RETIRED people in Kinver will soon have increased educational, creative and leisure opportunities after the University of the Third Age sets up its new village group.

The U3A, which has groups across the UK, are inviting retired or semi-retired residents to their first Kinver meeting at the Community Centre, in Legion Drive, on Friday, July 3 at 2pm.

As a charity in its own right and run entirely by volunteers, local U3As offer members the chance to study more than 300 different subjects in such fields as art, languages, music, history, life sciences, philosophy, computing, crafts, photography and walking.

For more information about the Kinver U3A group, email Brian Quaintance at U3AKinver@gmail.com or brianquaintance@btinternet.com