Pewsey Vale u3a Constitution - Summary

Version - January 2022

Reviewed - December 2025

Constitution of the charity named below, an unincorporated members association and a member of the Third Age Trust.

This is a charity in England and Wales Registered Charity Number: 1190602

The constitution is in two parts.

Part 1 covers the purposes of the charity and how its money and other property can be used. It also contains the powers to change the constitution and to wind the charity up.

Part 2 sets out the administrative provisions, including membership, the appointment of charity trustees, members’ and trustees’ meetings and the powers available to the trustees in running the charity.

The provisions in Part 1 can only be changed by a 2/3rds majority of members present and voting at a general meeting whereas those in Part 2 only require a simple majority to make changes.

The members of the main u3a Committee are the trustees of the Charity.

i. Adoption of the constitution

This constitution was adopted on the 1st February 2022.

The association and its property will be administered and managed in accordance with the provisions in Parts 1 and 2 of this constitution.

ii. Name

The association’s name is Pewsey Vale u3a (and in this document it is called the charity). It is a member of the Third Age Trust (herein after referred to as ‘The Trust’) (Registered Charity Number 288007).

iii. Object

The charity’s object (‘the object’) is the advancement of education, and in particular the education of older people and those retired from full time work, by all means including associated activities conducive to learning and personal development in Pewsey Vale and surrounding district.

The full document is 17 pages in total and details the subjects summarised in Part1 and Part2 above.

Members can obtain full versions of the following policy documents by email to the Secretary:-

Constitution (this document)
Pewsey Vale Member Code of Conduct
Pewsey Vale u3a Complaints and Disciplinary Policy
Pewsey Vale u3a Equality and Diversity Policy
Pewsey Vale u3a Safeguarding Policy
Pewsey Vale u3a Financial Policy