About Us
Our History
Manningham University of the Third Age (U3A) was formed following a meeting initiated by the then Doncaster & Templestowe Council and commenced activity in October 1991 when 12 classes were offered to about 35 members.
The Manningham U3A Story
This is the story of Manningham U3A from the first meeting in 1991 to December 2016, the 25th anniversary, written in easy-to-read style.The story is in three parts:
- Part 1 - A Decade of Achievement - the first ten years
- Part 2 - Our Odyssey Continues - 2002 - 2008
- Part 3 - At the Pines - 2009 to 2016
- The Project Archive (145MB) - a collection of copies of original documents that were used as source information for the story. Note: The archive is a large zip file
A dedicated group of members (Leslie Dale, Heather Ambrose, Bridget Halge, Quintin Coutinho and Anoop Chauhan) compiled Part 3 - At the Pines - covering the years 2009 to 2016.
Maggie Gardner converted and formatted the story to PDF .
Mission statement
Our mission is to provide accessible and affordable educational, cultural, physical and social opportunities appropriate to the needs of retired and semi-retired people.
Committee of Management
| David Jensz | President |
| David McNamara | Vice-President |
| Alita Mossop | Secretary |
| Ian Gorman | Treasurer |
| Jillian Gange | Communications |
| Milly Ching | Curriculum |
| Warwick Wright | Enrolments |
| Terry Smith | Equipment |
| Robyn Buttling | Office Manager |
Our Constitution and Policies
Volunteer System
The U3A worldwide has the policy of engaging its members as volunteers to fulfil all of the administrative and teaching tasks needed to keep the organisation operating effectively.
This practice keeps the annual subscription to a minimum and utilises the rich variety of skills and resources offered by its members.
At the Manningham U3A, we acknowledge our members' contribution by enabling all volunteers to enrol into classes for the following year ahead of others. We are happy to say that most of our members take advantage of this incentive.
Details of tasks for volunteers are provided on the Volunteering Categories document. Please also refer to the Enrolment Priorities for all Volunteer Tasks which provides a description of the various tasks.
Opportunities also exist for members to share their special interests and skills.
Heather Ambrose, Co-ordinator of Volunteers of Manningham U3A, has written a paper on the Recruitment of Volunteers. For details, please click here.
 David Jensz |
 David McNamara |
 Alita Mossop |
 Ian Gorman |
 Jillian Gange |
 Milly Ching |
 Warwick Wright |
 Terry Smith |
 Robyn Buttling |