Membership - Faringdon & District

To Join

The membership year runs from January to December, and the membership fee is £18 for a single membership, and £36 for two people at the same address. You can apply as a new member at any time in the year, and you can apply by either using our online form, or by filling in a paper membership form & posting it.

If you join our u3a on or after 1st October, then the membership fee for the rest of this year is free. If you join in December, then you need to pay the membership fee and this will include December and the following year.

In our u3a the subscription covers the admin, the insurance, the monthly meetings with speakers, the Third Age Matters magazine, our quarterly Newsletter and the Summer lunch.

To apply online, please click on the button below and complete the simple online form. If you wish to apply using this online form, we ask that you pay your membership fee using Internet Banking. Payment should be made to our u3a bank account ‘Faringdon University of the Third Age’, using SORT CODE: 30-93-18 and account number: 00703609. Please include your name as a reference. To apply using the online form, one member needs to have an email address, as we will send you a confirmation of your membership by email rather than a posted membership card.

New Member Application

Alternatively, a printable PDF copy of the membership form is available for download by clicking on the button below: Instructions are shown on the form, and payment can be made either by cheque, Internet Banking or cash (in person).

Printable New Member Form

To Renew

The membership year runs from January to December, and the membership fee for 2026 is £18 for Single membership and £36 for Joint membership (two people at the same address). You can renew your membership for 2026 either online (preferred, see below) or by filling in a paper membership form & posting it along with your payment. Renewals for the following year can be done as from 1st December.

If you are not paying online please do not pay directly into the u3a bank account using internet banking unless you are also sending in a paper membership form. (It makes the administration task much harder as it is difficult to pick up a lone membership banking transaction amongst all the other transactions).

To renew online, please click on the button below, where you can use our Beacon Administration system to do a self-renewal. This is a quick & streamlined process for you as well as saving the Membership Secretary a lot of work. On-line payments are processed securely by PayPal, but you DO NOT need a PayPal account (you use PayPal as a guest). All major credit and debit cards are accepted.

After clicking on the renewal button below, you will get the Beacon system Portal screen. If you have already registered then please enter your email address & password, otherwise please register (click here for help and to see the user guide).

If you are renewing as joint members and claiming Gift Aid, it’s important that the person doing the renewal is the one eligible for Gift Aid. Please also ensure that you still qualify for Gift Aid.

After logging into your Portal & selecting membership renewal, you will then be taken to the renewal screen, and then on to the PayPal screen.

After you have paid, your renewal will be automatically processed by the Beacon system, and you will immediately receive an email with your membership card attached. We hope this will also appeal to people who currently don’t do internet banking.

Online Renewal 2026

Printable Renewal Form 2026

Change of details

If any of your personal details (e.g. postal address, telephone no. or email address) change during the year, we would appreciate it if you could let us know. Please click on the button below to access your personal portal.

If you would like to change how you receive the Faringdon & District u3a Newsletter then please email the Membership Secretary Membership Secretary .

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