Courses Available

Enjoy your retirement. The courses available at U3A Ringwood are for learning (for its own sake) and for the enjoyment of our members. They cover a wide range of no-additional cost or low-cost courses and activities to seniors and those in retirement or in semi-retirement. Our courses include:

  • Activities such as Yoga, Tai Chi, Exercise to Music, Shi Ba Shi, Table Tennis, etc.

  • Discussion groups on current affairs (national and international)

  • Drawing and sketching, writing, card making

  • Poetry, Music, Film and Art appreciation

  • Computer help and free basic digital skills mentoring

  • Foreign Languages, Family History, etc.

  • Offsite activities such as Bike club and Coffee club

  • Wine appreciation, Quilting, Elders and the Law and much more

Our courses:

  • Run between early February and the first week of December during school terms but not on public holidays

  • Run for one to two hours between 9:30AM and 4:00PM weekdays excluding school and public holidays

  • Are held in one of our two locations in Ringwood and Ringwood North

  • Are run by volunteer class leaders. This helps us to maintain our low fees. 

  • Usually have no prerequisites. You can check a course’s prerequisites in its course description.

  • Do not have additional class fees except for a few that involve the purchase of class materials, reference books, library fees, etc.

You must be a member of U3A Ringwood to be able to officially enrol in a course or activity.   Checkout our membership page for information on how to become a member. 

View Our Classes
Class Timetable (printable)

Enrolling In Classes

Online

You use Member Portal to enrol in our classes. To do this:

  • Click on the blue Member Portal icon opposite

  • Use one of the login options shown on the Member Portal Home Page. If it’s the first time you have used Member Portal the click on Register For Member Portal Access first and complete registration steps.

  • Click on Classes then scroll through list of classes and select the class you want to enrol in. Read the information on the course and then click on the grey Enrol Now button if you wish to enrol in the class. Repeat process for other classes until you have enrolled in all classes you want.

  • Click on the green CHECKOUT button when you have finished your class selections.

  • Click on the HOME button (not the browser one) above the U3A Ringwood logo to return to the Member Portal home Page.

  • If fees are due, click on PAY OWING on Left hand menu. If paying online click on PAY NOW and enter card details. Your card information is not kept by U3A Ringwood or STRIPE.

If not paying online you can get our account information from the invoice we sent you or from PAY OWING.

Paper Forms

The Membership Application Form is used to to join us but also lets you select the classes you want to enrol in. It can be download here or obtained by contacting our office. The completed form can be:

  • Posted to us with your cheque payment, to U3A Ringwood Inc, 35-39 Tortice Drive Ringwood North, Vic 3134 or

  • In Person: Call us on 0481 591 224 to make an appointment to arrange to meet at our Parkwood Office at a convenient time.

Advising Absences / Class Removal Requests

There are a number of options to let us know of absences or to request removal from a class.

  • Member Portal – 

    • Logon to Member Portal. Click on My Classes then click on the name of the class you want us to know about.

    • Depending on your screen size you will see a list menu options on left hand of the class description or a red circle with three lines in it. If it’s the red circle click on it.

    • Select Advise Absence or Withdraw from class as appropriate and enter information required. 

    • Repeat this process for other classes you want us to know about.

  • Call us on 0481 591 224

  • Send an email to admin@u3aringwood.org.au