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Membership of the University of the Third Age is not related to a specific age but to a period in one's life (the third age) after the second age of full-time employment and parental responsibility. Anyone in their third age can join the U3A, including people who are working part-time. There is no lower age limit for membership. Membership costs £15.00 per year, £2.50 of which is paid to the National U3A organisation. Members who are already members of another area's U3A only pay the National fee once. Note that new members joining after 1st September 2011 only pay £7.50 for the period until next year's AGM in March 2012, of which £1.25 is the half-year's National Fee. In order to join the Matlock Area U3A it is necessary to send a completed Application Form to the Membership Secretary. The form can be downloaded by clicking on the download button: |
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Like a number of other U3As throughout the country we have gained the acceptable status that allows us to be registered for Gift Aid. This enables us to claim back any tax that members may have paid on their subscriptions both now and into the future. This means, for example, that on a subscription of £15-00 we can currently reclaim £4-20 per person from the Inland Revenue. This has no effect on the member's subscription or on their tax; it simply allows some of the tax already paid to be transferred from the Inland Revenue to the Matlock Area U3A, thus substantiallly increasing our income. Individual members may pay tax for a number of reasons, such as PAYE as an employee, income tax on earnings from self employment, savings or pension payments (both state and private), tax on investments or rentals, capital gains tax, etc. If you pay any form of tax then you are entitled to register your U3A membership subscription for Gift Aid. If you are a UK taxpayer, therefore, it would be much appreciated if you would download a Gift Aid Form, by clicking on the download button and sending the completed form to the Membership Secretary: |
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Last updated on 19th September 2011 |
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