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Membership

Membership is open to older people who are no longer in full-time employment.  In this section there is important information on:

• How to join
• Renewal
• Gift aid
• Monthly meetings
• Interest group membership
• Newsletter

HOW TO JOIN

Joining is simple.  At each Monthly Meeting there is a special table set aside for potential new members to discuss membership.  Application forms are available at that table and anyone joining receives a new member’s pack containing information leaflets and a copy off the latest Newsletter.

The membership application form has been revised to comply with the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which will apply from 25th May 2018 in the United Kingdom and is an update to the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA).

You can print a copy of the membership application form from this site, follow this link:  Membership Application Form.  Please note the form has 2 sides.  Most printers will have the facility to print double sided but don't worry if you have to print on  two sheets.

Application forms are also available from the
Membership Secretary Stuart Bailey:
Email: membership@keyworthu3a.org.uk
Address: Stuart Bailey, 20 Adams Hill, Keyworth. Nottingham. NG12 5GY

We have a Data Protection Policy and a Privacy Policy. These two policies explain how Keyworth U3A works to protect your privacy and communicate effectively with you.


Annual membership costs £15.00 for the year 1st March to the end of the following February. 
New members joining between 1st September and 28th February pay a reduced fee of £7.50, with the exception of lapsed members (people who did not renew at the end of the previous membership year) who pay the full membership fee if they rejoin. If you are already an existing member of another u3a please let us know and deduct the £4.00 Third Age Trust Membership Fee from your payment.

(Existing members of other u3as pay a reduced sum to reflect the £4.00 Third Age Trust Membership Fee paid by each u3a to the Third Age Trust - the umbrella organisation for UK u3as - since only one Third Age Trust Membership Fee per member is payable regardless of the number of u3as of which a person is a member.  Proof of membership of another u3a is required, a current membership card being adequate.)
In May 2018 new Data Protection regulations come into force called the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).  In essence we now have to have your specific agreement to hold your information digitally.  That information includes your name, address, telephone number, email address and an emergency contact.  No other information is held and this information will NEVER be given to a third party or used for anything other thanfor the administration of Keyworth & District u3a. 

In the past our membership and renewal forms have asked you to opt-out if you did not want the above information held digitally.  The fundamental change as a result of GDPR is that you now have to OPT-IN by giving your express permission for the information to be held by us.

Renewal

MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL 2023-2024

The renewal exercise for 2023-24, due by 1st March 2023, is now complete. Members who did not renew within the two month period of grace (up to 1st May) have been removed from the database. Anyone who wishes to re-join should please contact the Membership Secretary (membership@keyworthu3a.org.uk), when they may be asked to complete a new application form with their payment. This is still £15 for individual Full members and £11 for members of another u3a, who will receive the national magazine from their main u3a.

Subscriptions can be paid :

 -  BY BANK TRANSFER / BACS (preferred option) to :

Account Name:           Keyworth & District u3a
            Sort code:                   08-92-99,
            Account number          65755604
            Payment Reference    [Membership Number/s and Name/s]

The Reference is ESSENTIAL to ensure we can identify the payee! If you are paying for 2 people and space is restricted, quote the 2 Member numbers first, then surnames as feasible.

 
-  BY CHEQUE payable to Keyworth & District u3a, with your Membership Number/s and name/s on the back.

Please inform the Membership Secretary if any of your personal details have changed, including address, email, telephone number/s, AND your emergency contact/s. Email membership@keyworthu3a.org.uk or send to Stuart Bailey, 20 Adams Hill, Keyworth. Nottingham. NG12 5GY..

If you are a taxpayer who pays income tax and/or capital gains tax and has not yet completed a Gift Aid declaration form, please consider signing such a form. Doing so would enable u3a to claim £3.75 from HMRC on the Full subscription. Conversely, if you have signed up for Gift Aid but are no longer a taxpayer, please let us know so that we can update our records. Please contact the Treasurer with queries over this at treasurer@keyworthu3a.org.uk .

Thank you all for your continuing support and we hope that you will continue to benefit from u3a meetings and activities.

Gift Aid

Keyworth & District U3A would very much appreciate eligible members signing a Gift Aid declaration.  This allows us to recover money from the Inland Revenue and consequently assist in our funds.

To be eligible you must pay an amount of Income Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax for each tax year that is at least equal to the amount of tax that Keyworth & District u3a will reclaim on your subscription for that tax year.  This is 25p of tax for every £1 of your subscription on or after 6 April 2008.  If you pay income tax at a higher rate, you must include all your Gift Aid donations on your Self Assessment tax return if you want to receive the additional tax relief due to you.

You can print a copy of the gift aid declaration from this site: gift aid declaration form  

Monthly MEETINGS

Non-Members are invited to attend one Monthly Meeting as a guest but must thereafter join to be entitled to attend further meetings.

Interest GROUP MEMBERSHIP

Membership of a Group is conditional upon being a full member of Keyworth & District u3a. Potential members of a group should contact the Group Leader whose details are given in each Newsletter and in the Interest Groups section of the website to ascertain whether places are available in the group and to obtain other details.   New members are given a paper copy of the latest list of groups with contact details.

NEWSLETTER

Keyworth & District u3a issues a monthly electronic Newsletter to members.   This is emailed to those members with an email address, those without an email address receive a paper copy.