Today’s Calling All Pensioners features a reaction from DAGE’s members to our latest pensioners’ outing to the coast, made possible by NHS Lewisham. Plus news from the National Pensioners Convention’s monthly bulletin for activists in the pensioners’ movement; and the campaign by the National Pensioners Convention for everyone to get their MP to sign up to early day motion 481, calling on the government to protect the winter fuel allowance at the current level.
Calling All Pensioners, Sunday 5 September, 2pm.
Calling All Pensioners!
September 5th, 2010 · 1 Comment
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Today the senior community faces a number of challenges to a happy and worry-free retirement. Pensioners and retirees have a feeling of helplessness and abandonment. They feel they have no control over their plight as companies and governments find this segment of our society easy pickings. Worries about keeping their homes, skyrocketing health costs and the ever increasing cost of food have many wondering what will happen to them as they age. Seniors need help in finding ways to alleviate these burdens. At this stage, they deserve a break on the high cost of living and a peaceful way of life.