Ed Link Regional Trustee for Scotland Member of Perth and Cupar U3As
Growing your U3A? More Members and / or More U3As in Scotland? What is the Scope for Growth? Do we have the Capability? Do we have the Will? Do we know how? Ways to increase your U3A membership Linda Ward, Stranraer U3A
Population By Age in Scotland (2014) 2014 Census data 450000 2500000 400000 350000 300000 250000 200000 150000 2000000 1500000 1000000 Average Annual Mortality 1177 per 100,000 100000 50000 500000 0 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85-89 90+ Men Women Cummulative 0
Population of Over 65s In Scotland Women Total 968,000 Men 541, 000 427, 000 56% 44%
Ratio of Men to Women by Age Group 1.20 1.00 0.80 0.60 0.40 0.20 0.00 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85-89 90+ Scotland
U3As In Scotland List of Members Aberdeen Elgin Nairn Arbroath Falkirk & District Oban Ayr Fife Orkney Bearsden & Milngavie Forfar Penicuik Biggar Forth Valley (Stirling) Perth Caithness Four Border Abbeys Pitlochry (Kelso) Callander & West Grantown on Spey Shetland Perthshire Cupar Hamilton Stewartry Dumfries Inverness & Black Isle Three Brethren (Galashiels) Dundee Isle of Coll Turriff & District East Berwickshire Isle of Skye Tweeddale (Peebles) (Eyemouth) East Kilbride Kintyre West Galloway (Stranraer) East Lothian Lanark West Lothian East Renfrewshire Lenzie Wester Ross Easter Ross & Moray Coast Wigtownshire Sutherland Edinburgh Mull & Iona 47 U3As 9600 Members
NHS Regions Scotland No Name 1 NHS Ayrshire and Arran 2 NHS Borders 3 NHS Dumfries and Galloway 4 NHS Western Isles (Gaelic: Bòrd SSN nan Eilean Siar) 5 NHS Fife 6 NHS Forth Valley 7 NHS Grampian 8 NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde 9 NHS Highland 10 NHS Lanarkshire 11 NHS Lothian 12 NHS Orkney 13 NHS Shetland 14 NHS Tayside
3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 U3As and Membership by NHS Region 4 5 5 4 4 11 3 4 2 2 1 1 1 0 2016 Trust Returns
50 + and 65 + Distribution across NHS Regions 450000 400000 350000 300000 250000 200000 150000 100000 50000 0
2.1% Membership Penetration of 65+ NHS Region 0% 1.4% 0.5% 1.25% 1.4% 0.50% 0.50% 2.0% 4.0% 0.64% No Name 1 NHS Ayrshire and Arran 2 NHS Borders 3 NHS Dumfries and Galloway 4 NHS Western Isles (Gaelic: Bòrd SSN nan Eilean Siar) 5 NHS Fife 6 NHS Forth Valley 7 NHS Grampian 8 NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde 9 NHS Highland 10 NHS Lanarkshire 11 NHS Lothian 12 NHS Orkney 13 NHS Shetland 14 NHS Tayside 0.1% 2.6% 0.3%
U3A Membership of 65+ 1 % of 65+ 968,000 over 65s in Scotland 18% of Total Population U3A Penetration 1%
Region 2009 Survey Population over pension age* (thousands) Source: Office for National Statistics, accessed 19/04/09 * Over 65 for males, over 60 for females U3A membership (persons) U3A membership as % population over pension age North East 508.7 6,197 1.2 North West 1,315.4 20,540 1.6 Yorkshire & 979.2 12,757 1.3 Humberside East Midlands 853.0 15,233 1.8 West Midlands 1,045.7 14,366 1.4 East of England 1,127.2 29,723 2.6 London 1,042.4 13,562 1.3 South East 1,628.4 48,279 3.0 South West 1,145.0 31,847 2.8 Wales 626.6 7,773 1.2 Scotland 1,000.8 3,714 0.4 Northern Ireland 289.8 3,316 1.1 UK 11,561.5 207,307 1.8 Today 9,600 out of ~1 M 1 % Now 2.5% of total membership up from 1.8%
0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 Women Men Distribution 2009 U3A Survey 0 Scotland UK
Age Distribution 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 <60 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 >85 Scotland UK
Educational Attainment No formal after school Other formal College / University Postgrad 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 UK Scotland
Perth U3A Membership Distribution
Bearsden & Milngavie U3A Lenzie
Hamilton U3A East Renfrewshire U3A East KIlbride U3A
It is a responsibility of the Regional Trustee to promote the U3A Movement and to help new ones to get started. On the cards Glasgow West End Paisley Brechin Possibilities Helensburgh * Port Glasgow / Greenock Kilmarnock Dunfermline Can you actively promote your U3A? What can the Trust do to help?
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