Forest Town & District

General Information

MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL TIME IS WITH US AGAIN.

Please remember to renew your membership if you have not already done so.

The fees remain the same as last year at £19.00 for Full Membership and £15.00 for Associate Membership. (Please bring proof of your membership of another u3a with you).

Our preferred method of payment is by Bank transfer:

Bank transfer to 30-90-89 53978960 (Business account).

To identify your payment to us please include your Name & Membership Number in the Reference Box on Online Banking.

We will be taking payment by cash or cheque at the meetings. Please make your cheques payable to: Forest Town & District u3a

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Gift Aid - As a registered charity Forest Town u3a can reclaim 25p Gift Aid for every £1 of your subscription from the tax you pay for the current tax year.
To enable us to do this members will need to sign a Charity Gift Aid Declaration Form.
Forms will be available at the General Meetings or you can download one here: Gift Aid Declaration form.

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Our next monthly meeting will be on Friday 5th.April 2024.
Starting at 10.30am. in The Concert Room, Forest Town Arena. Clipstone Road West, Forest Town NG19 0EE.

See the Events page for details

We have been asked by Penny (manager of the Arena) that everyone comes through the doors that open in to the Concert room and not through the bar area, the doors will be open at 9.45am please make sure you check in with Kathryn the membership secretary before taking your seat.

Please don't arrive before this time to give committee members and helpers time to prepare the room.

Tea and Coffee are available on arrival, we use recyclable plastic cups but you can bring your own cup if you prefer.

Please remember to bring your membership card with you.
New members - if you have not yet received your membership card you will be able to collect it at the meeting.
Membership cards are used to scan members into the meetings.

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Our monthly General meetings are held in the Forest Town arena.
Click on or touch the map to see a larger image. >>>> Car parks Forest Town
Car parking: A: There is free parking in the Arena car park.
Other public car parks: B: King Charles public house, This car park is no longer free, there is now a charge to use it.
C: Kingsway Hall.
Some of our groups use the Flint Avenue community centre, shown on this map, for their meetings.

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Nottinghamshire County Council - What\'s on this half term? - Half term activities.

Nottinghamshire County Council - Consumer advice and scams 6/2/24 - Beware rogue traders following storms - Keep students safe from scams - E-bike and e-scooter safety advice - Register your household appliances ... and more!

Nottinghamshire County Council - Health & Wellbeing 18/01/24 - Your Health Notts - Top up your Vitamin D - Quit smoking - Time to Talk Day - Short Breaks Survey - NottAlone Children's Mental Health Week events.

Nottinghamshire County Council - Stay scam savvy this Black Friday - How safe is your electric blanket? - Beware of rogue traders looking to cash in on Storm Babet - Don't toy with safety this Christmas - ...and more!

Notts help yourself.
You may find this site useful, the Notts Help Yourself website is a partnership between health services, the voluntary sector and Nottinghamshire County Council to bring information and advice together in one place so people can find the information they need easily.
The Notts help yourself website is designed to help people find information about a whole range of organisations and services in Nottinghamshire including:,
Activities, groups and events in your local community, childcare providers.
Support for children and young people aged 0 – 25 with a special educational need and/or a disability.
Health and social care information and support for adults and children, workplace health schemes.

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North Notts Neighbourhood group.

We are members of the North Notts Neighbourhood Group, the group incorporates 9 local U3A's.
Members of the group are:
Forest Town & District U3A, Ashfield U3A, Dukeries U3A, Mansfield & District U3A, Sherwood U3A, Rainworth & District U3A, Sutton-in-Ashfield U3A, Warsop, Worksop.

The nine U3A NNNG members have agreed that there should be a reciprocal arrangement between the member groups whereby should you be interested in an interest group that a neighbouring U3A is running you can contact the Group Leader or Membership Co-ordinator of that U3A to see if they have a place for you.
If however you attend the General Meetings of that U3A you would be expected to join that U3A as an associate member at the reduced membership fee.

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Beacon Portal for members

Click on this link to see information about our activity groups: Beacon portal

On 18 April the Beacon admin team will be introducing an updated and simpler way for members to login to the Beacon Members Portal.
When you next login to the Beacon Portal using the link above, click on the 'Sign in with membership details' option.
This will take you to a a page where you will be asked to enter your email address and create a password of your choice.
Advice is given on the page about creating a password.
An email will be sent to your given email address with a link to the portal to verify your email address.
Your email address and the password you set will now be your login to the Beacon Portal.
There will be a simple recovery process for anyone who forgets their password.
More help can be found by clicking on this link: Beacon portal help.

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PHOTOGRAPHS
We believe that by including photographs of members and activities on our display boards and in our newsletter and web site helps to illustrate the warmth, friendliness and activities of our U3A and its associated groups.
However if YOU do not want your photo on the web site, newsletter or subsequent displays please tell the person taking the photo and turn away from the camera.

Macmillan Beyond Diagnosis Project.
Self Help UK in partnership with Macmillan have developed a service to provide practical and emotional support to anyone living in Nottingham city, Mansfield and Ashfield with a cancer diagnosis or still living with the physical or emotional effects of cancer treatments.
There are a number of services and support available, including:
• A befriending service in which specially trained volunteers can provide a supportive professional friendship.
- This can help to lesson isolation, increase confidence and provide reassurance at a difficult time.
• Practical support, including attending a doctors or hospital appointment together or assisting with light house work, gardening or shopping.
For any further information please feel free to contact 0115 8523102, or follow this link: Macmillan Beyond Diagnosis Project.

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The Nottinghamshire Network of U3A's supports the U3A branches in the county and is active in establishing new U3A's. See their website: Nottinghamshire Network of U3A

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General Data Protection Regulations 2018

New data protection regulations came into force in May 2018.
The new regulations do not change the way we use your membership details but do require that we have your signed consent to continue using that information.
Members renewing their membership will need to sign a consent form, applicants for membership will find a consent form on the reverse of the membership application form.
Forest Town & Dist.U3A Privacy Policy

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