.

Location: Online via Zoom.

Cost: Free

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Third Age Trust online event: Laughter yoga with Merrie Maggie: May

Tuesday, May 26, 2026 3:18 pm - 4:18 pm
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Bring more joy and laughter to your life with Laughter Yoga - an aerobic exercise with playful exercises combined with deep yogic breathing.

Location: Online via Zoom.

Cost: Free

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Third Age Trust online event: People's Collection Wales: exploring the public archive of Welsh history

Thursday, May 28, 2026 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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Explore how People's Collection Wales helps communities share and preserve Welsh history through a unique public digital archive.

Location: Online via Zoom.

Cost: Free

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Third Age Trust online event: Drones, huh? What are they good for?

Friday, May 29, 2026 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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Dr Steve Bullock gives his view of drones and their growing and evolving role in our skies.

Location: Online via Zoom.

Cost: Free

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Third Age Trust online event: u3a Yoga Network: summer yoga practice

Monday, June 01, 2026 10:00 am - 11:00 am
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Are you leading or are involved in a Yoga Group in your u3a? Join Subject Adviser Patricia for a flowing and relaxing summer practice.

Location: Online via Zoom.

Cost: Free

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Third Age Trust online event: Laughter yoga with Judith: June

Wednesday, June 03, 2026 10:00 am - 11:00 am
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Laughter Yoga combines hearty laughter exercises with deep yoga-style breathing (pranayama). Hosted by Judith Anne Walker of Edinburgh u3a.

Location: Online via Zoom.

Cost: Free

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Third Age Trust online event: FoodTech: the technology involved in food processing and food service

Wednesday, June 03, 2026 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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John Butler from the u3a Let's Talk Tech team explores the modern technologies taking our food from farm to table.

Location: Online via Zoom.

Cost: Free

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Third Age Trust online event: Making the most of artificial intelligence (AI)

Tuesday, June 09, 2026 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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Join AbilityNet, in partnership with BT Group, for a friendly session designed to help older people build confidence online, stay connected with family and friends, and discover simple digital skills that can make everyday life feel easier and less lonely.

Location: Online via Zoom.

Cost: Free

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Third Age Trust online event: Learn bridge with u3a

Wednesday, June 10, 2026 10:00 am - 11:00 am
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Discover the joy of playing Bridge in this introduction to the game, and find out how to play online, with u3a Bridge Adviser, Steve Carter.

Location: Online via Zoom.

Cost: Free

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Third Age Trust online event: An ABC of Victorian painting

Thursday, June 11, 2026 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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Simon Evers explores three Victorian painters - Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Ford Madox Brown and Philip Hermogenes Calderon - and a surprising discovery that transformed oil painting forever.

Location: Online via Zoom.

Cost: Free

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Third Age Trust online event: Lost and Found: Recent discoveries by Film is Fabulous!

Friday, June 12, 2026 10:00 am - 11:00 am
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Professor Justin Smith talks about the work of Film is Fabulous! An initiative to preserve vulnerable film treasures for future generations.

Location: Online via Zoom.

Cost: Free

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Third Age Trust online event: Of Mice and Men: how experience shapes the ageing brain

Tuesday, June 16, 2026 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Professor Sarah King tours us through her research into how experience influences brain development and ways of keeping our brains healthy.

Location: Online via Zoom.

Cost: Free

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Third Age Trust online event: Mindfulness and meditation continuation session: June

Thursday, June 18, 2026 10:00 am - 11:00 am
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Join us each month as we continue the practices introduced in the Mindfulness and Meditation Series, and introduce new ones.

Location: Online via Zoom.

Cost: Free

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Third Age Trust online event: A history of Britain's roads: why we should feel proud

Friday, June 19, 2026 10:00 am - 11:00 am
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Discover the surprising stories behind Britain's roads, from radical legislation to quirky inventors, with Diana Laffin.

Location: Online via Zoom.

Cost: Free

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Third Age Trust online event: One small triangle to a man, one giant leap for mankind

Friday, June 19, 2026 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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Explore the phenomenon known as Pascal's Triangle and follow the number trail contained in it to look at Art, Music, Botany and brackets.

Location: Online via Zoom.

Cost: Free

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Third Age Trust online event: Secrets of the human brain: A tour of the brain

Monday, June 22, 2026 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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Bob Pullen explores how the brain works, from nerve signals to thinking styles, with interactive insights into how we think and behave.

Location: Online via Zoom.

Cost: Free

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Third Age Trust online event: u3a Festival Fringe: Wessex versus the Vikings

Thursday, June 25, 2026 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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Charles Boundy gives a gripping exploration of how Alfred the Great and the kingdom of Wessex resisted the Great Viking Army, leading to the establishment of the Danelaw and the emergence of a new England under Alfred's successors.

Location: Online via Zoom.

Cost: Free

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Third Age Trust online event: Islands of the Venetian Lagoon

Friday, June 26, 2026 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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This engaging talk with pictures will guide you around twelve islands that can each be reached by public transport (vaporetto, or water bus)..

Location: Online via Zoom.

Cost: Free

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Third Age Trust online event: u3a Festival Fringe: the role of wind energy in the UK's electricity system

Friday, June 26, 2026 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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Join Chris Vogel to discuss the UK's wind resource and the engineering involved as wind energy's growing importance to UK's electricity mix.

Location: Online via Zoom.

Cost: Free

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Third Age Trust online event: u3a Festival Fringe: the technology built into modern cars and trucks

Wednesday, July 01, 2026 11:18 am - 12:18 pm
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John Butler from the u3a Let's Talk Tech team explores the technologies of modern vehicles, live from the u3a Festival in York.

Location: Online via Zoom.

Cost: Free

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