Beacon Subscription Fees Frozen
Third Age Trust Trading has announced that the fees payable by u3as for using Beacon has been frozen at £1 per member for the 2021/22 financial year.
Third Age Trust Trading has announced that the fees payable by u3as for using Beacon has been frozen at £1 per member for the 2021/22 financial year.
Photo by Stephen Phillips – Hostreviews.co.uk on Unsplash Roy Biggs, the Team Lead for on-going help, gives us the following tips on how to maximise the chances of your Beacon email being delivered successfully, and how to approach problem-solving if problems do arise. An Insight to email Issues When a problem occurs with Beacon email, […]
Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Our Beacon 2 development partner, APT Solutions, has issued the following message to all u3a members. As we approach the end of the year we wanted to share a brief u3a-wide update on the ‘New Beacon’ project and outline our current plans for the new year. Project Update & […]
Beacon People is a series of posts about u3a volunteers working on the Beacon project. Today we feature Marian Luck. Marian is one of the unsung heroes. She works behind the scenes keeping the Beacon project organised. The Beacon team know her and rely on her, but she may be less well known to Beacon […]
mailto:info@beacon.u3a.org.ukIt’s always been the plan that the Beacon Upgrade Project will involve Beacon users at every stage. With your help we will ensure that Beacon 2 meets the needs of every u3a. One way we are doing this is by including various pilot stages throughout the project. The first of these will take place during […]
Thinking of moving to Beacon? There’s no need to wait for Beacon 2. Joining now will aid your journey to Beacon 2.
Beacon People is a series of posts about u3a volunteers working on the Beacon project. Today we feature Frank Bailey, the Beacon national support lead. Frank’s role is demanding. Not only does he oversee the current Beacon system but he’s also the senior member of the Beacon 2 team. This is what Frank told Beacon […]
The first delivery of Beacon 2 software will happen by the end of this month. That will be the signal for the teams of Beacon 2 volunteers to spring into action.
Beacon 2 will include the ability tio write your own reports. But what reports would you like to see out of the box?
The specification documents for Beacon 2 have now been added to this site. Each document has its own page and there’s also an index allowing you to browse the documents. The Beacon User Forum has a new sub-topic for informal discussion of the specifications. The Beacon Help Centre will shortly be expanded to allow formal […]