East Antrim U3A
We are a charity, a friendly self-help organisation for people no longer in full time employment, providing educational, creative and leisure opportunities in a friendly environment.
2024 Aims and Objectives Powerpoint presentation – Please click this link for Further Details
Completed applications can be posted to East Antrim u3a, 12 Nelson Street, Carrickfergus BT38 8AR
Please note that a link to a pdf of the latest application form is available below.
Membership-Application-Form
The next monthly meeting will be on Monday 18th November 2024
University of the Third Age is an international movement whose aims are the education and stimulation of mainly retired members of the community. —those in their third ‘age’ of life. It is commonly referred to as u3a.
In the United Kingdom it is recognised that most people of retirement age have something to contribute and the emphasis has been on sharing, without formal links to traditional universities.
u3a membership 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. Anybody in their third age can join u3a and this includes people who are working part-time. There is no lower age for membership.
More information can be found on our About Us page.
Locally we have over thirty interest groups, each of them having their own group page listed here.
Please feel free to explore our site and if you have any questions please contact the office by email or phone 028 9336 1110
We have a monthly meeting, at Joymount Church Hall (Behind Carrickfergus library) on the third Monday of each month from 2.00-4.00, where members can meet, have a chat, listen to an interesting guest speaker, have a cup of tea or coffee and hear news of any developments and group activities. Pop along unannounced as a visitor and see if you like us well enough to become a member. If you already know about us, then you can download a Membership-Application-Form, print, complete and send it or bring it to the office.
The annual membership fee is only £28 (reducing quarterly as the year progresses), though inevitably further costs will be incurred for some individual activities where we have to use the services of an external tutor, but most activities are free of charge. All organised activities are fully insured.