Hartley Wintney & District

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Membership Renewals

Membership renewal for 2026-27 for existing members is now open. Please click on the button below to begin the process.

Renew your Membership for 2026-27

Associated membership with other u3as

From 1st September 2026 we will welcome full current members of other u3as as Associate Members of Hartley Wintney u3a. All who wish to participate in HW u3a group activities must be either a full individual member or an associate member of Hartley Wintney u3a. Associate membership will cost £16 and be available as an option from 1st September on our online joining form.

Contacts

  • The Committee and the main Support Services Roles are listed on the Committee & Support Services page. You can click on the role's name (blue & underlined) to send an email directly from this website.
  • Every Group names its Leader on the Group's page and you can click on the Leader's name (blue & underlined) to send an email directly from this website.

Publicity Team

The Publicity Team is not a Group (it is part of Support Services). The team is responsible for all advertising and running events such as the Village Festival stand and the gazebo in the High Street [last August]. It also produces the write-ups of each Speaker Meeting for the website. 

There are only four in the team, and they could do with some extra help. If you can help, please contact Madeleine Kudlac or Peter Johnson. 

Creative Writing

National Competition Success

Sarah Wood came second out of 525 entries in the National u3a Short story competition 2025 with her story "Finding the Key to Lost Memories".

  • The Homecoming
    The sea was still that day with little wind to drive our ship forwards. We were two hours into the afternoon watch, when there was a shout from atop the mainmast. ‘On the starboard quarter.’ I could see Captain Jonah Grimes screw up that old, gnarled face of his as her peered through his telescope. ‘That’s… Read more: The Homecoming

Beacon

Beacon is the u3a movement’s integrated membership, groups, finance and mailing system. It’s important both to Hartley Wintney u3a and you, our member, that your information on Beacon is correct. Please check this in August each year (before membership renewals open) and remember to update it if anything changes.

If you've not already set a password, you'll be prompted to create one. As a reminder, for your own protection, passwords should be "strong" - typically at least eight characters long, contain a mixture of uppercase and lowercase letters and at least one digit.

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Documents

Note that some of the following documents linked below are password protected.