Author: Southend Pensioners

AGM 24 Lottery Report

Report for the Year: October 2022 – September 2023 With the members support and help by buying lottery tickets to participate in the monthly lottery draw we have managed to raise £173.50 funding for the organisation. 19 members bought 76 numbers . Thank you for your generous support by contributing …

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AGM 24 Treasurer’s Report

Treasurers’s report for AGM 2024: October – September 2023 Dear Member, It has been an interesting, challenging and unusual year in 2023/4. Interesting because we have managed to survive Brexit, the pandemic and the cost of living crisis without any grants or sponsorship of any kind. We are completely self-funding. …

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AGM 24 Secretary’s Report

Secretary’s report for AGM 2024: March – February Another busy and interesting year with Committee and Members working well together, our monthly members meeting seem to run themselves!  That’s down to our dream teams. Raffle Team Diana and Hazel, and our Tea Team of Maureen, Brigitte, Zandra, Beverly.  We welcomed …

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August 2020 Digest

SOUTHEND & DISTRICT PENSIONER’S CAMPAIGN August 2020 “You know you have reached middle age when a broad mind and a narrow waist exchange places” Obesity In its wisdom the government in looking for something to blame has settled on peoples bodies. They call it a war.  I expect it will …

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Monthly Briefing June 2020

In Committee We heard from Balmoral that the ‘garden’ is now clear so we arranged to meet there on 15 June.  Howes provided chairs.  In the space available keeping our distance was no problem.  As the straws in the wind suggest the pubs will open shortly we decided to check …

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Monthly Briefing Feb 2020

Funding the BBC It won’t be long before some of us will again have to coff up for a licence to watch TV. Organisations like the National Pensioners Convention have been yelling and screaming on behalf of the over 75’s and Boris has ‘promised’ to make funding aunty a government …

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National Pensioner’s Convention

OLD PEOPLE’S DAY – 1st OCTOBER 2020 The Care Crisis – what questions do you want to ask? Dear NPC Member, The National Pensioner’s Convention intends to hold an emergency debate on the country’s ailing care sector for national Old People’s Day on Thursday, 1st October 2020. The details are still being …

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