Welcome to Ashton in Makerfield u3a

The u3a is a UK-wide organisation, which aims to encourage people to continue their social and creative interest and to do this in a friendly and informal way. Run by members, for members, u3a groups have sometimes been described as 'youth clubs for older people'.

While the wider u3a has been around for 40 years, our Ashton group has been around for 18 years, with a membership of approximately 252. At this local level we:

• hold twice monthly drop in Meetings for new and existing members
• offer a range of Social Events and Outings throughout the year
• run a variety of regular Interest / Activity Groups relating to particular groups or interests.
• We have a range of groups, meetings and outings- See Groups and Events pages for full details.