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The election process for the u3a Board and new u3a Council is completed and we are delighted to announce your newly elected Trustees and Council representatives.

We've secured five half marathon places for the Great North Run in September 2025 and are now looking for runners to represent the Third Age Trust.

After a year of dedicated effort, the SiteWorks volunteer team has successfully migrated 676 u3a websites to the new SiteWorks website platform.

u3a is part of a new programme, hosted on the ITN Business Hub, which challenges traditional ideas about ageing and explores what people can do to live healthier and happier later lives. 

The Third Age Trust welcomed a new Chair, Vice Chair and CEO at the Third Age Trust 2024 AGM.

A new report has been published about the health and social benefits of non-formal learning, the style of learning embodied by the u3a movement.

Following on from their involvement with Southport Flower Show, Southport u3a members star in the latest film in the Share Something Brilliant Today film series.

Watch the highlights of this year's u3a Festival in a new video released for u3a week. 

Congratulations to Carol, Veronica and Alice who were awarded winners of the 2024 u3a short story competition at the annual STAR awards. 

u3as around the country share their plans to celebrate u3a week, which starts Saturday 21 September.

Two Dutch university students joined in with u3a activity and interviewed members as part of their research.

Four u3a members took part in The Great North Run to raise money for the u3a movement

u3a members designed and created a show garden at Southport Flower Show, inspired by garden trends of the last 100 years.

The volunteer team leading SiteWorks, the website software for u3as, have reached a significant milestone, as 250 u3as are now using SiteWorks.

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Iain Cassidy as the new CEO of the Third Age Trust.

We are pleased to announce that Allan Walmsley has been elected as the new Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Third Age Trust.

We have now reached the amazing number of just over 50,000 subscribers of the u3a Friends newsletter.

Hundreds of u3a members are taking part in workshops, sports tournaments and talks at u3a Festival 24 - the largest meeting of u3a members in the movement's history.

u3a recently welcomed delegates from the Taiwanese Ministry of Education, who were keen to learn about lifelong learning models within the UK.

Beacon, the volunteer-led membership managament system for u3as, recently welcomed their 600th u3a.

Kenilworth u3a's Fabulous Fashion group feature in a new film, which showcases the role of volunteering within the u3a movement.