Sheffield U3A

The Sheffield U3A Wild Apricot Membership Management System
Sheffield U3A (SU3A) is using this membership management system in order to reduce the administrative burden associated with members joining SU3A or renewing membership.  All SU3A administrative tasks are carried out by members on a voluntary basis and the use of an online membership management system will reduce the administrative workload.

Wild Apricot and your login e-mail address
The system is based on membership management software developed and supported by the company Personify who own the Wild Apricot product - www.wildapricot.com.  The Wild Apricot software requires that every member should have their own "member profile" and login - even if they are the second member of a "couples bundle".  Where the two members of a "couples bundle" share the same e-mail address, then a dummy login e-mail address can be provided that will automatically forward any e-mails to the shared e-mail address.  If you are a couple who share a single e-mail address, then after the "couples bundle administrator" has applied to join SU3A, then please send an e-mail to  to request a forwarder e-mail address for the second "bundle member".


The online membership application form
When completing the online membership application forms, please note that some fields are mandatory and some are optional.  Even though "year of birth" and "previous occupation" are optional, it would be very helpful if you would be prepared to complete these fields.  These fields are valuable when planning SU3A activities.

U3A Magazines - "Third Age Matters" and "Links"
The "U3A News" magazine Third Age Matters is produced by the National U3A Third Age Trust.  It is produced 5 times a year and is sent by post to U3A members across the country. The charge for this is £3.50pa.
The SU3A magazine "Links" is produced every 2 months and available online to Sheffield U3A members.  Links contains information about SU3A events and groups.  The October 'Links', containing the renewal information, is sent by post to all so it would be helpful if couples would request a copy only for the "couples administrator".

Gift Aid
If you are a tax payer please set Gift Aid to "Yes" as this allows us to reclaim the tax. Gift Aid is valuable to SU3A as it represents about 20% of income and without this subscriptions would have to increase.  Setting Gift Aid to "Yes" does not cost you anything.  If you have signed up for Gift Aid and are no longer a tax payer please let us know so that we do not claim Gift Aid against your subscription.  If you have Couples membership and only one of you pays tax please make that person the "couples administrator" so that they can sign up for Gift Aid.  The full amount for both members is considered by Inland Revenue as a single payment by the "couples administrator".

Please also check that the amount to be paid is correct.

The online payment system
The SU3A Wild Apricot online payment system uses the Stripe Payments Platform. This system will allow you to pay the membership subscription from a credit or debit card.

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