On Tuesday 6 September Age UK London, Greater London Forum for Older People and Transport for All held a Day of Action as part of its “On The Buses” campaign.
Author: Alice Woudhuysen
recently joined Age UK London as Communications and Campaigns Officer. A trained journalist, Alice spent three years working in legal publishing, as a writer and editor, before entering the charity sector. She worked as an intern on Macmillan Cancer Support's flagship fundraising event, the World's Biggest Coffee Morning, and then worked as Communications Officer for Guy's and St Thomas' Charity. You can contact Alice on 020 7820 6778 or awoudhuysen@ageuklondon.org.uk
Age UK Protesters Force Ministers to Delay the Pensions Bill
Exciting news… following my last post, the hundreds of women who converged on Westminster on the 18 May to lobby their MPs – some with their husbands – have forced the Government to rethink its plans over pensions. Congratulations to all of those women and everyone else who wrote to their local MP!
Clickety-Click, Women’s State Pension Age Rises to 66!
Today, hundreds of women aged 51 to 58 from all over the country will be descending on Westminster to protest against the Government’s plans to increase the State Pension Age for women to 66 by 2020.