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Pensioners Speak for Themselves at Northern Ireland “Pensioners Parliament”
Source: Age Sector Platform
'The best thing probably about the Pensioners Parliament is that it is from the bottom up, from the people on the ground.' - Nixon Armstrong, County Armagh MPP (Member of the Pensioners Parliament) Almost 200 pensioners attended the 2013 Northern Ireland Pensioners Parliament in Belfast,…
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Pensioners March on Stormont
Source: Belfast Telegraph
Original Source By Victoria O'Hara Hundreds of pensioners from across Northern Ireland facing financial crisis today braved the cold for a march on Stormont to urge the Executive to put political differences aside and help elderly people who can’t afford to heat their home and…
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Pensioners given the voice to fight against fuel poverty
Source: Irish News
Original Source Age Sector Platform is an Atlantic grantee. Photo: CAMPAIGN: Bill Carson, Alison McElhinney and Phil Evans at the age sector platform PICTURE: Hugh Russell FIFTY-ONE per cent of all households experiencing fuel poverty in Northern Ireland are pensioner households. In Northern Ireland almost…
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Northern Ireland Pensioners Parliament in Belfast, June 8-9, 2011
The Pensioners Parliament, Belfast from WIMPS.tv on Youtube. Footage from the first Northern Ireland Pensioners Parliament held in Belfast on Wednesday 8 and Thursday 9 June 2011 is now available to view here. The Pensioners Parliament, which is the first of its kind in Northern Ireland, allows…
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Pensioners’ Parliament: Strengthening Voice in Northern Ireland
Source: Age Sector Platform
Between 2005 and 2035, the proportion of Northern Ireland’s population of citizens older than 65 is expected to double. As a result, campaigning for policies that support healthy ageing and that push government to be responsive to the needs of older people is vital. The…
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The Pensioners Parliament Belfast
Footage from the very first 'local parliament' held in Belfast on Friday 4 March 2011, is now available to view here. The Pensioners Parliament, which is the first of its kind in Northern Ireland, allows older people from across the province to have their say…
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Northern Ireland Pensioners Parliament
Source: Age Sector Platform
The annual Northern Ireland Pensioners Parliament, launched in 2011, allows older people from across Northern Ireland to have their say on the issues that matter to them. 2013 marks the third year of the Parliament, which is organised by Age Sector Platform. > Learn more…
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Elderly people in NI 'living in fear of cuts'
Source: BBC
Elderly people in Northern Ireland are facing high levels of anxiety ahead of the Spending Review, a survey has found. The Centre for Ageing Research and Development has found considerable fear amongst the pensioners over reduced incomes, higher taxes and cuts in vital services. It…
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Ageism worse in downturn
Source: Irish Examiner
National University of Maynooth and Older and Bolder are Atlantic grantees. OLDER people are being wrongly blamed for the recession, campaigners warned yesterday. The Older and Bolder group, set up to fight government cuts to services for pensioners, claimed ageism is becoming worse in the…
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'Poor Can't Pay' campaign launched
Original Source Age Action, Barnardos, Focus Ireland, and St. Vincent de Paul are Atlantic grantees. by ELAINE EDWARDS TRADE UNIONS and non- governmental organisations (NGOs) have formed a joint campaign group to oppose proposed cuts in social welfare payments or the minimum wage. The move…
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