Beacon for Members
We use Beacon, an online management system developed by the National u3a, to manage our membership records and to send emails to members. Our financial transactions are also recorded within the system.
It is very important you notify our Membership Secretary if any of your personal details change, especially your email address. If you provided an email address when joining, the monthly magazine/reminder will be sent by email via Beacon, unless requested otherwise.
Only members who have a particular role in our u3a are given access to Beacon. Group organisers are encouraged to use the system to manage their own group records, to check whether members have renewed each year, and to use the email system (which automatically sends messages bcc) for contacting their group.
Receiving Beacon emails
To avoid Beacon emails going to your spam or junk box, we advise you to add the Beacon address (noreply@u3abeacon.org.uk) to your safe sender list.
If you cannot see a safe sender list, or equivalent, in your email settings, you may need to go to your email provider's website and access your account online to change settings there. Another way which sometimes works is to add the Beacon address to your list of contacts or email address book.
Apple devices
Be aware that Apple devices (i-phones, i-pads, Mac books) sometimes change or modify characters and numbers in messages sent or received. To avoid this, please ensure you have turned off Smart Punctuation in Settings - General – keyboard
Any Queries?
There is also a page on Beacon for Group Leaders. For any Beacon queries, please contact our Beacon Administrator.