U3As in the UK & Around the World. Ian Funnell Surrey U3A Network, UK

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1 U3As in the UK & Around the World Ian Funnell Surrey U3A Network, UK

2 Host Countries of IAUTA Conferences Date of most recently held/planned with number if > 1 Poland 1987 Finland 1994 Germany 1998 Canada (3) 2000 Switzerland (2) 2002 Belgium (4) 2008 Italy (2) 2011 Costa Rica 2010 Portugal 2012 UK 2012 China (2) 2013 Sweden 2013 France (7) 2014 Brazil 2014 Spain (3) 2015

3 Potential Target Membership of the U3A Movement Percentage of Over 60s in Population from 1950 to 2030 Data produced with Gapminder World on 25 September 2014 Data is more available on age basis than on retired population basis

4 UK Membership Growth from 2004 to 2014 Membership 30/9/ in 933 U3As Annual Growth Around Percentage Growth Around 6.5%

5 UK Membership Regional Growth from 2009 to 2014 Blue from New U3As & Pink from Existing U3As Annual Growth (%)

6 Group Name Tag Cloud based on 400+ U3A Websites

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8 U3A Charter from IAUTA (2014) 1. Objective - The objective of U3As is to impart knowledge and culture in an academic and social context. 2. Mission - U3As focus on the cultural and social advancement of seniors and on their wellbeing. 3. Public - U3As are accessible to all seniors irrespective of age, qualifications or means. 4. Status - Many U3As guarantee the academic status of their activities by integrating or linking them with higher education establishments, while other U3As have independent educational status. 5. Education - U3As offer courses, conferences and workshops covering the range of academic subjects taught at universities plus many other topics of local interest.

9 U3A Charter from IAUTA (2014) 6. Health - U3As aim to promote the health of seniors by innovative forms of social, intellectual and physical activities. 7. Culture - U3As provide seniors with the tools for a better understanding of our changing society. 8. Ethics - U3As focus on reducing all forms of discrimination particularly linked to age, sex, ethnicity and religion and actively campaign against exclusion. 9. International - U3As are vehicles for international academic cooperation between seniors in different parts of the world, including the encouragement of visits and reciprocal exchanges. 10. Future - U3As contribute to lengthening life expectancy by providing the intellectual and physical conditions for active ageing.

10 September UK Conference Message from Barbara Lewis, Third Age Trust Chairman U3A is an organisation of men and women who regularly gather together to share their experiences, knowledge, philosophies, values and ideas. They learn from each other. It is a forum for the growth of the human spirit, the development of friendships and the exploration of ideas to enrich the quality of life in the Third Age.

11 U3As in the UK & Around the World Congratulations to Poznan U3A On Thirty Five Academic Years

12 The Big Care Debate House of Lords, December 2012

13 The Seven Ages of Man monologue from William Shakespeare's As You Like It All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages. 1. At first the infant, mewling and puking in the nurse's arms. 2. Then, the whining school-boy with his satchel and shining morning face, creeping like snail unwillingly to school. 3. And then the lover, sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad made to his mistress' eyebrow. 4. Then, a soldier, full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard, jealous in honour, sudden, and quick in quarrel, seeking the bubble reputation even in the cannon's mouth. 5. And then, the justice, In fair round belly, with a good capon lined, with eyes severe, and beard of formal cut, full of wise saws, and modern instances, and so he plays his part. 6. The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slippered pantaloon, with spectacles on nose and pouch on side, his youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide for his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice, turning again toward childish treble, pipes and whistles in his sound. 7. Last scene of all, that ends this strange eventful history, Is second childishness and mere oblivion, sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.

14 The Seven Ages of Man Siedem Wieki z Mężczyzna 1. Infant 1. Niemowlę 2. School-boy 2. Chłopiec szkoły 3. Lover 3. Miłośnik 4. Soldier 4. Żołnierz 5. Justice 5. Sprawiedliwość 6. Lean & slippered pantaloon 6. Chude i pantofle pantaloon 7. Second childishness 7. Drugi dziecinada

15 1. Upbringing and education 2. Working life and family 3. Retirement and new opportunities (U3A) 1. Wychowanie i edukacja 2. Życia zawodowego i rodzinnego 3. Emerytury i nowe możliwości (UTW)

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