u3a

Hungerford and District

News and Events


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At our monthly coffee morning on 12 Nov we had a very interesting presentation from Malcolm Phillips, the Fraud Victim Support Officer at West Berkshire Council. Malcolm works with the Public Protection Partnership helping people who have become victims of scams (phone, email and trader scams) and, most importantly, helping people like us to avoid them in the first place. He said that most victims used to be the over 75s, but nowadays all age groups are vulnerable apparently. Malcolm’s main message was always to be vigilant (“Assume nothing, Believe nothing and Challenge everything”) and there are call screening systems available too that can help. However, if you are unfortunate and get caught by one of these scams, and we all receive these calls and emails and it’s so easy to respond unwittingly, Malcolm says let him know (at malcolm.phillips@westbeks.gov.uk) and he will see what he can do. There’s a lot more information available about the problem, for example, a publication “Scamwise - Spotting, avoiding and reporting scams" from Independent Age, a national charity providing support for older people (https://www.independentage.org).


Forthcoming Hungerford u3a events

Thu Dec 5th
11:00 am - 6:00 pm
Outing

(Group: Outings (Open to all))

Winchester Cathedral Christmas Market

Winchester Cathedral Christmas Market is recognised as one of the best in Europe. The Christmas market is renowned for its bustling atmosphere, stunning location and hand picked high quality exhibitors, […]
Venue: Winchester Cathedral
Cost: Expected £17
Booking Required

Tue Dec 10th
2:30 pm
Social

Christmas Party

 Party time - tea and cakes as well! More details to follow. To make a booking, please send a message to the organiser via this link We do have a […]
Venue: Hungerford Town Hall
Booking Required

Thu Dec 19th
10:00 am
Walk

(Group: Walking (Open to all))

Christmas WALK

SHORT WALK,  Thursday, 19 December 2024,   Start 10.00  Distance 4 miles Leader:  Angela Swales, email: angelaswales87@gmail.com  tel:  01488680265 Parking and starting point Audley Inglewood Visitors' Car Park, Templeton Road, Kintbury, RG17 […]