This site is run by a group of volunteers who share an interest in the use of technology to widen the U3A experience. Changes and updates are made by our student volunteer Chettukindhi Prasanna Laxmi (above) as community support.

We work closely with World U3A who have pioneered the use of video technology through its regular International Forum and websites www.worldu3a.org and www.myu3a.org and like them we are a free and open voluntary body with no fixed membership and no fees.
Steve Carpenter is a retired scientist and project manager specialising in electro-optical systems. Alongside Barry Zussman, he co-edits the Science & Technology page for u3aCommunities. Steve is S&T Group Leader at Yateley & District u3a, which is currently linking with Ash u3a for joint Zoom meetings on a wide variety of topics. He is also the newsletter editor for Yateley & District u3a, producing a bi-monthly A5 booklet for both print and web.
Dónal Denham: spent 40+ years as an Irish diplomat,finishing his career in Finland in 2015. In 2016, he formed a U3A branch in Dun laoghaire, South Dublin which has some 200 members and has led to 3 further groups opening in the region.  Donal loves History, Current & International Affairs and reading, especially newspapers! He cycles an electric bicycle as often as he can and has found croquet late in life.
Anna Grabowska: I'm a retired academic teacher from Gdansk University of Technology, Poland - see English version at https://pg.edu.pl/en - and head of Autodesk Authorised Academic Partner (https://pg.edu.pl/aap). I'm also co-founder and admin of https://jatobym.moodle.pl/, and keen on implementing blended learning solutions (Moodle and Zoom) for U3A.

Ray Hardisty: I am a retired local newspaper journalist and charity volunteer manager. I facilitate Generate Linkers on Communities Online. Elsewhere in the U3A, I am the PR and Media Adviser in the Third Age Trust East of England region and Publicity Officer for Witham (Essex) District U3A where I am responsible for newsletter production and outreach.
Rien van den Hondel: I’m a retired Information Scientist with a degree in Chemical Engineering. I’m extremely concerned about climate change and follow technological and societal advances to reduce our carbon footprint with great interest and fascination. Another (not unrelated) interest of me is our money system and how it could be improved. I support Positive Money.

Tom Holloway - Retired IBM Consultant Systems Engineer (Wide-area Networks) and ex-secretary of U3A Hyderabad, India, where he once lived for 17 years, 8 months of the year setting up and supporting schools in slum communities and the other 4 months in Oxford, England. Now re-retired to the UK, but continues to support and teach his schools in India via ZOOM.

Miall James - Retired pharmacist, who became interested in Lifelong Learning as a principle, not just in doing it! Post Newsletter Editor and Secretary of Witham & District (Essex) U3A, and now leads the Creative Writing and Reading Groups there. Other interests include History, especially Social History and Family. Now involved with the U3A Communities History Group.

Catherine Stevenson - I lead art history groups not only for u3a Communities but also Newcastle u3a and Trust u3a. I have delivered u3a regional study days at a Newcastle art gallery and also present art history to many other u3as in the country. At u3a National Conferences, I organized 4 workshops all of which included art history. For Tyne and Wear Museums, I act as a tour guide in an art gallery as well as occasionally at museums.
Barry Zussman: I'm a retired pharmaceutical research scientist, specialising in the analysis of clinical trial data, to determine the pharmacokinetic properties of new drugs. I’m now the ‘Science & Technology’ group leader for Torridge U3A in North Devon, and my particular interest is the history of science and medicine.
Any of the above may be contacted through the Steering Group chairman - chair@u3acommunities.org