Key functions and services of the SiteWorks team include: Read more

These are the SiteWorks hosting Terms & Conditions for u3as. They cover the whole of the UK. Terms & Conditions for u3as (27.2.25)If you have specific questions on the content then contact the Trust by emailing tcenquiry@siteworks.u3a.org.uk For affiliated Networks, Regions, Subject Adviser and Subject Network sites applicable Terms & Conditions will be send directly. Read more

Any Region/Network officially recognised (affiliated) to the Trust will be able to use SiteWorks hosting. Note that there are separate Terms and Conditions for Networks and Regions. Who can sign these depends on the governance structure. Subject Advisor sites are essentially treated as Networks. Read more

Under the Web Managers menu two Foundation study documents are available – one for content editing and one for site administrators. There is also a guide specifically for managing Groups. The drop-down menu Web Managers includes a page Learn WordPress with some recommended web links to general WordPress training. It is recognised that these are Read more

All u3as are equally welcome to adopt SiteWorks and take up the Website hosting offering. If you want to know more or have questions to help you decide then contact us usng the button on the Start here page (menu above). The next step will be to register with us – there is a link Read more

u3a SiteWorks is a website offering to u3as, Networks and Regions. A team of volunteers manage a Trust hosted website for content editors (we call them Web Managers) to maintain. The team also provides support and the documentation on this site. SiteWorks is based on the industry standard WordPress product and replaced the Site Builder Read more

Beacon and Site Builder have separate functions. The focus on the SiteWorks design was to implement the features of Site Builder, the previous website offering, as closely as possible. u3as will need to continue to maintain some groups related information in both Beacon and SiteWorks. A small team of volunteers has been formed to start Read more

The Terms & Conditions state: The fee for the SiteWorks Service is £50 (including VAT) per annum, invoiced annually in advance. No refund will be payable for unused portions of the year, if applicable. The charging year starts on 1st April when invoices will be sent out. Read more

The volunteer project team have produced a SiteWorks/WordPress theme which makes it easy for u3as to produce a website that follows the recommendations for use of colour and font set out in the u3a brand guidelines.  The theme is developed under an open-source licence which makes it available to anyone anywhere to use or modify. Read more