On 8th May 81 of our u3a members celebrated the 80th anniversary of VE day at our General Assembly. The hall was bedecked with red, white and blue bunting, decorations and flowers, the tables were ado...

We went to the beautiful city of Valencia for the day.  Leaving a cool and rather damp Jalon at 8 o’clock to travel in a comfortable coach, we had the best part of 6 hours to explore the city as we wi...

What can we learn from the recent major power outage?

Dear Members,

Our General Assembly this month fell on the 80th anniversary of VE Day and we themed our event accordingly. You will find a full report with pictures later in this newsletter. Our speaker...

We were delighted to be able to try a new restaurant this month, Bistro Del Hierro, in Jalon. Normally, they do not open for midday service but were happy to organise a party event for the u3a Ladies ...

44 members headed off from Jalon Rastro Car Park at 8.15 on Tuesday 11th March. After some recent miserable weather fingers were crossed for a dry day! After a short coffee break at Crevillentes we ar...

If you were one of the 88 members who attended this month’s Easter themed General Assembly, you will know that we continue to be very fortunate with our speakers.

At our March General Assembly our speaker was Ken Scott, author, ghost writer and book coach. A ghostwriter is a skilled, professional writer hired to write content that is officially credited to some...

The Let´s Sing Together group was kindly invited to sing at Benimeli residential home on 3rd March as part of their carnival week. We have visited before and it was lovely to see some familiar faces a...

Dear Members,

I am amazed by how quickly my first year as president has passed! I have enjoyed the challenge and will always be grateful for the support I have received from the other committee members...

Welcome to your u3a Vall del Pop. Do you know how to find out about all the groups, trips and events we organise for members´ enjoyment or the general information we pass on? There are several ways we...

Thank you messages received from the charities we donated to for 2024 from Goodwill funds

You may recall back in November we held a music and supper evening at Pepe´s in Alcalali to raise funds for the Valencia flood appeal. We also added to this the funds raised at the November General As...

On Sunday 8th December 90 members got dressed up in their finest and prepared to be wined and dined and to party at the stunning Vall de Pop restaurant in Lliber. If you have visited there you will kn...

On a gloriously warm and sunny winter´s day which felt more like summer, Sunday 1st December, we held our first ever Christmas fayre and car boot sale on the rastro site, Jalon. The fayre had previous...

We were delighted to welcome 82 members to our Christmas General Assembly in Murla on Thursday 5th December. Fortunately, the weather was kind to us after a very wet November meeting and even heavy ra...

We were recently contacted by one of our u3a members, Sheila Skinner, who knew of a large children’s trampoline that was being donated to raise funds for Make a Smile children’s charity. Sadly it coul...

We have all been shocked and devastated by the tragic flooding disaster in Valencia and our thoughts are with all those affected and those bravely assisting. As an organisation we wanted to help so we...

Walking in the Jalon valley and surrounding area can be more difficult than you might imagine. For casual walkers used to the Ordnance Survey maps available in the UK, the few local maps can be a grea...

A talk at the October General Assembly by Susie Pearson and Leona on the man trailing dog search and rescue group, Jalon.