{"id":21,"date":"2019-01-15T13:43:30","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T13:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.formbyu3a.org.uk\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2026-01-19T10:27:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T10:27:50","slug":"membership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/formbyu3a.org.uk\/?page_id=21","title":{"rendered":"Membership"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Membership<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Membership of Formby U3A is open to all in their third age, which is defined not by a particular age but by a period in life after you have finished working full-time, raising your family and have time to pursue your interests or just try something new.  <strong>Membership still remains only \u00a39 per person per year<\/strong> &#8211;<strong> the Financial\/Membership year is 1st January to 31st December<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u25cf <strong>To apply for Membership please click <a href=\"https:\/\/formbyu3a.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/formby-u3a-membership-form-fillable-inc-SO-7-May-2025_CH.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u25cf<strong> For Terms and Conditions of Membership please click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.formbyu3a.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Terms_and_Conditions_Formby_U3A_08_03_2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u25cf <strong>Standing Order mandate (pdf file) <strong>please<\/strong><\/strong> <strong>click <a href=\"https:\/\/formbyu3a.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Formby-u3a-Standing-Order-mandate-2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u25cf <strong>Benefits of membership please see below<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Groups<\/strong> &#8211; please click <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"here  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.formbyu3a.org.uk\/?page_id=104\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A<\/strong> <strong>Monthly meeting<\/strong> &#8211; please click <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.formbyu3a.org.uk\/?page_id=4465\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Monthly newsletter when approriate <\/strong>&#8211; please click <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"here (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.formbyu3a.org.uk\/?page_id=331\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Discounts<\/strong> May 2025 (opens in a separate page, please click <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/formbyu3a.org.uk\/?page_id=3975\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"3975\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a><\/strong>) &#8211; discounts are the process of being updated<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Please remember that from January 2026 onwards, you will need your Membership Card at all events, including group activities.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If your membership has lapsed and you wish to rejoin Formby u3a you may do so by getting&nbsp; in touch with the Membership Secretary&nbsp;Christine Hosie by e-mailing: <a href=\"mailto:membership@formbyu3a.org.uk\">membership@formbyu3a.org.uk<\/a>&nbsp;or phoning <strong>01704 882903<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>It is important that our membership record is accurate and up to date. Please ensure that changes to address, emails and telephone numbers are reported to the Membership Secretary as soon as possible. Many thanks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Membership Membership of Formby U3A is open to all in their third age, which is defined not by a particular age but by a period in life after you have finished working full-time, raising your family and have time to pursue your interests or just try something new. Membership still remains only \u00a39 per person per year &#8211;\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/formbyu3a.org.uk\/?page_id=21\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/no-title.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/formbyu3a.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/formbyu3a.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/formbyu3a.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/formbyu3a.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/formbyu3a.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":121,"href":"https:\/\/formbyu3a.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6076,"href":"https:\/\/formbyu3a.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21\/revisions\/6076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/formbyu3a.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}