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      • A-B >
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        • Architecture Appreciation
        • Art
        • Badminton
        • Birdwatching >
          • Birdwatch Blog
        • Booktalk
        • Bridge
      • C-F >
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          • All that Chess
        • Computing club
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        • Creative Writing
        • Crosswords
        • Digital photography
        • Dining Club
        • Family History
        • French: Get By In
        • French Beginners
        • French Conversation
      • G-J >
        • Garden Croquet
        • Gardening
        • Geology >
          • Geology Blog Page
        • German Language
        • Greener Choices
        • History
        • History of Art >
          • History of Art Blog
        • Italian Language Studies
        • Jazz Appreciation
      • K-P >
        • Kings Cribbage
        • Latin
        • Mah Jong
        • Maths and Physics
        • Members On Their Own
        • Music Appreciation
        • Petanque
        • Philosophy
        • Pins and Needles
        • Play Reading
        • Poetry Appreciation
      • Q-S >
        • Quiz
        • Reading for Pleasure 1
        • Reading For Pleasure 3
        • Russian Beginners
        • Science
        • Scottish Country Dancing
        • Scrabble
        • Singing for Pleasure
        • Spanish Language >
          • Get by in Spanish
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            • Blog Español
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        • Table Tennis
        • Theatre Visits
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        • Weaving Group >
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        • Wine Appreciation
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    • Dorchester and District u3a AGM >
      • 2021 AGM
      • Minutes of 2020 AGM
    • Data Protection Policy
  • Links
    • Central u3a sites
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    • Learning Resources

Purpose and Principles of Dorchester u3a

Purpose

The purpose of Dorchester and District u3a is to provide lifelong learning through self-help interest groups covering topics and activities as chosen by our members.  Our groups provide a wide range of opportunities for members explore new ideas, skills and activities together.

Principles

The Dorchester u3a principles are the Principles of the Third Age Trust.
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The U3A movement is non-religious and non-political and has three main principles:
The Third Age Principle
  • Membership of a U3A is open to all in their third age, which is defined not by a particular age but by a period in life in which full time employment has ceased.
  • Members promote the values of lifelong learning and the positive attributes of belonging to a U3A.
  • Members should do all they can to ensure that people wanting to join a U3A can do so.
The Self-help Learning Principle
  • Members form interest groups covering as wide a range of topics and activities as they desire; by the members, for the members.
  • No qualifications are sought or offered. Learning is for its own sake, with enjoyment being the prime motive, not qualifications or awards.
  • There is no distinction between the learners and the teachers; they are all U3A members.
The Mutual Aid Principle
  • Each U3A is a mutual aid organisation, operationally independent but a member of The Third Age Trust, which requires adherence to the guiding principles of the U3A movement.
  • No payments are made to members for services rendered to any U3A.
  • Each U3A is self-funded with membership subscriptions and costs kept as low as possible.
  • Outside financial assistance should only be sought if it does not imperil the integrity of the U3A movement.
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