Welcome to Dorchester and District U3A
AVOIDING SCAMS
We are aware of a phishing email which appears to have been distributed among U3A contacts.
The email will appear to have been sent by someone in your email address list, so someone you probably know.
The email contains a blue box with the word 'Preview' in it and wants you to click on it. DO NOT OPEN OR CLICK ON IT.
If you have tried to open it or clicked on it then please let us know so we can help you sort this out. Please email national.office@u3a.org.uk or call one of our team on 0208 466 6139
Our staff team will note your details and help you accordingly.
The email should be deleted from your inbox and from your deleted folder and you should change your password.
Thank you
Third Age Trust
There is another nasty scam going around where the caller tries to get payment for sending a Covid-19 home testing kit to you. Home testing is free on the NHS. Put the phone down on anyone asking for banking or credit card details.
NAT WEST Bank has produced a 30 minute video which deserves to be watched by everyone to avoid being caught by the sophisticated scams currently circulating. Please click here to watch the video.
U3A TALKS ABOUT AVOIDING CORONAVIRUS SCAMS
Please go to the link here to join a tutorial about protecting yourself against scams.
ONE PERSON'S LOCKDOWN CHALLENGE
While missing the U3A, particularly the company, I have been making good use of the time freed up by pursuing a new project: to explore the whole of Dorset, parish by parish in alphabetical order. I love Dorset but there are so many places that I haven't visited or only driven through.
I use the Dorset Explorer website to get a map of the parish, including boundary, access land and rights of way and print it off to take with me. A compass is useful too on cloudy days when you can get disoriented. I take photographs and post them on the Dorset Explorers Facebook site.
As there are over 250 parishes in Dorset I reckoned it would take about 5 years at one a week but, due to 'lockdown' I'm able to do nearly one a day and am now up to 31, Buckland Newton.
I thought I'd pass the idea on in case other U3A members, particularly from the walking groups, would like to follow suit.
Chris Slade
TUTORIAL AVAILABLE FOR USING ZOOM
Please click here for a useful tutorial for using the Zoom App. This may well be useful for running virtual meetings.
TO CHEER YOU UP IN THESE DIFFICULT TIMES
Here is the funnier part of our isolation courtesy of Jackie Cape (Travellers Tales GL).
Parents can do 1/3 of their kids’ maths, but struggle with the other 3/4.
Had I known in March that it was the last time I would be in a restaurant, I would have ordered the dessert!
Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that I would walk up to a bank teller with a mask on and ask for money.
2019: You see a man in a store wearing a mask and think you are in danger.
2020: You see a man in a store not wearing a mask and think you are in danger.
Until further notice the days of the week are now called Thisday, Thatday, Otherday, Someday, Yesterday, Today and Nextday!
Just asked a 6-year-old if he understands why there is no school. He said yes because they are out of toilet paper.
After years of wanting to clean my home thoroughly but lacking the time, this week I discovered that wasn’t the reason.
Good luck
Ian Blaby
We are aware of a phishing email which appears to have been distributed among U3A contacts.
The email will appear to have been sent by someone in your email address list, so someone you probably know.
The email contains a blue box with the word 'Preview' in it and wants you to click on it. DO NOT OPEN OR CLICK ON IT.
If you have tried to open it or clicked on it then please let us know so we can help you sort this out. Please email national.office@u3a.org.uk or call one of our team on 0208 466 6139
Our staff team will note your details and help you accordingly.
The email should be deleted from your inbox and from your deleted folder and you should change your password.
Thank you
Third Age Trust
There is another nasty scam going around where the caller tries to get payment for sending a Covid-19 home testing kit to you. Home testing is free on the NHS. Put the phone down on anyone asking for banking or credit card details.
NAT WEST Bank has produced a 30 minute video which deserves to be watched by everyone to avoid being caught by the sophisticated scams currently circulating. Please click here to watch the video.
U3A TALKS ABOUT AVOIDING CORONAVIRUS SCAMS
Please go to the link here to join a tutorial about protecting yourself against scams.
ONE PERSON'S LOCKDOWN CHALLENGE
While missing the U3A, particularly the company, I have been making good use of the time freed up by pursuing a new project: to explore the whole of Dorset, parish by parish in alphabetical order. I love Dorset but there are so many places that I haven't visited or only driven through.
I use the Dorset Explorer website to get a map of the parish, including boundary, access land and rights of way and print it off to take with me. A compass is useful too on cloudy days when you can get disoriented. I take photographs and post them on the Dorset Explorers Facebook site.
As there are over 250 parishes in Dorset I reckoned it would take about 5 years at one a week but, due to 'lockdown' I'm able to do nearly one a day and am now up to 31, Buckland Newton.
I thought I'd pass the idea on in case other U3A members, particularly from the walking groups, would like to follow suit.
Chris Slade
TUTORIAL AVAILABLE FOR USING ZOOM
Please click here for a useful tutorial for using the Zoom App. This may well be useful for running virtual meetings.
TO CHEER YOU UP IN THESE DIFFICULT TIMES
Here is the funnier part of our isolation courtesy of Jackie Cape (Travellers Tales GL).
Parents can do 1/3 of their kids’ maths, but struggle with the other 3/4.
Had I known in March that it was the last time I would be in a restaurant, I would have ordered the dessert!
Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that I would walk up to a bank teller with a mask on and ask for money.
2019: You see a man in a store wearing a mask and think you are in danger.
2020: You see a man in a store not wearing a mask and think you are in danger.
Until further notice the days of the week are now called Thisday, Thatday, Otherday, Someday, Yesterday, Today and Nextday!
Just asked a 6-year-old if he understands why there is no school. He said yes because they are out of toilet paper.
After years of wanting to clean my home thoroughly but lacking the time, this week I discovered that wasn’t the reason.
Good luck
Ian Blaby
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All Group meetings and First Monday Meetings have been cancelled until September 2020.
Some groups will continue with outside activities whilst others will set up online and email group meetings - those Groups Leaders will contact members with their plans and those will be published on the 'News' page of this website. Information on subscription renewals, etc., will be posted on the 'News' page in due course. Covid 19 Advice Self-distance like those birds! Following the confirmed cases of the Covid 19 infection in the UK, the Government and NHS have issued advice for members of the public. The Third Age Trust wants to share this advice with you. Typical symptoms of Covid 19 include fever and a cough that may progress to a severe pneumonia causing shortness of breath and breathing difficulties. |
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The UK Chief Medical Officers are advising anyone who has travelled to the UK from mainland China, Thailand, Japan, Republic of Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia or Macau in the last 14 days and is experiencing cough or fever or shortness of breath, to stay indoors and call NHS 111, even if symptoms are mild.
More information about the virus, as well as symptoms and advice, is available to view by clicking here or on the NHS England website by clicking here
The U3A is a place where people can come to learn and to enjoy the sharing of knowledge, interests and ideas. It is a worldwide learning organisation with over 400,000 members in the UK alone who are no longer in full-time employment and have reached their ‘third age’, a time to keep minds and bodies alert and active.
The Dorchester and District U3A With about 800 members and over 60 member groups we are one of the larger U3As in the United Kingdom. This means that we are able to offer a very wide range of activities. Members receive a printed newsletter three times a year which is packed with useful information and which compliments this website.
We are located in Dorchester, the County Town of Dorset in the south of England. The town is surrounded by beautiful countryside close to the Jurassic Coast UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Please use the menu bar at the top to explore our organisation.
More information about the virus, as well as symptoms and advice, is available to view by clicking here or on the NHS England website by clicking here
The U3A is a place where people can come to learn and to enjoy the sharing of knowledge, interests and ideas. It is a worldwide learning organisation with over 400,000 members in the UK alone who are no longer in full-time employment and have reached their ‘third age’, a time to keep minds and bodies alert and active.
The Dorchester and District U3A With about 800 members and over 60 member groups we are one of the larger U3As in the United Kingdom. This means that we are able to offer a very wide range of activities. Members receive a printed newsletter three times a year which is packed with useful information and which compliments this website.
We are located in Dorchester, the County Town of Dorset in the south of England. The town is surrounded by beautiful countryside close to the Jurassic Coast UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Please use the menu bar at the top to explore our organisation.
General Data Protection Regulations.The U3A GDPR Data Protection Policy and Privacy Policy have been revised, please click here for details of Data Protection Policy and click here for details of Privacy Policy.
The copyright of all photographs on this website belongs to Dorchester & District U3A members unless otherwise noted.
