| Description | During the last year or two these issues have risen to the top of the agenda of the National Executive Committee. One concerns the profile of the membership of the U3A. Apart from the self-evident truth that our members are thirdagers, we know little else about them. Visually one thing is very clear; almost all our members are white. Another issue raises the question whether there are 'no-go’ U3A territories. Are there parts of our larger towns and cities where U3As do not exist and are unlikely ever to come about? |
| Topics | U3A
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| Type | U3A-led research (not an SLP) |
| U3A | North Sheffield U3A
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| Year started | 2001 |
| Source of reference | Sources No.11 February 2001 |
| Notes | No matter how we tried to explain 'university', many people
in our northeast area were put off by the name 'University of the Third Age' and immediately
decided it was not for them. This was so even in the more prosperous northern part of our
very large area. Most people there preferred the more relaxed leisure appeal of the flourishing
Over-50s clubs to the idea of a U3A. |