The u3a Vall del Pop team was established a few years ago to raise funds for local charities in need by way of holding fundraising events. It does not receive any money from members´ or central funds....

On what turned out to be a bright, mild winter´s day after fears of rain, (it really does shine on the righteous!), we held our 2nd Xalo Christmas fayre on the rastro on Sunday 30th November.

97 guests turned out in their finest for our annual Christmas party at Vall de Pop restaurant in Lliber. The ladies sparkled and the men scrubbed up well with an array of Christmas shirts, sparkly bow...

As I write this, we have just completed the busiest period in our annual calendar of events. This started with the very successful Jalon Christmas Fayre on Sunday November 30th, followed by the Christ...

WOW!!!! 66 members joined us at Pepe´s in Alcalali on Friday 31st October for a ghoulish Halloween event and it was truly spectacular!

It was a delight to visit Restaurant Nou Portet, Murla this month. More of a delight was the beautiful weather allowing us to take our lunch on their terrace. Sixteen ladies all enjoyed good food, dri...

Dear Members,

We have had a busy couple of weeks, starting with our fabulous Halloween event at Pepe´s in Alcalali. You will find a write-up and photos later in this newsletter which show the incredibl...

We started walking again in September, after our two month break during the hot months of July and August. It was still pretty hot, so we started our walks at 0830 to avoid the hottest part of the day...

On Sunday 21st September we were once again treated to a fantastic afternoon party by the OK band at their beautiful home in Benissa.

Dear Members,

I am writing this short message sitting on our terrace on a beautiful evening, in what is perhaps my favourite time of the year. The heat of the summer has passed, as have the recent rain...

Visit to the Franciscan Shelter for Men at Palma de Gandia

The day-to-day work is performed by just three monks supported by a team of volunteers who together care for the residents around the clock. A...

We suspend walking during July and August, when it is just too hot to enjoy even short walks.

After our long summer break it was great to see so many members, old and new, at our September General Assembly. We have been approaching for a while our informal target of having 100 people in the ro...

Tuesday 20th May saw 120 u3a members, Paws supporters and friends gather in our garden for a quintessentially English afternoon tea on a rather hotter than English day!

The charity Jalon Valley Help (JVH) was originally formed over 25 years ago to buy Ambulances but as you now know there is a system in place and that is no longer necessary. What is necessary and a fu...

We have recently enjoyed some wonderful events and trips, as reported elsewhere in this newsletter, and have much more to look forward to: including the Party in the Pak at Los Arcos on 19 June and ou...

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?

On 28th April there was a massive power outage that hit Spain and other European countries. Within 5 seconds 60% of the grid network power collapse...

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...