Governance

Structure and Purpose

East Lothian u3a, charity number SC028953, is a charity under Scottish Law and is registered with the Scottish Charity Register (OSCR).  The object of the East Lothian u3a is:

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 East Lothian and its surrounding locality

The East Lothian u3a is a child or subsidiary charity of the Third Age Trust, a UK Government registered charity charity number 288007.

Constitution

The East Lothian u3a is governed by a constitution, last revised in 2022, available here.

Membership

East Lothian Members are expected to abide by the East Lothian Member code of Conduct

East Lothian has a number of Policies and Procedures applicable to u3a members:

• Accessibility
  • East Lothian u3a Accessibility Policy
• Complaints
  • East Lothian u3a Complaints Procedure
• Data Protection
  • East Lothian u3a Data Protection Policy
• Discipline
  • East Lothian u3a Discipline Procedure
• Equality and Diversity
  • East Lothian u3a Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy
• Health and Safety
  • East Lothian u3a Health and Safety Policy
• Privacy
  • East Lothian u3a Privacy Policy
• Safeguarding
  • East Lothian u3a Safeguarding Policy

Trustees

East Lothian u3a is run by an executive committee of trustees elected annually by the membership.

Trustees are subject to a Trustee Code of Conduct and operate with procedures to identify and mitigate governance and operational risks

Names of the current trustees are available from the OSCR web site

Financial Policy

East lothian u3a is subject to the following Financial Policy

Reports

Annual reports are published by the trustees at each annual general meeting and can be viewed here:

	Date of AGM	Reports
	4th June 2025	Trustees’ Annual Report and Accounts For the year ended 30 April 2025
	5th June 2024	Trustees’ Annual Report and Accounts For the year ended 30 April 2024
	7th June 2023	Trustees’ Annual Report and Accounts For the year ended 30 April 2023Receipts and Payments for year ending 30 April 2023
	8th June 2022	Trustees’ Annual Report and Accounts For the year ended 30 April 2022

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