Here, you'll find all the small print you could ever dream of ..........
Our Constitution
Membership Code of Conduct
Membership Terms & Conditions
Guidance for Group Leaders
Financial information for Group Leaders
Travel expenses: reasonable travel expenses may be claimed using this form
Guidance for trip organisers (courtesy of Ravenshead u3a)
Guidance for accidents & emergencies on trips (ditto)
See, also, 'Risk Assessments' section on this page
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy
Introduction to Beacon for group leaders
New group and group leaders induction
Risk Assessments
The u3a provides a number of Risk Assessment templates (below), to suit various situations. They are to help you identify any risks which might be applicable to your, or your group's, activity, & to provide a means of recording the mitigation strategy you’ve adopted. Here are some FAQs
The u3a provides a number of Risk Assessment templates (below), to suit various situations. They are to help you identify any risks which might be applicable to your, or your group's, activity, & to provide a means of recording the mitigation strategy you’ve adopted. Here are some FAQs
Whilst these are principally for Group Leaders' use, there is also a Members' Checklist to help each Member to complete their own risk assessment. It is not the responsibility of the Group Leader to do this (nor to see that it is done).
Click on any of the forms below to download an editable Word document.
- Day trip
- Home-based group PDF version
- Online group
- Outdoor sporting
- Venue-based group
- Walk leader
- Workshop activity
Download Pdf versions to fill by hand
Holiday travel PDF
Home-based group PDF
Online group PDF
Outdoor sporting PDF
Walk leader PDF
Useful Links
- Alnwick u3a
- Ambleside u3a
- Arriva Bus Co
- Berwick Town Council
- Border Buses
- Coquetdale u3a
- Duns u3a
- East Berwickshire (Eyemouth) u3a
- Four Abbeys (Kelso) u3a
- Mid-Northumberland u3a
- Morpeth & district u3a
- Newcastle u3a
- Northumberland County Council
- Northumbrian Region u3a
- The Three Brethren (Galashiels) u3a
- Wooler u3a
Our Committee
Chair: Rowena Redgwell
Vice Chair/Tech: Ian Berry
Business Secretary: Anne Berry
Treasurer: Janice Bowden
Membership Secretary: Barbara Ronaldson
Groups Co-ordinator: Helen Atkinson
Minutes Secretary: Frances Schamberg
Role descriptions available here
Non-committee roles
Newsletter Editor: Rowena Redgwell
Publicity Officer: Phil Ravetta
Web manager: Isabel Gillies
Beacon Administrator: Ian Berry
Speakers Organiser (for Open Mtgs): Barbara Russell
You can email many of the above via the Contact Us page.
Roles & Responsibilities of Trustees (TAT's Guidance
Insurance
The Third Age Trust (TAT) covers u3a members for some insurable eventualities. Details can be found on its website and there are links at the end of this paragraph. Please note that you will need to register with the Trust in order to sign in & see some of this information (when this applies, a click on the link will prompt the appearance of a Register / Sign in box).