Strategic Directions
Putting Strategies into Practice
U3A Network puts plans into practice
The Strategic Plan 2025-28, approved by member Associations at the 2025 Annual General Meeting, clearly defines a road map for the Network Management Committee over the next few years. The goals are aspirational and consistent with the objectives of the Network, and the integrated actions and expected results are practical, implementable and measurable.
The development of the Plan has been a collaborative effort. The next step now underway is the development of Operational Plans for each of the three Strategic Directions based on projects, proposals and actions within the Plan. Each year within the cycle it will be reviewed and a composite Operational Plan prepared, costed and linked to the annual budget.
This revision of the Strategic Plan focuses on achievable outcomes, taking into account resources available and the capacity for growth of U3A in challenging times. U3A Associations face similar challenges in developing their plans for the future so a similar approach to “achievable outcomes” in strategic plans is recommended.
Download the Strategic Plan 2025 – 2028
Operational Plans
The next step when a published Strategic Plan is in force is to develop Operational Plans that enable the broad strategic objectives to be realised in detailed task-orientated documents that describe what has to be done, assign committees to carry out the work and generally provide the outcomes described in the Strategic Plan.