## ## ## ||||0 ~| |---|---|---|---| ||||Canterbury
8 District U3A is a learning
co-operative
which draws upon| ||||the knowledge,
experience
and skills of its members
to organise courses,| |Summary
ofthe objects
charity set out in its
governing
document||ofthe|interest groups, events and activities
in accordance
with the wishes ofthe
membership.
Learning
is purely for pleasure
with no distinction
made
between
group leaders and learners.
No accreditation
or certificates exist
and there are no assessments
or qualifications
to be gained. The| ||||organisation
exists for members
to share and enjoy learning
and| ||||members
are encouraged
to both lead and learn.| ||||2021 proved to be another
challenging
year as we learned
to adapt to the| ||||changing
rules surrounding
Covid. We continued
to follow Government| ||||advice throughout.
Our Chair initially
held four Zoom chat sessions each| ||||week to give members
the opportunity
to meet and ease feelings of| ||||isolation.
It was decided to continue
with these Zoom meetings
once a| ||||week even, when face to face meetings
resumed
later on in 2021.| |Summary
ofthe main
activities undertaken
for the
public benefit
in relation to
these objects (include within|||The committee
met 11times
in 2021 via Zoom but intend to recommence
face-to-face meetings
in April 2022. Forthe second year running
we held
the AGM 2021 on Zoom.| |this section the statutory
declaration
that trustees
have
had regard to the guidance
issued
by the Charity|||We continue to have a Memorandum
of Understanding
with the
University
of Kent, and Rona Hodges as our Coordinator
liaises with
them when there is a project in which our members
can be involved.| |Commission
on public
benefit)|||The membership
of Canterbury
and District U3A fell to around 1120
members.
During the year the committee
met 11times all ofwhich were| ||||via Zoom. The Beacon computer
management
system that was| ||||introduced
in 2018continued
to prove useful on membership
matters.| ||||Beacon also helps us to comply with the GDPR legislation
by ensuring| ||||that membership
details are held securely
within the system.| ||||For more details, see section D below.| |A,dditional|details ofobjectives||and activities (Optional
information)| |~|~|||| |---|---|---|---|---| ||||~
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~|| |Summary ofthe main
achievements
ofthe charity
during the year|||The Beacon computer
management
system that was introduced
in 2018
continued
to prove useful on membership
matters. Beacon also helps us
to comply with the GDPR legislation
by ensuring
that membership
details
are held securely
within the system.|| ||||We have only been unable to use the office at Orange Street in the latter
part of2021 due to the COVID 19restrictions.
Certain committee|| ||||members
and others have been able to maintain
our computer systems
on the G-suite together
with Beacon and our web site from their homes.|| ||||As a result we have been able to keep our U3A alive and maintain
a
service to our members
through
the use ofZoom.|| ||||Our Website enables prospective
members
tojoin by following
a link on
the web site. The Courses Team and Tutors introduce
courses on Zoom|| ||||and there have been over 500 members
joining them. As the Covid-19
restrictions
have eased we have been able to offer a mixture ofFace to
Face courses and via Zoom. A wide variety ofcourses are offered for|| ||||example —history,
languages,
literature,
astronomy,
health issues, art,
yoga, ukulele,
recorder,
psychology
and many more.|| ||||In addition to the Chat sessions referred to in section C, Communications
with all members
have been maintained
via a Bulletin,
which is sent via|| ||||email once a month
with a "keeping
in touch" letter from the Chair. This is
also distributed
by post to people without
email. Very good friendships
have been formed and we all enjoyed being
in touch with other people
on- line, whilst being unable to meet physically
with friends and relatives.|| ||||The Chair attends the Network
meetings
and maintains
contact with other
chairs of neighbouring
u3a's.
The Chair attended
the National
AGM and
attended
Network
meetings
via Zoom quarterly.|| ||||ln July 2021 we arranged
a riverside
picnic to enable members
to meet,|it| ||||was a very happy
gathering
in glorious sunshine
and really helped ease
the feelings of isolation
felt by many.|| ||||Monthly
meetings
were conducted
on Zoom until September
when we
resumed face to face meetings;
with a variety ofvery interesting
speakers.|| ||||Open Day and the Launch ofthe Autumn
Programme
was held
in
September,
with a display ofcrafts on show and music played
on the
street. Over 20 new members joined our u3a at the event.|| ||||A quiz
in November
organised
was very well attended
and enjoyed
by
members.|| ||||In December we were very pleased to be able to hold a bring and share
Christmas
lunch.
The Christmas
Concert the following
week provided
a
very festive end to the year as we were entertained
by singers,
ukuleles,
finger pickers, recorders.|| ||||At all these events the hospitality
team provided
refreshments
which is|| ||||much appreciated
by all.|| ||||Roger and Margaret
Lansdell organised
two holidays
in 2021 one to|| ||||Northumberland
and another to Northampton.
The holidays are very
popular
with our members.|| ## ## |Consolidated
B|alan|ce Sheet a|s at31stD|ecember 202|1|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||Ail funds|listed are|Unrestricted||| ||||f|||||| |Cash at Lloyds Bank|A/C|Current|46,002|||||41,257| |Cash at Lloyds bank|A/C|Outings|2,635|||||2,635| |Cash at Uoyds bank|A/C|Deposit|15,000|||||15,000| |PayPa
I A/C|||20|||||20| |Total cash at Bank 1stJan|||63,657|63,657||58,912||58,912| |Net Movement ofFunds ex Financial||||||||| |Sta'tefnent||||5,626||4745.04||| |Fixed Assets @Y/E||||139||170||| |Total Value at Y/E||||69,422|69,422|63,828|63,828|| |REPRESENTED BY;||||||||| |||||31.12.21|Total|31.12.20|Total|| |CURRENT ASSETS||||f||f||| |Cash at I.loyds Bank|A/C|Current||51,628||46,002||| |Cash at Lloyds bank|A/C|Outings||2,635||2,635||| |Cash at l.loyds bank|A/C|Deposit||15,000||15,000||| |PayPal A/C||||20||20||| |Cash at bank 1stJan||||N/A||N/A||| |Sub Total at year end||||69,283|69,283|63,657|63,657|| |FIXEDASSETS||||||||| |B/Fwd||||171||754||| |Purchased
in Year||||0||0||| |Totai Fixed Assets||||171||754||| |Less depreciation/written||off||32||583||| |Net Fixed Assets||||139||171||| |CREDITORS||||||||| |Amounts
faliing due||||||||| |within 3 months||Bookings||0||0||| |PayPal/Chqs
bfwd ex||last year-||-20||-20||| |PayPal/chqs|not|cld||20||20||| ||||||||0|| ||||||69,422||63,828|| ## ## |1STJANUARY 2021to 31STDEC|EMBER 2021|| |---|---|---| |||2020| |INCOME k RESOURCES||| |Activities tofurther the charity's objectives||| |incoming
Resources||| |Net Subscriptions|22,518|25,032| |Courses and fees|0|524| |Miscellaneous|59|6| |Bank Interest|2|5| |Third Age Trust Grant|0|0| |TFRex Outings
A/C|0|0| |Outings -Receipts|0|0| |Gift Aid|3,027|3,085| |Total Income|25,606|28,652| |Resources Expended||| |Course Expenses|68|577| |Administration|2,791|2311| |Rents|11,462|12,531| |Communications:
Printing|582|374| |Communications:
Post|129|1.171| |TATAffiliation
Fee|3,472|5,040| |Beacon Usage Fee|1,032|1,476| |Speakers|445|427| |Outings
Expenditure|0|0| |Sub Total|19,980|23,907| |Asset Purchases||| |Laptops
PCs|0|0| |Orange St Equipment|0|0| |Total Resources Expended|19,980|23,907| |Net resouces less net expenses|5,626|4,745| |NET MOVEMENT
IN FUNDS||| |Funds bal. B/F at 1stJan|63,657|58,912| |Chqs cld ex last year S.Chqs not cld at Y/E|0|0| |Total Funds balance at year end|69,283|58,907| ## ## ## ## ##