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 classes, 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 1000 members and offer more than 150 classes and activities each year. All those involved in U3A Banyule are volunteers.

Latest News (updated 4 April 2026 )  

• The Office will be closed during the Easter school holidays and will reopen on Monday 20 April.
  
  
• SAVE THE DATE: Banyule U3A has been operating for 40 years this year. Our organisation was one of the first to be formed in Victoria. We will be celebrating this special event with a luncheon held at the Montmorency RSL on Friday July 24, 2026. More information will be available in the following months.

• Committee of Management: Following a very successful Annual General Meeting on Monday 30th March, a new Committee of Management for the 2016-27 year was formed. The new Committee can be found on the About Us page under Committee.

• The first 2026 edition of the Newsletter (March 2026)  is now available from Newsletters.
  

• See Community News for events from Banyule Council - Eco Festival 2026 and Stronger Together: Inclusive Banyule Plan

• Are you encountering challenges while using Member Wizard, our membership database?  You can book a tailored session to help meet your needs - See Noticeboard for how to book 

• Did you attend the Annual Forum on AI issues in November 2025?  Speaker Bruno Zielke has shared his Powerpoint slides with us - You can download them from Noticeboard  

• The U3A Banyule Office at ILCH is open from 10 to 12 noon Monday to Friday, and also from 1 to 3pm on Thursday afternoons
  
  
• U3A Banyule Strategic Plan 2025-2028 is available for viewing in the Document Library
  
  

• 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.