It is important that you read the Statement on the Use of Images and the Gift Aid information sheet.
You are welcome to try out any group, excluding trips or outings, free of charge before joining.and we will arrange for you to receive 2 Taster Cards enabling you to attend 2 group sessions.
Please come along to our Welcome Table at one of our monthly meetings or get in touch by email

Our joining fees are as follows: 
£12.50 per person, 12 months from April to March.  
A reduced rate of £7.50 is available for membership from January to March.
If you are a member of another u3a the joining fees are £9 and £6 respectively to become an
associate member of Up Holland u3a.

The Third Age Matters Magazine is published by the Third Age Trust, and this is available to any
member with full membership. To cover the distribution costs, we charge an additional fee.
Any member who would like to receive the magazine their membership fee is as follows:** 
£16.50 per person for 12 months from April to March.  
A reduced rate of £9.50 is available for membership from January to March

**Please note: Only 1 copy per address so if you share an address with another member only 1
member pays the additional fee.

Payments can be made in person, by cheque or cash, at a monthly meeting. Cheques can be accepted by post with the completed application forms.Our preferred method is Bank Transfer.
Payee Name: Upholland and District u3a. Sort code; 60-24-02
Account No: 85090735 Bank: National Westminster.
Payment reference; Surname, postcode NEW

Your membership card will be ready for collection at the next monthly meeting. Please provide a SAE if you would like your membership card by post. You should take your membership card to each meeting you attend.

Fred Olsen, Riviera Travel. Black Sheep Wools, The Fox

Statement on the use of images – photographs and videos

Introduction

Like most charities, we use photographs and, occasionally, videos of our members to illustrate our activities and achievements, both internally and externally. We hope you will be happy to be included in such photos and videos. Rather than seek permission from our 700+ members, we will inform all our new and existing members via our enrolment forms, newsletter and website, that they may, from time to time, be included in photos and videos. It is up to individuals to decide NOT to be included in such images. This can be done by removing yourself before the photo is taken, by bowing your head or covering your face so you cannot be identified. We expect group leaders and event organisers to give everyone to be included in the photo/video the chance to opt out if they wish. Most of the images we take will be of groups with no intention of identifying or naming specific individuals. If we wish to take a photo or video of a specific member, or wish to name individuals in the image, we will always seek permission for its intended use(s) before doing so.

Reasons we might want to take photos or record a short video, and the ways in which such images may be used, are listed below.

Reasons photos and/or videos of our members might be used:

1. To increase awareness of our u3a within the local community
2. To attract new members
3. To demonstrate the diversity of activities within our u3a to existing members
4. To celebrate success and individual achievements
5. To record significant events
6. To enhance the user experience when visiting our website or reading our newsletter
7. To record the history of our u3a

Ways in which photographs and/or videos of our members might be used:

1. In our newsletter, which is published monthly, circulated electronically to members, and available in paper form for our members without internet access.
2. On our website
3. In the local press
4. On display boards at local events
5. In the Third Age Trust magazine, Third Age Matters.
6. In presentations to local clubs, businesses and organisations

If you have any queries, please contact the Data Protection Officer or Secretary

secretary@uphollandu3a.org

GIFT AID

Up Holland & District U3A is registered as a Charity, as such, the U3A is able to apply to HM Revenue and Customs for a GIFT AID refund on all subscriptions paid. You should, however, note the following before proceeding further.

• The Gift Aid declaration applies to all subscriptions paid by you since 1^st April 2007

• You must have paid in each Tax year an amount of Income Tax or Capital Gains Tax at least equal to the Tax claimed for that Tax year

• You can cancel the Gift Aid declaration at any time by notifying the Secretary or Gift Aid Officer of the U3A

• If in the future your income changes and you no longer pay tax in that Tax year equal to the tax reclaimed for the Tax year, please notify the Gift Aid Officer and your declaration will be cancelled.

• Please notify the Membership Officer and Gift Aid Officer if you change your name and address.

• To comply with HMRC requirements, Gift Aid forms will be retained for seven years 

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT SIGNING UP FOR GIFT AID DOES NOT COST YOU ANYTHING

If you wish to proceed further, please complete the Gift Aid Declaration form. It is important that you enter your POST CODE.

If you are not a tax payer, please complete the form by not ticking the box and writing across the form that you do not pay TAX, by doing so you will avoid being “chased” for the return of the form.

Completed forms should be returned with the Application for Membership Form, or handed as soon as possible to Lynn Kerfoot, who will answer any questions you may have.

If you have any interest or dividends etc., from which tax is deducted at source, even though you may not suffer from tax deductions on the rest of your income, you can still complete the Gift Aid Declaration Form. The U3A can then reclaim the tax (or part) deducted from the interest or dividends etc.

Membership Form Gift Aid Application Questionnaire