Beacon Members Portal – Help Document
If you have not done so already 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”.
- If you have NOT previously set a password then click “Register for a membership account” in blue writing towards the bottom of the box (Do not enter email address / password).
- You will then get a screen asking you to fill in 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. If you share your email address with another member, we suggest for simplicity that you create an account for each member using different passwords. - 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 your recently created password. Click Confirm identity.
- 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.