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.
Demonstrate against cuts to the Winter Fuel Allowance
Islington Pensioners Forum is supporting the demonstration organised by Hackney and Islington Unite Community on Tuesday 3 December outside Sainsburys at the Angel.
We will be leafleting and carol singing as part of a national action around energy bills and the cutting of the Winter Fuel Allowance to pensioners.
Read our latest newsletter!
The newsletter highlights key updates, activities and campaigns of the Islington Pensioners Forum, including items like cuts to winter fuel support, transition from tax credits, community events, and improvements in public toilet provision.
It advocates 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 October/November newsletter here
Next Forum meeting
Our Forum meetings are on the third Thursday of every month 10.30am-1pm
Our next meeting is:
21 November 10.30am. Speaker: Yannis Gourtsoyannis (Junior Doctor) on the NHS Crisis
Film afternoons
Held on the last Wednesday of the month at the Islington Pensioners Forum Hall (1A Providence Court, Providence Place N1 0RN, see location here)
Next film is on 27 November 12.30 pm, followed by lunch at 2.30 pm: £5. Contact Lydia on 07804 693461 to let her know you are coming.
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 Islington Pensioners Forum membership form. (PDF)
Call us on 020 7226 7687 or email ipf@islingtonpensionersforum.org
Read our latest newsletter here Newsletter October/November 2024
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.
Latest news
Topics for our next Forum meeting
December 29 2023We know that many of our members are sad that The Cares Family charity (formerly known as North London Cares) has run out of money and been forced to close, and because of the cuts in government funding, Islington Council … Read more
Peace is hard but possible
December 29 2023‘Daddy, I love you very much’. Those were the last words of Gordon Wilson’s daughter, Marie, on the 8 of November 1987. Both Gordon and Marie had been attending a Remembrance Day parade in the Northern Irish town of Enniskillen when a … Read more