# THE CROYDON UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1029466
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Nov. 30, 1993
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1029466


## Contact

- **Address:** 3 Loxwood Close, ORPINGTON
- **Postcode:** BR5 4PQ
- **Phone:** 07808 723686
- **Email:** info@croydonu3a.org.uk
- **Website:** http://u3asites.org.uk/croydon



## Activities

**Objects:** [I] TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND IN PARTICULAR THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE NOT IN FULL TIME GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT WHO ARE IN THEIR THIRD AGE (BEING THE PERIOD OF TIME AFTER THE FIRST AGE OF CHILDHOOD DEPENDENCE AND THE SECOND AGE OF FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT AND/OR PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY) RESIDING IN CROYDON AND ITS SURROUNDING LOCALITY.[II] TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR LEISURE TIME AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE ABOVE PERSONS IN THE INTERESTS OF THEIR SOCIAL WELFARE.

**Activities:** Croydon U3A provides opportunities for participation in over 65 member-led groups including languages, chess, rambling, history, Scrabble, poetry -  to name but a few. There is a lively outings and holidays programme and a monthly general meeting to which an outside speaker is invited. Members can attend summer schools run by the U3A national office, and study days organised by other local groups.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Recreation
- **Who:** Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** CROYDON AND ITS SURROUNDING LOCALITY.
- Croydon





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **JENNIFER WILSON** | Chair | Oct. 12, 2016 |
| Angela Stagg |  | Oct. 8, 2025 |
| Anne Tanner |  | Oct. 8, 2025 |
| Fenella Cardwell |  | Oct. 9, 2024 |
| JOY ELLERY |  | Oct. 14, 2015 |
| Karen Hook |  | Oct. 9, 2024 |
| Linda Grigsby |  | Oct. 11, 2017 |
| Margaret Elizabeth Chan |  | Oct. 22, 2020 |
| PAUL SMITH |  | Oct. 12, 2016 |
| Patricia Holmes |  | Oct. 11, 2023 |
| Steven May |  | Oct. 11, 2023 |




