Please see below the draft minutes from our AGM on Monday 9th September and the audited accounts for the last financial year. These and previous minutes and accounts can be found on our Publications page.

Draft AGM Minutes from 9th September 2024

Annual Accounts 2023 to 2024 up to 31st July 2024

We will be holding our 40th Birthday Party at the Saffron Walden Town Hall on Monday 23rd September 2024 from 2:30 pm until 4:30 pm.

Please note that there is no Open Meeting in August. There is also no Open Meeting in September – instead we will be celebrating our 40th Birthday at the Town Hall on 23rd September.

So, the next Open Meeting is on Monday 21st October at the Abbey Lane Bowling Club, doors open at 1:45 pm for a 2:30 pm start. The talk by Chris Truran is entitled ‘Dabs and DNA Detects Criminals’.

Chris covers the first criminals convicted by fingerprints, the Brighton Bombing, Lockerbie, the Tsunami, James Hanratty – and a daughter’s DNA that solved a 30 year old murder by her father.
Chris joined the Metropolitan Police in 1975 and trained as a Scenes of Crimes Officer (SOCO). He worked in London and examined over 25,000 crime scenes ranging from shop-lifting to murder, starting 38 years ago when DNA was in its embryonic stage.
We look forward to seeing you for this arresting talk when there will be the usual free raffle, refreshments and social banter.

Click here to download a pdf of our latest T&T Programme for 2024. See also below.

At the moment we have two vacancies for Pilates 1, which is run on Thursdays 1.00 at The Friends’ Meeting House.
If interested please contact Hilary Price – 01799 521 696 – hilaryprice127@gmail.com 

See our Pilates Page for more information.

This year’s Antiques Roadshow is on Monday 28th October at the Bowling Club in Abbey Lane from 1:30 pm until 4:00 pm.

Following last year’s successful event, members are once again invited to bring along 1 or 2 items for discussion and valuation with our antiques expert Alan Woolston. Last year’s experience has taught us that some changes are needed to be made to the procedures so that it will be a fairer and better run event. There will be free refreshments so please come along for what we hope will be an enlightening and entertaining afternoon. Entrance is £1 which will go towards our expert’s expenses.

Due to unprecedented demand, the Christmas Buffet on 20th December is already sold out. We apologise to members who may have missed out but the Golf Club can only accommodate 65 people and those places were filled within 12 hours – Reserve list only – click here for details.

A new group is starting called Crochet for Beginners

No hooks or wool required (I have enough wool to open a wool shop!)

Tea/coffee and biscuits provided

2 hours per week, Tuesdays 10 – 12am

Starts Tuesday 14th May

If you are interested, or would like more information Please contact Sue by email on sue662@yahoo.com mobile: 07426 802232

The Saffron Walden u3a sequence dance class is looking for a suitably experienced individual to lead the class for one hour from 9:45 am until 10:45 am every Tuesday at the URC Hall in Abbey Lane, Saffron Walden.

We are a very friendly and welcoming group and willing to learn.

See our webpage here.

Interested applicants please contact current co-ordinator Pauline Palmer on pauline.palmer3@ntlworld.com or 07743 007671.

New Testament Greek Reading Group
We will meet fortnightly on Thursday mornings from 10.30 – 12.00 in members’ houses.
This will be an informal group, reading & discussing the text together.
Some knowledge of NT Greek would be helpful, but all levels would be welcome.
If you are interested or would like more information, please contact Chris Salter
chriskay02@gmail.com or on 07967 126 045
The group will hopefully start in March.