The Spring Upbeat Magazine is ready and being collected from the venues until the end of March. Please come in and collect yours if you can. The remaining ones will be taken and posted before Easter.
Your voluntary donation of £5 to cover both this and the Autumn magazines can be accepted either by cheque, bank transfer or in person at the sessions. This is a voluntary contribution, the magazine can be viewed free on the website or emailed to you if you would please let us know.

100 Club - The Draw started the new year in February but there is still time to join by completing the Application form readily available. 1st prize will be £100 per month (for the first 200 shares sold) and the second prize will be 50% of the additional number of shares sold. At the moment (at the end of March the 2nd Prize is £32, but this will increase with the increase of participants. The draw is open to family members as well as Upbeat members.

March 19th our Annual Lunch at Stowmarket Golf Club.
The Annual Lunch held just recently was a great success. The Stowmarket Golf Club looked after us very well providing delicious food and a great atmosphere. They even threw in a brilliantly warm sunny day for us, which was a bonus. A magnificent profit of £1,158 was made on the day, thanks largely to everyone who supported this event, by attending the lunch, buying raffle tickets or donating prizes, so thank you all for your support. Sylvia, David Camp and Valerie worked hard organising and sorting all the monies out, so thanks to them. David Deacon was great at officiating as usual and the speaker, a former head Yeoman of the Guard at the Tower of London had some very interesting tales to tell. Overall a very successful event. Photos available shortly on the website.

Strawberry Tea Thursday July 9th 1.30 - 2pm until 4.15 pm at Acton Village Hall. Slightly adjusted times i.e. a little earlier, as the hall is booked after us. We hope you will all feel you can support this event and bring some friends and family with you if you wish. There will be plenty of room. The cost will be £12 per ticket and these will be available at the venues nearer the time. We will be having a Raffle, a Plant Stall and a Gift stall. The Boules area will be available for a game of Boules and there is plenty of green space and parking available. More details later.
The Village Hall is accessible from small lane adjacent to The Crown Public House, Acton.

TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON – Get yours early to avoid disappointment


UPBEAT AGM - Tuesday 14th JULY 2026 to be held at The New Bury Community Centre, 1 Charles Place, Bury St. Edmunds. IP32 6TD. 7pm prompt start.
THIS IS YOUR CHANCE to come and support the team and give your views on the group. Tell us what we are doing right or what you would like us to consider changing. Your opinion matters to us and if we have an understanding of what, if anything, is needed from the members, we can try and do something about it.
The existing committee all resign at the AGM and a new committee is put into place for the coming year. Nomination papers have been included in the current magazine, so please send in before the meeting.
Enjoy the Spring/Summer

Best wishes to all from The Upbeat Team