Welcome to U3A Banyule

Are you aged 50-plus and retired or semi-retired? Live in the City of Banyule or surrounds? Want to keep your brain and body active and make new friends? Want to share your skills and experience with others? Join the University of the Third Age Banyule (U3A Banyule). For a modest annual membership fee, you can participate in a wide range of courses, social activities, excursions and events. Note: Some excursions/events may incur additional costs. No qualifications are required and there are no exams.

We have over 800 members and offer more than 150 courses and activities each year. All those involved in U3A Banyule are volunteers.

Latest News (updated 24 March 2025 )  

• Notice is hereby given that the Thirty-ninth Annual General Meeting of U3A Banyule Inc will be held on Monday 31 March, 2025, 1:30 - 4.00 pm.  The meeting will be conducted at the Heidelberg Golf Club, 8 Lower Plenty Road, Lower Plenty.  More details will be provided in Omail to members.
  
  
• Easter break: The U3A Banyule Office will close at 12noon on Thursday 17 April and re-open at 10am on Tuesday 22 April.
  
  
• The March 2025 Newsletter is now available for downloading from the Newsletters page.
  
  
• Some 2025 Courses are still open for enrolment, you can view the Course Program for Term1 & 2, 2025, on MyU3A  HERE .  Remember that you must have renewed your membership before you can enrol.
  
  
• U3A Banyule's Terms and Conditions of Membership policy has been updated.  Please take a moment to read the latest version, which is available from the Document Library
  
  
• See Community News for details of local offers and events such as:-  
  
   * Norovirus vaccine study - University of Melbourne & Doherty Institute needs volunteers over 60
   * Clinical trial participants are required by the Doherty Institute - combination flu/COVID vaccine. 
   * Banksia Palliative Care Service is advertising for volunteers
   * Square dancing classes at  Macleod
  
  
• COVID is still with us and in group settings like ours, transmission is easy. If you are feeling unwell, please don’t come to classes until you are SURE you haven’t got COVID.  Masks would be good too.
  
  
• News from Banyule City Council - see Community News for further information 
  
  
• TIP: There are many Other Learning Opportunities for classes beyond U3A Banyule.