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The Goring Gap u3a is an exciting self-help movement for retired or semi-retired people who live in the Goring Gap. It offers the opportunity to pursue learning for sheer enjoyment and for its own sake. It is a self-funded Educational Charity.
The Goring Gap u3a is an exciting self-help movement for retired or semi-retired people who live in the Goring Gap. It offers the opportunity to pursue learning for sheer enjoyment and for its own sake. It is a self-funded Educational Charity.
Not to be confused with the protected gap between Goring-by-Sea and Ferring, the Goring Gap is the narrow valley, occupied by the River Thames, between the Chiltern Hills and the Berkshire Downs. It is approximately 10 miles (16 km) upstream of Reading and 27 miles (43 km) downstream of Oxford. The river here delimits Berkshire from Oxfordshire. The twin villages of Goring and Streatley face each other across the river at the heart of the gap.
Not to be confused with the protected gap between Goring-by-Sea and Ferring, the Goring Gap is the narrow valley, occupied by the River Thames, between the Chiltern Hills and the Berkshire Downs. It is approximately 10 miles (16 km) upstream of Reading and 27 miles (43 km) downstream of Oxford. The river here delimits Berkshire from Oxfordshire. The twin villages of Goring and Streatley face each other across the river at the heart of the gap.
If you are retired or semi-retired, live in Goring or Streatley, or the surrounding villages and communities, and seek to come together with like-minded people to share knowledge and experience, learn new skills or more about your local area and get to know a wider circle of interesting people then you have come to the right place.
If you are retired or semi-retired, live in Goring or Streatley, or the surrounding villages and communities, and seek to come together with like-minded people to share knowledge and experience, learn new skills or more about your local area and get to know a wider circle of interesting people then you have come to the right place.
Join and pay electronically
Join and pay electronically
The preferred way of joining the Goring Gap u3a, and the one that is the simplest and fastest, is to
Complete and SUBMIT the electronic application form by clicking on the link below.
Pay your subscription by bank transfer (see right). Please note: payment of the membership fee implies confirmation of the consents and declarations made in the application form.
We will confirm your payment and email your membership number to you.
Please note, Goring Gap u3a does not have a facility for joint membership. Each person applying to join our u3a must complete a separate form.
Please note, Goring Gap u3a does not have a facility for joint membership. Each person applying to join our u3a must complete a separate form.
Download, print, fill in and send off a paper form!
Download, print, fill in and send off a paper form!
Alternatively you can download an application form by clicking the button below. If possible, please pay the subscription by bank transfer. We do accept payment by cheque but the lack of local facilities for paying in cheques may result in a delay in clearing your payment. Please send the completed form, and any cheque, to the address on the form. Please note: payment of the membership fee implies confirmation of the consents and declarations made in the application form.
hint: its easier and quicker to use the electronic form
Renew lapsed subscription
Renew lapsed subscription
If your subscription has lapsed, and you wish to renew:
Pay the relevant subscription for the current month(see table right) via bank transfer using the details right, or by sending a cheque, made payable to “Goring Gap U3A”, to Membership Secretary, 119, Fairway Avenue, Tilehurst, Reading, RG30 4QB n.b. the lack of local facilities for paying in cheques may result in a delay in clearing your payment.
Click the button to tell us you are renewing
Subscription rates and payment
Subscription rates and payment
Goring Gap u3a Annual Subscription Rates .
Pay by bank transfer to the account shown below:
Pay by bank transfer to the account shown below:
Name of Account: Goring Gap University of the Third Age;
Sort Code: 30-90-91;
Account No: 71848960;
Payment Ref: Please include a payment reference consisting of "NEW", followed by your initials.
If two of you, who live at the same address, are joining at the same time, you can make just one combined payment and complete the joining form for each person. Please include "NEW" and both initials, separated by a space, in the payment reference.
Data Protection and Privacy Policies
Data Protection and Privacy Policies
Please read these policies before applying to join. You will be required to confirm that you accept them during your application, or to opt out of receiving communications.
The U3A is a UK-wide movement which brings together people in their ‘third age’ to develop their interests and continue their learning in a friendly and informal environment. Our inaugural meeting was held in June 2006 and membership has grown to our present 370 members. As we expand we are also able to increase our range of activities. We are a self-help organisation with charity status, run by volunteers. Like all U3A’s we are affiliated to the national body, the Third Age Trust. Click here to go to the U3A national web site. The Goring Gap U3A is a member of the Thames Valley U3A Network, an association of over 35 local U3As. The network puts on events, such as subject study days, that would not be possible for individual U3A
u3a is a UK-wide movement of locally-run interest groups that provide a wide range of opportunities to come together to learn for fun. Members explore new ideas, skills and activities together. The Goring Gap u3a inaugural meeting was held in June 2006 and our membership has grown to our present 370 members. As we expand we are also able to increase our range of activities. We are a self-help organisation with charity status, run by volunteers. Like all U3A’s we are affiliated to the national body, the Third Age Trust. Click here to go to the U3A national web site. The Goring Gap U3A is a member of the Thames Valley U3A Network, an association of over 35 local U3As. The network puts on events, such as subject study days, that would not be possible for individual U3A
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