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France
Founded in 1972 at Toulouse as l’Université du
Troisième Age (UTA)
Each UTA was attached to a university
UK In February 1981, Peter Laslett, a Cambridge
academic, hosted a conference to discuss the
possibility of bringing U3A to Britain
Eric Midwinter had told him, “Forget children and
youth, old age is the coming subject”
People were living longer than ever before
People were living healthier lives
People had higher expectations
1981 was the year when the Attlee settlement
was threatened
In January, the Forum on the Rights of Elderly
People (FREE) was held
A straight translation of the French
title where the university link was
important
University is used in its original
sense of people coming together
to learn not in its academic sense
A U3A is a University in the original
sense of the word:
A collection of people devoted to
learning
with members not students
all of whom are in their Third Age
Refers to the time after
the First Age of Childhood
&
the Second Age of full-time
Employment
The French model of guidance was
not followed in the UK
Learning for pleasure
No accreditation or validation
No assessments or qualifications
Three Guiding Principles defined
The U3A movement is based on three
Guiding Principles:
The Third Age Principle
The Self-help Learning Principle
The Mutual Aid Principle
U3As are democratic
self-funded
Operationally independant
organisations
which exist to provide
a wide range of activities
Be self governing and autonomous
Be open to all Third Agers
Have an educational purpose in the
broadest sense
Be democratically run within a national
framework
Third Age Trust and the National Executive
Regional organisations
County Networks
Neighbourhood Groups
Individual autonomous U3As
Is one of the operationally independent
U3As in the:
Nottinghamshire County Network
East Midlands Region
It may also be one of the U3As in the :
North Notts Neighbourhood Group
There is currently 1 Neighbourhood Group in
North Nottinghamshire
Smaller clusters of U3As in South
Nottinghamshire have decided not to form a
Neighbourhood group but to share ideas and
maybe Groups in a very informal manner
Each County in a Region forms a County
Network
Our network is known as The Nottinghamshire
County Network of U3As
Each Network has a Chairman, Secretary,
County Contact and Treasurer as well as a
Regional Representative
A Constitution gives guidance on the structure
and activities of each network
To help further the principles, aims and activities of
U3A in the UK
To carry out Roles and Functions agreed by the
Association of East Midlands U3A for County
Networks, in particular:
To provide a discussion forum for U3As in the
Network
To help develop new U3As in the County
To enable U3As to initiate cooperative ventures.
To support the Regional Trustee
The UK is divided into government regions
which form U3A’s regional organisations
We are part of the East Midlands Region which
comprises:
Derbyshire
Leicestershire and Rutland
Lincolnshire
Northamptonshire
Nottinghamshire
The national representative body for more than
900 U3As in the UK
A registered company and a registered charity
The members of the Board of Directors, the
National Executive Committee (NEC), are also
its trustees
They administer the Trust in accordance with
its Articles and Memorandum of Association
NEC manages the business of the Trust for the
benefits of the membership
It meets as a full committee for 2 days every 2
months
There are 3 main sub-committees:
Standing Committee for Education
Development Sub-Committee
Finance & Governance Committee
All day-to-day expenditure is met from:
the per capita membership
subscription
merchandise sales
advertising revenue
a Friends of U3A scheme
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