Documents containing information for all members are available here.
AGM 2026
Documents relating to the 2026 AGM can be found here AGM 2026
Group Leader Information
The documents below are of use to those leading and running a group in our u3a:
For risk assessment material see the appropriate section lower down on this page.
To attract new members or to inform your current members of what is happening in your group, group leaders are invited to advertise via the rolling PowerPoint newsreel. The display runs continuously at the start of the Open Meeting and is a useful source of information for people whilst they have a seat and take refreshment. To send information to be included in the newsreel please use the following link newsreel
General information for all members
Interest Group Risk Assessments
We all lead groups under the umbrella of the Third Age Trust (TAT). An important aspect of this umbrella is the insurance provided to all groups through TAT (and paid for by all of us). The insurers require that all of our activities are assessed for risks, and that we all complete and retain a Risk Assessment. Like all insurance, we hope that it is never required, but we need to have the paperwork in place just in case. The TAT insurance statement can be found here:
https://www.u3a.org.uk/all-documents/insurance-faqs-oct25/download
All group leaders should complete and submit a Risk Assessment for the groups they lead. This is not an onerous task. It is to some extent a box-ticking exercise, but we need to make sure the right boxes are ticked. TAT has provided a number of standard Risk Assessment checklists which target different categories of activity. Copies of these documents are available below and the originals can be found at::
https://www.u3a.org.uk/members-area/support/advice-and-guidance#risk
The standard checklists cover:
- Home-based
- Venue-based
- Online-based
- Day trips
- Holiday travel
- Outdoor sporting activity
- Walk leader
- Personal member
- Workshop
The first step is to select the most appropriate checklist for your group. If you need to modify the form to include aspects that aren’t already covered, then please do so.
Many of our interest groups meet in venues such as the Baptist Church Hall. In these cases the venue will usually have an existing generic Risk Assessment, and the u3a group leader will be able to reference that and then add any specific risks created by their own activity. For example, the Table Tennis group might be based on the Sporting Activity checklist, and refer also to the Baptist Church’s own Risk Assessment.
Completed Risk Assessments should be sent to wbu3agroups1@gmail.com.
To complete your group's risk assessment see the information and use the appropriate pro forma below:
Information
Pro forma
- Day trip risk assessment checklist (.docx)
- Holiday travel risk assessment checklist (.docx)
- Home based risk assessment checklist (.docx)
- Online based risk assessment checklist (.docx)
- Outdoor sporting risk assessment checklist (.docx)
- Personal member risk assessment (.docx)
- Walk leader Risk assessment checklist (.docx)
- Workshop activity risk assessment checklist (.docx)
- Venue based risk assessment checklist (.docx)