The annual BBQ took place on 27th July 2024. We were extremely lucky with the weather – a huge shower just before and then the weather held for the afternoon. Thanks to Martin Ashton and Chris O’Gorman for manning the BBQ. Ann Henderson and Michelle O’Gorman prepared the food in the morning – thanks for … Read more
USRA Xmas meal was extremely well attended and we were very well looked after by the Top Brink Inn. The meal coincided with the Annual General Meeting of USRA. At the meeting Chris O’ Gorman formally stepped down as Chair of USRA and Carol Cantral stepped down as Secretary. They have served USRA since its … Read more
The photography competition is now open until 5pm on 30 June 2022. The theme is ‘Getting back to normal’. Cost of entry is £2 paid either by bank transfer, Paypal (see donations page on this site) or in cash to any member of the Committee. The fee allows for up to 5 photos to be … Read more
We are pleased to announce our 2021 digital photography competition. Photos are invited on the theme of ‘the weather across the seasons in the Upper Calder Valley’. Entry costs £2 either via Paypal (go to https://usra.org.uk/donate) or bank transfer (details in terms and conditions statement – follow link below) and you can enter 5 photos … Read more
Thank you to everyone who completed our loneliness survey and to Carol Cantral for analysing the results, which are summarised here.
Our April 2021 newsletter can be found here.
The Annual General Meeting held virtually on 10 December 2020 accepted the annual report and annual accounts prepared for the year ending 30 November 2020. Copies of the report and accounts are available through the links below.
Our Secretary writes: “Following our virtual committee meeting earlier this week (26 May 2020) we have made the following decisions about events we had planned beyond the end of May.We have agreed to postpone the planned BBQ on 4th July and the next general meeting on 16th July until the current regulations are reviewed.We decided … Read more
We are sorry to announce that in light of the continuing Covid-19 emergency, our digital photography competition has been postponed. Thank you to everyone who has supported it – we will let you know through this website when it re-opens.
The Top Brink Inn is running a food, groceries and household supplies service for people to collect. Please use the new online ordering system here. Please note that currently this service is only available for people in the Residents’ Association membership area: please see here for details.
