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General Meetings 2026

General Meetings are normally scheduled for the third Wednesday of every second month, beginning in March. The dates for 2026 are:
18 March (AGM), 20 May, 22 July*, 16 September, 18 November.

* The third Wednesday of July, the 15th, falls during school holidays. The July meeting has therefore been scheduled for the following week.

We are very grateful to Howick High School for making their facilities available to us as the regular venue for our General Meetings. Please note that our General Meetings start promptly at 15:00 (3:00 PM) and you should arrive as soon after 14:30 as possible (not before, please), for registration / checking in. Members, please remember to wear your name tags.

The next General Meeting of U3A Howick will be the

General Meeting
on Wednesday 20 May 2026 at 3:00 pm.

This meeting will be held in our usual venue, the Team Teaching Room,
Howick High School, Amber Avenue, Greendale, Howick.**

Shannon

The Guest Speaker will be

Shannon Hoffman

speaking on

Bearded Vultures

Vulture











(Photos: Project Vulture)

Further details to follow shortly...


** DIRECTIONS: Turn into Amber Avenue from Main Street at the traffic lights near Greendale Spar. Pass the main entrance gate to Howick High School on the right. Drive into the school grounds through the Jubilee Gate entrance (by the tennis courts, further down Amber Avenue). You can park in the large area immediately on the right, on the side of the main school building. Walk up the ramp on the side of the main building and enter an open corridor on your left. The Team Teaching Room is on the right a few metres along. Look out for “U3A” signs. Mind the step when entering the Team Teaching Room!


The Guest Speakers at our General Meetings in 2025 were:
19 March (AGM): Jon Rash - "Antarctica, a Window into Space"
21 May: Elwyn Jenkins - "Changing Place Names in South Africa"
23 July: Yvonne Spain - "On the Shelf"
17 September: Robin Davis - "Behind the Scenes at the SABC"
19 November: Crystelle Wilson - "Birding with a Purpose"

The speakers and topics for our General Meetings in 2026 are:
18 March (AGM): Laurie Farrand - "Saving Grace: the story of a rescue donkey"
20 May: Shannon Hoffman - "Bearded Vultures"
22 July: Helen Wienand - "The National Sea Rescue Institute"
16 September: Chris Ellis - topic to be confirmed
18 November: to be confirmed

Watch this space...