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These are unprecedented times for everyone including the U3A community. Our U3As, the wider membership, our Board of Trustees and the staff at National Office are all facing major changes to how we live and conduct ourselves.
Here at the national U3A we are doing everything we can to support the U3A community. We are devising adapted learning methods, expanding our online offerings and creating additional ways of communicating with U3As and the wider membership.
For those who do not have access to the website we are looking at how we may reach out to them both through supporting networks in their own U3A and directly.
Although we are now all working remotely, we are still providing a full service. Our phone lines are open and have never been busier.
Our team, in addition to our usual duties, have significantly increased our written and telephone communications:
• We have increased the number of mailings
• Our Newsletters are being used as a more in depth means of communication, we would encourage members to register for this: https://www.u3a.org.uk/email
• We have introduced a regular Newsletter Express.
• Our new Facebook page see button below now has more than 1,400 followers.
• There is support and advice on our website including on how to keep active, keep learning and keep connected with each other.
• U3A has launched a UK-wide Diary Project - where members are encouraged to diarise their experience of these times. You can see more on our website or contact us diary@u3a.org.uk
• Our insurers continue to provide cover for all members liabilities as well as providing cover for all trustees/committee members.
• Our legal advisers continue to support our responses to members especially in connection with cancelled trips and holidays.
• Third Age Matters magazine (TAM) is being distributed as normal in a week or so.
• IT support continues uninterrupted including security protection for U3A websites and Beacon.
• National U3A has expanded its direct contact with the membership.
Please keep sending your ideas and experiences of ways you are keeping connected with each other during this time - please contact either by phone at 0208 4666139 or by email communications@u3a.org.uk
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