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Are
you a Railway Pensioner?
The
British Transport Pensioners' Federation
is your
organisation
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- an appeal from St. Albans Museum for information about disused
railways in Hertfordshire - click here
for details. (If you are interested or can help, please contact the
museum direct.) |
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- BTPF Constitution - a new version
of the BTPF's Constitution was approved at the
Annual General Meeting on 17 March 2009. The new
Constitution is available for download on our News
Page. |
| Save the Great Western Railway Centre at Didcot - an important repository
of railway history - click here
to sign the Petition to 10 Downing Street. |
| Go to the Chairman's
Page for Sam Reed's seasonal message and download a copy of
BTPF's response to the Railway Pensions Commission's first report. Winter
2008/9 message now available. |
| Recruitment Poster - go to our News
Page to download a recruitment poster for Noticeboards and
Exhibitions. |
| For the
latest on the Railway Pensions Commission, go to our News
Page. We have received news of the results of the TOC Working Party. |
| National Pensioners'
Convention Campaigns
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Go to
our News
Page for reports on NPC activities and to download their regular
Campaign Bulletins |
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Pensioners' Parliament, Blackpool,
2nd-4th June 2009 - click here
to go direct to the NPC's website for further information about
these events.. |
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Arriva have announced a new bus service from Birmingham to Burton on
Trent, calling at the National Memorial Arboretum - go to our News
Page (Travel News) for further information and a bus timetable. |
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Money
Savers - a few useful tips
| Matinée Club - Sussex Branch invite
all BTPF members to join their
mailing list to obtain heavily discounted tickets to shows in London's
West End (and some regional theatres). There are occasional offers
for visits to places of interest, such as the Royal Academy Summer
Exhibition in August and the State Rooms at Buckingham Palace this
Autumn.
Forthcoming events: "Sister Act" at the London
Palladium - Sat 26 September 2009.
Visit to Shakespeare's Globe Theatre - Sat 17 October 2009. Go to Sussex
Page for details of these and other events. |
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'Bite' Discount Card
- click here
for details of how to obtain a Bite Card, giving 20% discount at a range
of food outlets at railway stations. |
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Oyster Card with
Privs. on tube and rail fares - go to our News
Page (Travel News) for details of how to get an Oyster Card,
which will save you money on public transport in London. |
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Mayflower
- an ER B1 loco photographed on the Nene Valley Railway by retired driver,
Len Creak
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Since it was formed in 1948, the British Transport Pensioners’
Federation has secured many financial benefits for railway pensioners and their
dependants, as well as improvements to travel facilities for retired staff. We
have representatives on the Board of Trustees and the Pensioners’ Committees
of the Pensions Section ‘Closed Fund’ and the BR
Superannuation Fund. We
have also secured representation on the Pensioners' Committees of many of
the new Funds applicable to the privatised railway.
Our
affiliation to the National Pensioners’ Convention
enables us to add our
strength to the campaign for improvements to the State Retirement Pension and
associated benefits.
With over 20,000 members, the Federation is recognised by both
Pension Fund Managers and government bodies as being truly representative of all
railway pensioners.
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The Federation and its sixty local branches are run entirely
by volunteers, who are themselves railway pensioners. But it’s not all
meetings and campaigning! – some branches also organise social activities and
keep in touch with members in their area.
Yet to remain truly representative, and to have an even
stronger voice, we need to continue increasing our numbers, especially among the
‘younger generation’ of pensioners and deferred pensioners. Membership is
open to anyone in receipt of (or with deferred rights to) a railway pension
and/or travel facilities, including widows and widowers of retired staff.
By joining one of our branches, you
will be able to keep in touch with fellow pensioners and ex-colleagues and make
new friends, as well as supporting the Federation’s voice and objectives.
Membership fees vary from branch to branch, but are always very modest.
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All
branches appreciate new members who are willing to get involved with running the
branch and organising activities
- this way the Federation will continue to grow
and thrive. |
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