{"id":789,"date":"2026-05-15T11:16:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T10:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philgregg.co.uk\/breakdance\/wordpress\/?page_id=789"},"modified":"2026-05-15T19:53:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T18:53:11","slug":"about-the-u3a","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/philgregg.co.uk\/breakdance\/wordpress\/about-the-u3a\/","title":{"rendered":"About the u3a"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"bde-section-789-100 bde-section\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section-container\"><div class=\"bde-div-789-104 bde-div bde-preset-141b81f5-38be-4b79-8a46-f0523f78610d\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"bde-heading-789-103 bde-heading\">\nAbout the u3a\n<\/h1><div class=\"bde-rich-text-789-105 bde-rich-text breakdance-rich-text-styles\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb8c310 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eb8c310\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><p><strong>Radcliffe-on-Trent u3a<\/strong> is part of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.u3a.org.uk\/\">national network of u3as<\/a>\u00a0offering people who are no longer in full-time employment the opportunity for late life learning, fellowship and enjoyment.\u00a0Members from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Radcliffe-on-Trent\">Radcliffe-on-Trent<\/a>\u00a0and the surrounding area share their skills and experiences through monthly meetings addressed by interesting speakers, as well as taking part in a wide variety of group and social activities and outings.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52e30dd9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52e30dd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.u3a.org.uk\/\">u3a<\/a>\u00a0is an international organisation which aims to encourage like minded people , no longer in full time employment, to join together in educational, creative, cultural and leisure activities.\u00a0The word \u201cUniversity\u201d is used in its original sense of people coming together to share and pursue learning in all its forms.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9265cc1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9265cc1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">There are over 400,000 u3a members in more than 1,000 u3as!<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">We have more than <strong>600 members<\/strong> from our village enjoying the <a href=\"https:\/\/philgregg.co.uk\/breakdance\/wordpress\/groups\/\">40+ interest groups<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-div-789-109 bde-div bde-preset-141b81f5-38be-4b79-8a46-f0523f78610d\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"bde-heading-789-107 bde-heading\">\nWatch the video on youtube\n<\/h1><div class=\"bde-video-789-106 bde-video\">\n<div class=\"ee-video-container\">\n                                                                        \n                <lite-youtube\n                        videoid=\"DgICh7ZyQDE\"\n                                                style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/DgICh7ZyQDE\/maxresdefault.jpg); 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