u3a

Banchory & Deeside

Events

Monthly Meetings

Our monthly meetings are held on the second Thursday of the month. Doors open around 1pm, with the actual meeting being held from 1.30pm to 3pm. Meetings (and refreshments) are free to Banchory and Deeside u3a members. (If you are not a member, you are welcome to one visit of our monthly meetings, where you will be asked to pay a £3 entry fee). These meetings take place in Banchory Ternan West Parish Church which is situated on the High Street at the bottom of Mount Street.


Forthcoming events

9th October 2025
1:30 pm
Monthly Meeting

The Northern Picts

Ellie Graham is an archaeologist and researcher on the Northern Picts project at the University of Aberdeen. She has worked in archaeological fieldwork, landscape survey, spatial analysis, community archaeology She […]
Venue: Banchory Ternan West Parish Church

13th November 2025
1:30 pm
Monthly Meeting

Assisted Dying, Here and There

Graeme Catto is Emeritus Professor of the Universities of Aberdeen and London. He has been a President of the General Medical Council, and Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of London. He was […]
Venue: Banchory Ternan West Parish Church

11th December 2025
1:30 pm
Monthly Meeting

Forvie Nature Reserve - Migration Stations

Daryl Short started working at Forvie NNR as a young loon back in 2007, and has just got through his nineteenth summer on the Reserve. Employed by NatureScot as a […]
Venue: Banchory Ternan West Parish Church

8th January 2026
1:30 pm
Monthly Meeting

Memories from the Frontline - stories from NHS Grampian Healthcare Workers through the Pandemic

Kairen moved to Aberdeen from London in 1990 and after training as a District Nurse, spent the next 26 years working as a Cystic Fibrosis Nurse Specialist. After retiring in […]
Venue: Banchory Ternan West Parish Church


Please note there are also virtual events at Online Across Scotland u3a

Also available; an archive of Notices for Past Monthly Meetings for Banchory & Deeside u3a