Welcome to the Harrow U3A Website
Harrow Arts Centre, Hatch End, HA5 4EA.
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We are delighted that you have chosen to visit our website. Please use the menu at the top to explore what we have to offer.
Don’t miss the Notice Board – it has information about our forthcoming monthly lecture, open to all members, together with the various opportunities and activities available in the near future.
On the Newsletter page you can view the latest Newsletter and Diary which is sent by post to all members.
The Diary has a full list of our current classes and the venues in which they are held.
If you are thinking of joining us, please see the How to Join page where you will find information to enable you to download the Membership Application and Gift Aid forms together with other details you will need to know.
CHAIRMAN’S SUMMER MESSAGE
It was good to see so many of you at the AGM when we coped with the Hatch End Suite very well. No doubt word will have spread about the rise in membership fees in September. Our treasurer commended this move, strongly supported by Mike Allen and fully endorsed by the committee. As fees have remained the same for 7 years despite rising costs we feel it still provides good value for money. Other U3As have cheaper membership fees but charges are then made for classes hiring premises. Even if you only attend one class a week it works out at £1.057 per week, if my maths is right.
We now know a little more about the planned improvements for the Arts Centre after Keith Ferry’s speech at the AGM. No doubt there will be a lot of inconvenience to live through once the improvements start but the important message is that the Council are committed to continuing to support HAC until it becomes self-sufficient by 2012. Your committee responded to the Council about their Draft Cultural Strategy document, pointing out that there was very little mention of both the Arts Centre and older residents, which we hope will bear results.
Along with our need for a Publicity Officer or team to recruit younger members we have to accept the passing of some long-term members. One of these was Dennis Kersh who ran our website so efficiently. We thank Pam Gonsal who has taken on this task. Do please make good use of the information shown on it.
Although the 14 percent of members being volunteers within our group seems a respectable number, when we think about the ethos of U3A being a “self-help” organisation it would be really wonderful to encourage more to do more than “expect all to be done for them”.
Now that Gwen Wright has resigned for personal reasons, there is a pressing need to find a Vice-Chair and we do hope that the thought of supporting our splendid organisation will appeal. I only have this coming year to run in office and all help would be given to anyone stepping up.
We hope the coming summer will be good for you with not too many climate change surprises in store.
Anne Gerrard
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If you are thinking of joining Harrow U3A,
you can download a New Membership Application Form and a Gift Aid Tax Form from this website. Membership Renewal Forms can also be downloaded here. At the top of the page, hover over the “How to join” button and choose the document you want from the drop-down menu.
**************************************************************** To be up to date on all breaking news, you are invited to join our Email List.
Click here for full instructions.
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NEW DATA PROTECTION ACT
We have produced two documents in connection with the above - The Harrow U3A Data Protection Policy and the Harrow Privacy Policy. These can be viewed by activating the buttons on the Management Page of this website.
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BEACON MEMBERSHIP PORTAL
The Beacon Portal is now available on this website. Members can view or, if necessary, amend their details by visiting it. Other features such as on-line renewal and facilities for group leaders will be added in the near future..
To access the portal please use the buttons (BEACON & PORTAL) at the top of any page.
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It was good to see so many of you at the AGM when we coped with the Hatch End Suite very well. No doubt word will have spread about the rise in membership fees in September. Our treasurer commended this move, strongly supported by Mike Allen and fully endorsed by the committee. As fees have remained the same for 7 years despite rising costs we feel it still provides good value for money. Other U3As have cheaper membership fees but charges are then made for classes hiring premises. Even if you only attend one class a week it works out at £1.057 per week, if my maths is right.
We now know a little more about the planned improvements for the Arts Centre after Keith Ferry’s speech at the AGM. No doubt there will be a lot of inconvenience to live through once the improvements start but the important message is that the Council are committed to continuing to support HAC until it becomes self-sufficient by 2012. Your committee responded to the Council about their Draft Cultural Strategy document, pointing out that there was very little mention of both the Arts Centre and older residents, which we hope will bear results.
Along with our need for a Publicity Officer or team to recruit younger members we have to accept the passing of some long-term members. One of these was Dennis Kersh who ran our website so efficiently. We thank Pam Gonsal who has taken on this task. Do please make good use of the information shown on it.
Although the 14 percent of members being volunteers within our group seems a respectable number, when we think about the ethos of U3A being a “self-help” organisation it would be really wonderful to encourage more to do more than “expect all to be done for them”.
Now that Gwen Wright has resigned for personal reasons, there is a pressing need to find a Vice-Chair and we do hope that the thought of supporting our splendid organisation will appeal. I only have this coming year to run in office and all help would be given to anyone stepping up.
We hope the coming summer will be good for you with not too many climate change surprises in store.
Anne Gerrard
**********************************************************
If you are thinking of joining Harrow U3A,
you can download a New Membership Application Form and a Gift Aid Tax Form from this website. Membership Renewal Forms can also be downloaded here. At the top of the page, hover over the “How to join” button and choose the document you want from the drop-down menu.
**************************************************************** To be up to date on all breaking news, you are invited to join our Email List.
Click here for full instructions.
***********************************
NEW DATA PROTECTION ACT
We have produced two documents in connection with the above - The Harrow U3A Data Protection Policy and the Harrow Privacy Policy. These can be viewed by activating the buttons on the Management Page of this website.
*************************************
BEACON MEMBERSHIP PORTAL
The Beacon Portal is now available on this website. Members can view or, if necessary, amend their details by visiting it. Other features such as on-line renewal and facilities for group leaders will be added in the near future..
To access the portal please use the buttons (BEACON & PORTAL) at the top of any page.
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Website Editor : Pamela Gonsal
gonsalpam@outlook.com
Updated 25/4/2019
gonsalpam@outlook.com
Updated 25/4/2019