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| 07/03/09 | HM Treasury - Pension 0% Increase |
Section 59 of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 (as amended) provides for public service pensions to be increased annually by the same percentage as additional pensions (State Earnings Related Pension and State Second Pension). As the Minister of State (Pensions and the Ageing Society) has confirmed, benefits such as the additional pensions would be not be uprated from April 2010, as the increase in the Retail Prices Index in the 12 months to September 2009 was negative (-1.4%). Therefore public service pensions will also not be uprated from April 2010, i.e. benefits will remain at current cash levels. Annual uprating decisions in future years will be made as part of the usual Pre-Budget Report process.
| 05/03/09 | State Pensions Reform - Briefing Pack for Advisors |
This pack will support any adviser whose customers wish to understand how they may be affected by changes to state pensions coming into effect from 6 April 2010. These changes, which will make state pensions simpler, fairer and more widely available, will have wide-ranging effects.
http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/third-party-briefing-pack.pdf
| 01/03/09 | Sheffield Branch Draft Constitution |
Since its inauguration the Sheffield Branch has relied on the National Constitution to provide its procedures. However, it is recommended that each branch has its own constitution which, whilst being close a mirror to the National document, has the capability of being revised by the branch. To facilitate this a Draft Sheffield Branch Constitution has been prepared with a hope that it will be accepted at the Branch AGM on Monday 19th April 2010. Please click on the link below to view the draft, and we would welcome any comments that you may wish to make.
>> Sheffield Branch Draft Constitution
| 27/02/09 | Request for Assistance |
Chris Wood who is restoring an ex Sheffield pump RWB 999 could do with help regarding two items:
- Does anyone remember if RWB 999 was stationed at Lowedges in 1965
- To make displays more authentic Chris would like to obtain Sheffield Firecoat buttons. For each button received he will make a donation to the NARF Sheffield funds.
If you do have any buttons, or can help with RWB's location, please contact info@narfsheffield.org.uk
| 19/02/09 | Volunteers Needed for Psychological Study |
Volunteers are needed to participate in a short experiment on learning sequences of tones or sequences of visual shapes. The protocols involves individuals aged 40-70, with good, or corrected, seeing and hearing to listen and view short sequences of tones or shapes presented on a computer and to make a button press responses. The total time for participation is approximately 45 minutes. The study is approved by the Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, and conducted under the supervision of Professors Lawrence Parsons and Rosemary Varley (of the Human Communication Sciences, University of Sheffield). The experiment will take place in the Department of Psychology, (junction of Western Bank & Northumberland Road).
If you are interested please contact Andrius Vabalas pca07av@sheffield.ac.uk
| 4/02/09 | Red Cross Donation |
In line with the members wishes a £50 donation has been made to the British Red Cross. Please click on the link below to view their acknowledgement.
| 20/01/09 | Letter from Ann Wharam |
" Many thanks for attending Eric's funeral in November. I wonder if you would kind enough to pass on my thanks for the donation to St Luke's, received from the National Association of Retired Firefighters.
Kind Regards
A. Wharam".
| 12/01/10 | HMRC - Minimum Pension Age |
As part of the pension reforms announced by the government in 2003, the normal minimum pension age will rise from 50 to 55 from 6 April 2010. After that date, people will normally only be allowed to start receiving their pension payments from an occupational or a personal pension scheme when they are 55 or older. >>This document gives more information.
| 08/01/10 | Pension Credit Payment Pilot: Summary of Consultation Responses |
Department for Work and Pensions summary of responses to a consultation on a pilot pension credit payment model and its design. >>View the document
| 07/01/10 | Severe Weather Info - Derbyshire County Council |
Dear Colleagues -
Severe Weather
I attach a copy of a Press Release that has been issued by Derbyshire County Council. Please use these messages as you think appropriate. >>View Press Release
Social Care staff are doing an excellent job maintaining services to vulnerable people in, sometimes, very difficult circumstances. Where necessary we are using 4 x 4 vehicles from Council services and the voluntary organisations to assist them. However, during these conditions other members of the public may have difficulty because of the disruption to services.
It is important that elected members, local authority staff, local community members and voluntary agency staff also use their own networks to check that relatives, neighbours and members of their own communities are coping during this period of snow and ice and to remind them of the key messages in the attached.
I assure you that we are using all our contacts to try and reinforce these key messages and providing support to people where needed.
If you need any further information or you know of further assistance needed in communities please let me know.
Yours faithfully
Ian Shuttleworth
Chief Emergency Planning Officer
| 04/01/10 | Message From General Secretary - Pension Info |
Following a number of phone calls over the Christmas Period, and to stop certain rum ours that some of you believe that the Public Service Pension increase will be 2.4% In April. I make the following statement:
At present there is no figure out for the Public Service Pension Rise. The chances of a rise in the Public Service Pension in April is NIL as this is set by the RPI on the last working day in September each year so in September 2009 it was minus 1.4% (-1.4%).
The 2.4% rise that has been mention is for Age Related Pension (Old Age Pension) which takes place in April 2010.
As soon as I have more news I will let you know.
John Littleton
NARF National General Secretary
| 19/12/09 | Bud Roberts |
Bud has now had his hip replacement, and is on the road to recovery.
| 16/12/09 | Letter from Barbara Boyd |
Dear Ted,
Please convey my thanks to everyone who attended my Dad's funeral. We all appreciated them being there and it showed me how much my Dad was liked and respected.
My thanks also go to you for all the offers of assistance you gave me during this difficult time.
Dad would have hated all this fuss and palaver, as he would have called it, but on behalf of all the Scruton family my I send my good wishes and thanks to you and all the members of N.A.R.F.
Yours sincerely,
Barbara Boyd (daughter of Brian Scruton)
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If it isn't, it can easily be renewed by logging on to the following site >Application for Health Insurance Card (EHIC)