Crouch Valley

General Information

Detailed below is relevant information relating to Crouch Valley U3A.

Village Hall

Please click on the following link to read the latest information regarding Village Hall Car Park Notice

Who We Are

To understand what and who we are, the National organisation have produced a leaflet Who We Are outlining what it does and aims in more detail.

Club Constitution

Following agreement by members at the February 2018 monthly meeting the club rules relating to the recommendation from National as to the objectives of U3A have been made to the constitution of Crouch Valley U3A. The signed amended Club Constitution March 2018 - V2 is now available.

Registered Charity

Crouch Valley U3A is a registered Charity as from April 1st 2018. Its registration number with the Charities Commission is 1180675 with its Charity Commission Certificate that has been issued.

Fraud Alert Information

With Essex Police support the Fraud Alert web page is maintained on the Thorpe Bay u3a website. Please follow Fraud Alert Information link and this will take you to information on Fraud and a link to Thorpe Bay website.

Data Protection

New Data Protection requirements are to be introduced in May 2018. These new requirements define how information is transmitted and this includes the use of personal information.

To enable National to communicate with members we need to forward details such addresses and e-mail information.

Please be advised following a question to National we have received the following statement.

"Members details that are being held by the National Office will never be sold to other organisations."

As part of GDPR requirements members are required to update their details online. Please read Direct Mail Update and follow the instructions to verify your information. Please note the dates when the information can be updated.

Safeguarding Policy

As with many organisations it is recommended that we as club adopt a Safeguarding Policy. At the July 1st 2019 Committee Meeting the following Safeguarding Policy document. Please note the date it was agreed.

Meeting Dates

Meeting dates for 2024. Please follow the Events link which will give details of the monthly meeting.

AGM 2024

Please be advised the date of the 2024 AGM is Tuesday April 23rd.

SWF Village Hall Fire Alarm Procedure

Fire Alarm Procedure

Welfare Officer

Lynda Evans has taken on the role of Welfare Officer. If members wish to contact her, members can do so by mail via the Contact page.

Membership Form

The Membership Form 2023 is now available.

Record Forms

To help Group Leaders with keeping records of attendance and accidents that may occur you can download the following forms.

Attendance Record Form
Accident Report Form

Public Liability Insurance

The club is covered for Public Liability with Aviva Insurance.
Full details are available by following u3a Public Liability Insurance 2023

Risk Assessment

Venue Risk Assessment Checklist
Venue Risk Assessment 2018