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www.southendpensioners.org.uk President Jill Allen-King OBE Programme for 2026 21st January                Annie Riley “History of Variety Lunches” 18th February                Annual General Meeting 18th  March                    Laura Fletcher- Community Safety Officer 15th  April                      Ladybirds Song group                   20th  May                       Essex Wildlife Trust 17th  June                      Silvertime Legal 15th July                         Carol Mulroney   History …

“Digest”. October, 2025 “Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul”.  ( Samuel Ullman ). Last month’s Meeting: We enjoyed an interesting talk from Liz Payne from “Southend I n Sight”, which was formed in 2018, and was previously The Blind Welfare Association. Liz explained …

“ “I’d rather be over the hill than under it”.  RH. Last month’s Meeting: In August, we were fortunate to have a talk from one of our City’s leading Planning Officer’s, Claire Victory. Claire explained that the Council is currently working on a revised Plan which has evolved from 2019 …

National Pensioner’s Convention. “Issy” Isaacs learnt from the NPC recently, that the Government has formed a new Think Tank which is looking at options to change the State Pension. Government has revived the landmark Pensions Commission to examine why tomorrow’s pensioner’s are on track to be poorer than todays. I …

“Digest” – July, 2025 The object of government is the happiness of the common man. ( William, Lord Beveridge ). National Pensioner’s Convention. Very pleased to report that the NPC have successfully become Incorporated as a Company, Limited by Guarantee.and have been registered at Companies House. This will enable them …

“Digest” – June, 2025 “All would live long, but none would be old”  (Benjamin Franklin). Pensioners win campaign for Winter Fuel Payments. We are pleased to hear that the government has u-turned on it’s policy on Winter Fuel Payments, giving 9 million pensioner’s extra help to heat their homes and …

“Digest” – May 2025 Our Committee is complete: Jill Allen-King was elected as our President and Jean Howes was elected as our Chair at our Committee Meeting on Wednesday last. Issy Isaacs elected as Vice-Chair. Last month’s Meeting: Our Speaker was Jean Broadbent from Healthwatch which is funded by the …

“Digest” – April, 2025 Last month’s Meeting: We enjoyed an interesting talk from Tim Watts about the Lions who are an international charitable organisation with about 9,000 members in Britain. They respond with financial support when large catastrophes occur across the world. In the Leigh branch the average age is …

            Southend & District Pensioner’s Campaign                                                                     “Digest” – March 2025  Last month’s Meeting: We held our Annual General Meeting with a slightly increased attendance from last year. As we currently have no President to address us, we invited Dean  James, Energy Advisor from SAVS  to give a short …

            Southend & District Pensioner’s Campaign                                                             “Digest” – February, 2025                                      Most of the OAP’s on our recent cruise thought that AI stood for All Inclusive! We pensioners could have our own acronyms. Any ideas? Last month’s Meeting: In January, we hosted four managers from the Italian owned …

            Southend & District Pensioner’s Campaign                              “Digest” – January, 2025 Joke I hear that Kia, the car manufacturers, are producing a new model.  It’s called The Starmer.  (The Kia Starmer).   It’s a very strange car.  It only does U-Turns and when it reaches 65 the heater cuts out. Revd. Ron Wiffen …

Southend District Pensioner’s Campaign Established 1985 15th January                C2C           19th February             Annual General Meeting 19th March                   Tim Watts from Leigh Lions   16th April                     Jean Broadbent from Healthwatch. 21st  May                      Barry Linton, Essex Police “How to stay safe online Part 2.” 18th June                      Silvertime Legal “Tax, Care and the …

            Southend & District Pensioner’s Campaign                                             “Digest” – November 2024  I’m grateful to the Rev. Ron Wiffen for the following news. “ Police arrested 2 children.   One was drinking battery acid.  One was eating fireworks. They charged one and let the other one off. “ Last month’s Meeting:  Staying …

                          If you are a UK citizen living in an EU country all pensioners are still  entitled to the Winter Fuel Payment. Is this a joke, or what? Last month’s Meeting: Open Forum: Forty one people attended after much publicity from our Chair in the local press. We had a lot …