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Meeting Points is the monthly meeting for all members of Purbeck U3A. 

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Our meetings are held in the Harman's Cross Village Hall on the fourth Thursday of the month (except July, August and December). We have an exciting line up of speakers for you to enjoy in 2024 (please see below).

The meetings start at 10.00am with refreshments (doors open 9:45am) and include a talk, PU3A updates and news at around 10.20am.

​This is an opportunity to meet your committee members, socialise with other PU3A members and be entertained by our visiting speakers.

New members are especially welcome – just let us know at the door that it is your first visit and we’ll help with introductions.

There is a small charge for attending these events (members £2 / guests £3)

• March's meeting - Tracey Churcher shared with us the joys and challenges of being the General Manager of the National Trust Purbeck Estate. Projects under the remit of the trust encompass the care of heritage properties, managing the impact of climate change and supporting our wildlife, and Tracey's talk provoked many questions from our members. 

• Our next meeting is on Thursday 25^th April 2024 -
  This session will include a talk from Planet Purbeck entitled: Climate Change is now an emergency...what this means for our planet and how it will impact Purbeck.
  Three leading activists on climate change, who founded Planet Purbeck, will describe their experience of working in local projects to mitigate climate change and help Purbeck's community adapt and prepare for the inevitable impact. 
  The Planet Purbeck representatives are:
  Dave Pratten, who studied Applied Zoology and Agriculture at Reading University and worked as a Fisheries Scientist in Scotland before becoming a teacher in East London. He moved to Dorset 45 years ago and became a headteacher in 1983 subsequently serving as a Head of Services for Dorset and Head of Swanage Middle School. 
  Doug Skinner, who studied Marine Biology and worked in Human Genetics research at Queen Mary University before working in the pharma and medical industries. He has been a beekeeper for many years.
  Rob Waitt who is a psychology graduate and therapist. He has had a varied career working in education, health care, charities and business. He moved to Purbeck to work in the outdoor education and adventure industry. Rob was  the driving force behind founding Planet Purbeck and now co-leads the organisation.
  
  We look forward to welcoming Planet Purbeck to Meeting Points and hearing about how we can best prepare for climate change in Purbeck.
  
  

• Upcoming meetings:

• April 25^th - Planet Purbeck "Climate Change is now an emergency; what this means to our planet and how it will impact Purbeck".
• May 23^rd - Purbeck U3A AGM.
• June 27^th- Lucinda Montefiore “Behind the scenes of Woman’s Hour BBC radio 4”.
• July and August no meetings.
• September 26^th- Alan Neal "Radiation and Marie Curie".
• October 24^th- Michael Roberts, senior valuer and auctioneer at Dukes auction house in Dorchester.