Beacon Members Portal

You will need to register with the Beacon Members Portal and set a password before you can renew on-line. Click here to view the full help document.

Briefly the process is as follows:

Click here to access the Portal, you will see login screen titled “Please identify yourself”.
Enter your email address and click on Confirm Identity.
If you have previously registered you will now see a screen asking for your password. After entering this click Confirm Identity again to enter the portal.
If you have NOT previously set a password then you will next see a screen asking for five pieces of your data as below.

Membership number
Forename
Surname
Postcode
e-mail

Type these in and click Confirm Identity.

Next you will see a screen asking you to create and confirm your chosen password.
N.B. When 2 registered members share an email address and use the same password, they will be asked to identify which member is signing in by selecting from a drop-down list.
When you have done this, click Update Account.
You will get a screen saying u3a Members Portal sign up successful and that Beacon will send you an email to your email address.
Go to your email and click the link in the email. If the email is not in your Inbox look in your Spam folder (N.B. This link in only valid for one hour)
This will open a new browser window taking you back to the new login screen – you will see that there is a message saying your email has been verified.
Now fill in your email address and click Confirm identity then enter your recently created password and click Confirm identity once more.
After successful sign-in you will be taken to the Members Portal Home page.
Next time you want to go to the Members Portal you will only need to enter your email address and your chosen password.