| Status: | Active, open to new members |
| Leader: | |
| When: | On Fridays NB Usually Friday, but day and time (and venue) can vary for some special events. |
| Venue: | St. Michael's Church Hall |
| Cost: | £1 |
This Group arranges for talks and workshops to attend and reports to read and research involvement opportunities on Health and Wellbeing themes of interest to all u3a members. It has already offered many great Learning opportunities - all are very informative, some quite unusual and unique, and many are really good fun!
Recent Events run for us by Edge Hill University eg the Tea Ceremony, the Paper Folding and the AI Workshops as ever have been great successes especially at keeping us mentally active! The next Workshop is not until May, but in the meantime check out a couple of Research Opportunities below that you can join up for.
Research Opportunities
(collaborating with Edge Hill University)
Next Meeting
19th June 2026
11:00 am
General
Dr Kris D’Aout (and possibly some of his colleagues) from Liverpool University back in late 2024, you might remember, presented to us the details of their Foot Biomechanics Research Study. […]
Venue: St. Michael's Church Hall
Cost: £1
Booking Required
Previous events
15th May 2026
11:00 am
General
The Emoji Enigma: Exploring how Emoji Science can help bridge generational communication gaps. Within this workshop we will be exploring "emoji science"! This will include insights into how psychologists study […]
Venue: St. Michael's Church Hall
Cost: £1
Booking Required
6th March 2026
11:00 am
General
Ageing Well in the Digital Age. Exploring conversations with AI presented by Dr Sarah Wu.
Venue: St. Michael's Church Hall
Cost: £1
Booking Required
27th February 2026
11:00 am
General
Paper Folding and Wellbeing presented by the Confucius Institute.
Venue: St. Michael's Church Hall
Cost: £1
Booking Required
23rd January 2026
11:00 am
General
Songs, Memory and Wellbeing presented by Dr Karen Ludke.
Venue: St. Michael's Church Hall
Booking Required
21st November 2025
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
General
The topic is ‘Creative Writing and Wellbeing’ and our speaker will be Liverpool-based Emma Morgan who is an experienced facilitator of creative writing workshops and a recipient of a Northern […]
Venue: St. Michael's Church Hall
24th October 2025
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
General
Presentation about the Tea Ceremony by Edge Hill's Confucius Institute, followed by Tea Ceremony practice and Q&A, including opportunities to try it.
Booking essential
Venue: St. Michael's Church Hall
Booking Required
6th June 2025
11:00 am
General
Our speaker at the June Health & Wellbeing Meeting will be Mr George Barber, who is a physiotherapist at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital. The title of his talk will […]
Venue: St. Michael's Church Hall
14th March 2025
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
General
Dr Nicola Currie is a lecturer in Psychology at Edge Hill University and her research investigates cognitive and affective aspects of reading. Nicola is particularly interested in the development of […]
Venue: St. Michael's Church Hall
24th January 2025
11:00 am
General
At this meeting of the Health & Wellbeing Group, as part of the Ageing Better with an Active Mind Project, we welcomed Professor Michelle Howarth, from Health & Social Care […]
Venue: St. Michael's Church Hall
Booking Required
4th December 2024
3:00 pm
Performance
Like Yesterday: Movement, memory and wellbeing is a joint project with Edge Hill University involving Aughton & Ormskirk u3a members. See more information about the project. There was an introductory […]
Venue: Edge Hill University
Cost: Free, but booking required
Booking Required
11th October 2024
11:00 am
Meeting
We will be delighted to welcome Dr Kris D’Aout, his PhD student Adam and his post PhD student Omar from Liverpool University. They are conducting a study on the effects […]
Venue: St. Michael's Church Hall
19th July 2024
1:00 pm
to 30th September 2024
Workshop
You are invited to the ‘Like Yesterday: Movement and Memory’.
During July to September, Dr James Hewison from Edge Hill University, is going to be leading this series of workshops on blending movement and memory.
Venue: St. Michael's Church Hall
Booking Required
14th June 2024
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Workshop
With the full title of Ageing Better: The Impact of Alcohol on Mental Health and Wellbeing, this is another session arranged by our Health & Wellbeing Group and next in […]
Venue: St. Michael's Church Hall
Booking Required
11th February 2023
Meeting
Edge Hill University Press Release Family friendly workshop highlights healthy ageing to combat dementia Edge Hill University researchers and Aughton & Ormskirk u3a welcomed more than 170 visitors to a workshop […]
Venue: Edge Hill University
Health & Wellbeing Reports
Do take a few minutes to view Julia’s comprehensive Health & Wellbeing Reports from her meetings with the Patient Safety and the Patient and Public Involvement Groups attached to the North West Coast NHS Innovation Agency. They are interesting and informative and often very relevant to our u3a membership.