To join us, or to renew your membership, send a message to the Membership Secretary (See the Contact page). Request that a Membership-Renewal form (and if relevant, a Gift Aid form) is sent to you by post or email.
When you open one of these form PDF files you will see blue coloured fields in all the places where you have to fill in your details.
The forms can be printed, filled in and sent to the Membership Secretary with your payment. (The blue fill will not appear on the print-out.)
Or you can complete the forms and send them in electronically. Just click into each field (the blue fill then disappears) and type in the relevant information. In the signature field a typed name is acceptable if you cannot insert your signature.
When you have finished completing the form(s), remember to save them. Use ‘Save As’ rather than ‘Save’ if you don’t want to overwrite the blank forms. Then, after having paid your subscription, send the file to the Membership Secretary by email.
You can pay your subscription by Bank Transfer, Cheque or cash. Our u3a bank details are on the Membership form. For Bank transfers, please ensure that the Treasurer will be able to see who the payment is from by putting your name in the Payee Reference for the Bank Transfer. There is an 18 character limit on this so you may have to abbreviate your name.
Members Portal
A way to avoid having to write out your personal data each renewal is to register for and use the Beacon Members Portal. This allows you to check and correct the information we hold for you. But to register you need to know your Membership number. Ask the Membership Secretary for this. You still have to send in a renewal form but you will not need to fill all your data on the form.