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Membership Renewals
Lapsed members wishing to renew should contact the Membership Secretary.
Associated membership with other u3as
Paid-up members of other u3as will be welcome at HW u3a group activities at zero membership fee. Any group specific fees will apply at the same rate as full HW u3a members. For more details, please read our
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 VisitIn the Year of our Lord 1535, two men travel the length and breadth of the county of Southampton visiting religious establishments at the command of Thomas Cromwell, the Principal Secretary to the King and Vicar-General. Dr Thomas Legh and John ap Rice are charged with investigating the fifteen monasteries in the county ... Read More
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.
If you haven't already registered for Beacon.
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If you have already registered.
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Documents
Note that some of the following documents linked below are password protected.
- AGM Draft Minutes 4 November 2025
- HW u3a Constitution April 2026
- HW u3a Trustee Roles and Responsibilities (v6.1 November 2022)
- User Guide for accessing the HW u3a Beacon Membership Portal and Renewing the Annual Membership and Paying Online