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u3a 2021 Christmas

by Third Age Trust

Belief: Trust Committee members are not Trustees. Committee members are not equal, the Chair has overall authority.
Truth: The Trust has ...

Belief: Single sex groups are permitted.
Truth: They are not, we are an inclusive organisation.

24. Belief: The organisation is seeing continued steady growth.
Truth: Through the pandemic membership dropped. More severely in some areas compared ...

Belief: The Third Age Trust is our “Head” office.

Truth: We have no overarching head office. There is a ‘u3a Office’ ...

Belief: the u3a is just a British organisation.

Truth: It’s actually an international organisation strong in France and America. We maintain ...

Belief: The u3a movement is for ex-teachers.

Truth: We want a diverse inclusive membership from all walks of life and professions.

Belief: You have to be over 55 to join a u3a; &/or you have to be retired.
Truth: There is no ...

Belief: u3a is a small national organisation.

Truth: We are actually the 17th largest organisation in the UK, just below the ...

20. Myth: You can just pay £3.50 and get a day’s membership and hence get insurance cover on a u3a ...

Belief: Online learning is isolationist and no fun.

Truth: Online methods can open up access to many members and improve our ...

Belief: ‘They’ spent a fortune on the new Branding.

Truth: Actually most of the work was done by u3a Volunteers. The ...

Belief: u3a is like a cult.

Truth: We are an open friendly organisation welcoming new members without any form of entrance ...

Belief: u3as ‘do’ and the Trust’s only job is to support u3as.

Truth: A high proportion of the Trust’s efforts is ...

Belief: A local u3a is not a charity but a branch.

Truth: All u3as are independent organisation. Most are independent charities. ...

Belief: There is a big Head Office with a large number of paid Staff.

Truth: We have only one room as ...

Belief: It's "illegal" to have paid tutors.
Truth: Paid tutors are not "illegal". u3as are discouraged from using them regularly as ...

Belief: It’s a University, like going back to school.

Truth: There are no exams or certificates issued. While we hope that ...

21. Belief: u3as can’t raise funds for other charities.
Truth: u3as can raise money for charities that have similar charitable objectives.

19. Myth: Members can never discuss politics or religion.
Truth: u3as shouldn’t promote any specific religion or political perspective. A quote ...

Belief: u3as are discouraged from working with other organisations.
Truth: All u3as are free to form associations and work with other ...

Belief: It's against the rules to seek outside funding, i.e. Lottery Funding.
Truth: Local u3as can look for sources of funding ...

23. Belief: The magazine, TAM, isn’t popular and isn’t green.
Truth: TAM has a distribution of over 200,000 households and uses ...

22. Belief: The movement is just for white, middle-class people. The Trust doesn’t promote diversity.
Truth: We want a diverse inclusive ...

Belief: It’s a Top Down Organisation with management from above.
Truth: All local u3as govern themselves against their own Constitution.

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