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Who Are We?
Bracknell
Forest U3A is a group of people who are no longer in full time
employment who come together to Learn, Laugh
and Live, to
develop new
interests, share hobbies and skills and make new friends.
Regular activities take place during the day Monday to Friday, so are
aimed at the retired and those working part time prior to retirement.
We have over 50 different interest groups including walking, trips out,
languages, IT, book groups, music, arts and dance.
Want to know more about U3A? Take a look at the About Us page, where you will
also find a link to the National U3A organisation.
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Membership of Bracknell Forest U3A
As
a member of Bracknell Forest U3A you pay an annual subscription, giving
you access to all our activities including Open Meetings and the
various Interest Groups. This also gives you membership of the national
Third Age Trust, from which you receive regular mailings. Most Interest
Groups have running costs such as room hire, and you thus pay a further
small amount each time you attend a group meeting. The membership year
now runs from 1st October until 30th September the following year.
If you are
already a member of another U3A (and continue in such membership) you
can benefit from a slightly reduced subscription, and thus avoid
getting duplicate mailings from the Third Age Trust.
For more details of membership options and to join, please select the Membership tab in the menu above.
Note that
membership of Bracknell Forest U3A does not confer any automatic rights
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Thinking of Joining?
If
you are not quite ready to join Bracknell Forest U3A, you will be very
welcome to attend one
of our Open
Meetings (see below) as a Visitor - just turn up and
introduce yourself at the door. We normally offer tea/coffee
and biscuits after the talk, and on most such occasions you will find a
dedicated area where you as a prospective member will be able to talk
to some of the Committee and others already involved.
If you are interested in particular subjects please browse the list of Interest Groups.
You will normally be able to attend one or two interest group meetings
before deciding, but please look at the web page for your chosen group
and contact the
group coordinator before turning up.
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Members
As a member of
Bracknell Forest U3A you can access more information on this website by
clicking the Members'
Area button at the top right corner of the menu area near
the top of the page, or by following this link.
You will need to log in using the Username and
Password you were given when you joined or renewed your
membership. Note
that these login details change for each membership year, so you will
need to use
current
ones.
If you are a member
and are having difficulty logging in please
contact the membership secretary:
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Facebook
We use both a Facebook Page and
a Facebook Group to keep in touch, as below
Public Facebook Page
We use this public
Facebook Page to make announcements about what is happening at BFU3A
Anyone can read this page
or reply to posts,
but only designated people can create a new post.
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Members Facebook Group
This private Facebook
Group is where members of BFU3A
can exchange thoughts and ideas.
You need to make a request
to join this group,
but any member of the group can then make a new post
or reply to other posts.
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Open Meetings
Open meetings are normally held about every six weeks
NEW VENUE FOR OPEN MEETINGS
Bracknell Rugby Club, Lily Hill Drive, Bracknell RG12 2UG
Next Open Meeting
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via Zoom |
Thursday 10th July 2025 at 2.00pm
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Short AGM, followed by talk as below
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"The Forensic Experience"
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Speaker: Hayley Brown
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More
Open Meetings
can be found here
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Links to Outside Information
As
well as U3A information, you will find here some local information
from outside organisations that may be of interest to U3A members and
like-minded people. See the "Links" menu item near top right of this page or click here.
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This Website
For all matters related to this website please contact:
BFU3A do not collect or hold any personal data on this website, nor do
we use cookies.
You can join or renew your membership via this website, but for those
activities you are redirected to the Beacon
membership
system implemented by the National U3A organisation. Both Beacon and Paypal (as used for
payment) have appropriate security measures for handling your personal
and financial data.
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Policies
Formal Policy documents related to the running of Bracknell U3A
(including Data Protection) are collected together here
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Some Formalities
Bracknell Forest U3A is a Registered Charity, and we are thus able to
claim Gift Aid tax recovery on membership subscriptions where
applicable.
We are registered under the name "Bracknell Forest University Of The
Third Age", our Charity Registration Number being 1153789.
This
website (c) Copyright Bracknell Forest U3A 2001 - 2025.
Copyright of
individual articles and photographs belongs to the author/photographer.
Copyright of the U3A logo and the associated colour scheme belongs to
the Third Age Trust.
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