How to Join

• Who can join?   
  

  People 50 years of age or over, not in full-time gainful employment, may join Warrington U3A. No qualifications are required and no qualifications are awarded.

• Come Along and Find Out More - Free
  

  Warrington U3A holds general meetings. The meetings are held in a town centre location, currently Winmarleigh House, Winmarleigh Street, Warrington WA1 1NR unless otherwise specified. These General Meetings start at 2.00pm on first Wednesdays of specified months from September to June. After the business of the meeting there is an opportunity to talk with group representatives, committee members and others. Non-members are welcome to attend two of these meetings (without charge) to help in making a decision about joining. Besides access to the learning and activities, members receive the Warrington U3A Magazine, published in Spring and Autumn, and the membership card giving contact details for all groups and for members of the executive committee.

• You want to find a more convenient U3A?
  

  Contact details (web, telephone or postal) for most U3A's in UK may be found on the website of The Third Age Trust. A list of U3As near Warrington that have websites is shown on our Web Links page .

• Yes, Yes -- but how much would I pay at Warrington U3A?
  

  The academic year at Warrington U3A runs from September 1st of one year to August 31st of the next. The annual subscription for a full academic year is currently £20 (twenty pounds sterling) with a prompt payment discount of £2 (two pounds sterling) for CONTINUING members. Prompt payment is required by the October general meeting. You may join Warrington U3A at any time and there are reduced subscriptions for NEW members joining after January 1st. If unsure about what rate applies, you should ask the Registrar whose contact details are on the application form. An application form can be downloaded below.
  The annual subscription gives access to all activities, as many as the member chooses.
  Subscriptions are spent mosty on renting town-centre accommodation for our meetings and courses. Other U3As use members' homes more than we do at Warrington and so can have a lower annual subscriptions. Because many of our members use public transport, Warrington U3A has chosen to rent accommodation for most of those activities requiring it.

  Membership of Warrington U3A is required to attend our course sessions. However, potential members during their "visiting period" - i.e., for no more than two months - may attend 2 meetings of a group with the consent of the group leader.
  
  
  

• The Membership Subscription Form

  You can attend a general meeting and ask the registrar for a membership subscription form. Alternatively, you may prefer to download the form through the following link:

  membership subscription form -- 2009-2010

  Initial membership is £20 per person which includes membership up to 31st August of the first year. Payments for part years of the first year are detailed on the subscription form. Members continuing in subsequent academic years then receive £2 reduction of annual rate subject to prompt payment.

  PRINTING: The above download link leads to a WEB PAGE which displays the form with printing instructions. The form itself gives the postal address to send the completed form to. If you want your membership cards posted to you, please include a stamped, addressed envelope with your cheque and subscription-application.

To investigate further about joining, there is probably no better way than to attend a general meeting and have a chat.