As chair of Solihull U3A, I would like to extend a warm welcome to everyone.

After retiring from teaching, I knew I still needed to be busy, to learn, to make new friends and so I began to search for a group to join. I came across Solihull U3A and thank goodness I did! I joined this U3A for several reasons: it had a thriving book club and I love reading, it was central in Solihull which meant I could walk to it and finally, after a few visits, I realised how friendly, welcoming and warm the people here were.

I am proud to be part of this U3A. When I was elected chair of this group, I knew we would go from strength to strength with a supportive committee and members who are curious, eager to learn and love life. I would like to register my thanks to everyone in our U3A, you make every meeting a pleasure to attend and your enthusiasm never ceases to amaze me!

Chris Gilbert