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Join the Treetops Hospice Moonlight Walk!
The Treetop Hospice Moonlight Walk returns to Derby Market Hall, taking place on Friday 18 September (5-10pm). By taking on either the 6K or 11K, fully marshalled route, and fundraising for your local hospice, you’ll help Treetops provide nursing care, palliative care and emotional support for adults and their families in central and southern Derbyshire. This year’s walk features a refreshed line‑up of entertainment, including choirs, drummers, circus performers and lots more. The theme is ‘country and western’, with prizes to be won for best accessories and best team name! You can walk as an individual or a group, but please note that charity law does not allow you to walk under a u3a banner (one charity cannot raise funds directly for another). To find out more, go to https://www.treetopshospice.org.uk/
Opportunity to take part in research: Older adults (age 60+), either with or without a diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease
Researchers at the University of Oxford are inviting adults aged 60 years and over to take part in a study exploring experiences of worries in older adults with and without Parkinson's disease.
Participation involves completing an anonymous questionnaire, which can be completed online or by post.
To find out more or take part online, please visit:
https://tinyurl.com/onlinesurvey123
Opportunity to take part in research: Are you 65 or over? Have you experienced fraud by someone you know or trust?
This research study seeks to understand how older adults experience and respond to relationship fraud by conducting in-depth interviews with approximately 15 adults aged 65 and over who have been defrauded by someone they trusted (e.g. a friend, family member, partner, professional, or someone posing as such). All identifiable information will be removed to protect participants' identities. All participants will receive a £20 Love2Shop voucher as a thank you for their time.
More information and Participant Information Sheet
Opportunity to take part in research: How dairy fats affect heart and brain health after menopause
Researchers are looking for participants to join a new research study at Loughborough University’s School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences. The research explores whether consuming a single high-fat meal enriched with a special milk fat can affect markers of heart health and brain function in postmenopausal women. Further information and participant criteria.
Opportunity to take part in research: How seeing or hearing about others falling affects older adults' worries about falling
Researchers at the University of Leicester are asking for volunteers to help them explore whether seeing or hearing about other people falling (for example, friends, family members, or others) influences an individual’s own worries or concerns about falling. They say, “We hope the findings will help improve understanding of fear of falling and contribute to future falls prevention approaches. Participation is via an online survey which can be completed online at a time convenient to participants, and there are no right or wrong answers, we are simply interested in people’s experiences and perspectives.” To find out more and to sign up, go to How seeing or hearing about others falling affects older adults' worries about falling
Opportunity to take part in research – Do you find it hard to follow speech in noisy settings or take part in conversations?
We have been contacted by researchers at Nottingham University, who are looking for participants to take part in an online study to improve two new listening and thinking games as a support tool for people with hearing loss. If you are interested in taking part,
visit https://tinyurl.com/PLUS-Optimal1 or email Natalie.Lerigo-Smith1@nottingham.ac.uk
New Groups
Just started: Canasta; German
Potential new groups: Tai Chi; Painting for Pleasure; Dog-Walking
Find out more by contacting our Groups Coordinator
New and Potential Members Meetings
We welcome new and potential members to our free New Members Meetings, where you can find out more about what we do and the groups on offer, as well as meeting others. Please see our Events Page for details of all the meetings for 2026.
Visit our Facebook page for latest news and views. Derby and Reciprocal Arrangement group members are warmly welcome to join our private Derby u3a Facebook group from this page.
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Covid Guidance
We are following government guidelines on Covid. If you have tested positive for Covid, please do not go to any of your group activities as long as this remains the case.