Forthcoming events
29th October 2026
Meeting
Speaker Mark Tully Professor of Public Health and Director of Research, School of Medicine at Ulster University.
The title is 'Age is just a Number' and he will talk about the Northern Ireland Cohort for the Longitudinal Study of Ageing (NICOLA), the largest public health investigation in Northern Ireland, examining how health, lifestyle and overall wellbeing change over time, He will he will put forward shared thinking around how we give people a 'number' to represent their health, how useful this is and the need for some nuanced interpretation.
Venue: Balmoral Hotel
26th November 2026
Meeting
Balmoral Hotel, Blacks Road, Dunmurry, Belfast BT10 0NF
11:00 am (tea and coffee from 10:15 am)
Speaker Ward Vaughn retired recently from his job as Head of Outside Broadcasting BBC Northern Ireland
He was responsible for covering the Royal funeral and events such as the Edinburgh Military Tattoo. We'll learn what goes on behind the scenes for the planning and execution of these.
Venue: Balmoral Hotel
21st January 2027
Meeting
Balmoral Hotel, Blacks Road, Dunmurry, Belfast BT10 0NF
11:00 am (tea and coffee from 10:15 am).
Speaker Mark Scott is an author who has published 4 historical non-fiction books so far.
The latest book came about after Mark met the late Charlie Warrington whose mother was evacuated from Nazi occupied Germany and came to Northern Ireland.
Venue: Balmoral Hotel
Events associated with Groups can be found on the Group pages - click on Groups and select the Group you require.
If you know of anyone (or indeed yourself) who we could approach to speak on an interesting topic at a future u3a meeting, please contact our Speakers Organiser, David Blair.
As a member of Belfast u3a you also have access to events organised by the Third Age Trust. Click on the link below for information about these events.
