EXISTING MEMBERS:

Please don't use this form to renew, otherwise you will end up with 2 memberships!

NEW MEMBERS:

Please read the statements below and then select either the 'I Agree' button, or the 'Abandon' button at the foot of the page.

If you do not have an email address and wish to apply by post, please read the U3A principles (click here) and download a postal application form (click here).  If you wish you can first find out more at a Monthly Meeting (details) or contact our Membership Secretary at membership_secretary@u3asouthampton.org

After selecting 'I Agree', you will then be able to complete the online application form. You will be offered the options to pay your membership subscription online or to pay later. If you choose to pay later you will then be contacted by email with further details of how you can pay. Please check your spam or junk email folders if you don't see this email!

Please note: emails from Southampton U3A are sent from membership_admin@u3asouthampton.org.uk and from dispatch@u3asouthampton.org.uk and may arrive in your 'Spam' or 'Junk' folder. In order to avoid this happening, please check these folders and add these two addresses to your list of trusted senders (which your email provider may call 'Safe Senders' or 'Contacts').

Terms and Conditions of Membership

All members must:

• Abide by the principles of the U3A movement, including no longer being in full-time employment
• Always act in the best interests of the U3A and treat fellow members with respect and courtesy at all times
• Abide by the terms and conditions of the constitution
• Comply with and support the decisions of the elected committee
• Keep personal details up to date, either online or by advising the Membership Administrator
• Allow us to keep personal details on computer for the purposes or managing our membership system.

Membership Fees and Types of Membership

The membership year of Southampton U3A is 1st April - 31st March.

Our annual membership fees include a £4 capitation fee to our national organisation, the Third Age Trust, which provides a wide range of services and benefits. They produce a bimonthly magazine u3a Matters  with information about other groups and activities. (Members who already belong to another U3A, ie Dual members, do not need to pay the capitation fee and will not receive a copy of u3a Matters through Southampton U3A.)

The fees include an emailed bi-monthly newsletter which informs you of what is happening in Southampton U3A.  If you require a printed copy of the newsletter, there is an additional charge of £20 for the year, which helps pay for printing and postage.

Our current full year fees are as follows:

Full (email newsletter)  £10.00

Full (printed newsletter) £30.00

Dual* (email newsletter) £6.00      

Dual* (printed newsletter) £26.00

*Please note that Dual membership is for people who also belong to another U3A, not for 2 people jointly. Unfortunately we do not offer joint membership for two people at the same address. If you select Dual membership you will be asked to provide the name of the other U3A you belong to.

Members who join between 1st October and 31st December in any year pay a reduced fee, which will give membership until 31st March of the following year. (Full, email newsletter £7, full printed newsletter £15, dual email newsletter £3, dual printed newsletter £11.)

Members who join during January-March pay the full membership fee but will not be asked to renew until the following year, meaning that they get up to 3 free months membership.

Members who join between 1st April and 30th September pay the full membership fee which covers until until 31st March of the following year.

GIFT AID

Please note, the Gift Aid declaration below applies if you choose to select YES in the Gift Aid box on your online Application Form, or if you intend to give Gift Aid in the future. If you do not select Gift Aid, and you do not intend to give Gift Aid in the future, then you can disregard the following Gift Aid statement.

I would like Southampton U3A (registered charity no. 1057642) to treat as a Gift Aid donation my annual subscription and subsequent payments I make from the date of this declaration until I notify you otherwise. I pay UK Income Tax each year at least equal to the tax reclaimed and I will notify you if I cease to do so.

EMAIL ADDRESS

Southampton U3A will only use your email address in relation to our administration and associated activities, but it will be the main method of communication.

EMERGENCY CONTACT NUMBER

We encourage all members to provide an emergency contact number of someone who is unlikely to be participating in a U3A activity at the same time as yourself.  This will only be used in case of emergency during U3A activities (e.g. someone taken ill, or had an accident).

MEMBER DETAILS RETENTION

By submission of the online joining form you agree to the inclusion of your details in the Southampton U3A membership website database. The database will only be used for administration purposes in line with the Southampton U3A Data Protection Policy, a copy of which can be viewed here.

If you have trouble making a payment please contact our membership administrator at membership_admin@u3asouthampton.org