Islington Pensioners Forum

We are a membership organisation established in 1986 providing a voice for the pensioners of Islington about the issues affecting them. We champion the rights and dignity of pensioners, locally, London-wide and nationally and our aim is to reduce isolation and loneliness.

Read our latest newsletter!

The newsletter highlights key updates, activities and campaigns of the Islington Pensioners Forum, including items like changes in winter fuel support, transition from tax credits, community events, and improvements in public toilets. It showcases a commitment to advocating for the rights and well-being of older individuals in the community. Stay informed about important issues, upcoming events, and initiatives aimed at supporting and engaging Islington pensioners.

Download the August/September newsletter here. 

Next Forum meetings

Our Forum meetings are on the third Thursday of every month 10.30am-1pm

There was no Forum meeting in August – our next meetings are:

• 17 October. Mike Higgins on Disability Rights
• 19 September. Yannis Gourtsoyannis (Junior Doctor) on the NHS Crisis

Film afternoons

On the last Wednesday of the month in the IPF office at 1A Providence Court, Providence Place,

• 25 September Bagdad Café:  A lonely German woman ends up in the most desolate motel on earth and decides to make it brighter. 
• 29 October The Kite Runner – follows the journey of Amir, a young boy from Kabul, set against the tumultuous background of Afghanistan’s history.

Join us on a day trip to Eastbourne!

Wednesday 4 September

Ring Lydia to book a place 07804 693461

Come to IPF and Highbury View Residents Annual Garden Party!

Saturday 14th September 1pm to Dusk
Food Music and good company!
Entrance by garden gate 89 Ronalds Road, N5 1XQ

Our IPF Committee

We elected our Committee at our July AGM to take us forward over the next year, delighted to see many familiar faces and some new ones.

Re-elected were: Bob Collins (chair), Frances Bradley, Joyce Herron, David Milner, Dot Gibson, Pam Zinkin, Annette Thomas, Luke Daniels and Eddie Zissler. Newly elected are: Elaine Durack (Secretary), Felicia Puddicombe and Jan Pollock.

INFORMATION ABOUT ISLINGTON PENSIONERS FORUM

Through our monthly Forum meeting at Islington Town Hall and by sending out our monthly newsletter we highlight issues that affect older people such as the state pension and health services. We campaign to raise awareness and make changes to save post offices, the freedom pass and anything that affects pensioners.

We send out 800 newsletters a month to 500 individual members and 300 organisations. We now aim to extend that reach online and to all generations as these issues that we highlight affect everyone. You too will be old! If you’re lucky…

Any pensioners living in Islington are welcome to join us. Just fill in the membership form and send it back to us IPF-membership-form. (PDF)

Call us on 020 7226 7687 or email ipf@islingtonpensionersforum.org

Read our latest newsletter here Newsletter September 2023

Islington Pensioners Forum, 1a Providence Court, Providence Place, Upper Street, London N1 0RN.   We are in the alley next to Screen On The Green cinema opposite Islington Green.

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