National Pensioners Convention

The National Pensioners Convention ('NPC') is the principal organisation representing pensioners in the United Kingdom. It is made up of around 1,000 bodies representing 1.5 million members, organised into federal regional units.

Its objective is "to promote the welfare and interests of all pensioners, as a way of securing dignity, respect and financial security in retirement".

The NPC was founded by former Transport and General Workers' Union trade union leader, Jack Jones in 1979. He served as its President until 2001, when he was succeeded by Rodney Bickerstaffe, who had been general secretary of UNISON. Frank Cooper is the current President, with Neil Duncan-Jordan as National Officer.

External links

• Official site

This article about an organisation in the United Kingdom is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: United Kingdom organisation stubs Charities for the elderly Organizations established in 1979 Political pressure groups of the United Kingdom Seniors' organizations Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР Seebach, Baden-Württemberg Seelbach, Baden-Württemberg Look at other dictionaries: British National Party — For other uses, see British National Party (disambiguation). British National Party …   Wikipedia Rodney Bickerstaffe — (born 6 April 1945) has been president of the UK National Pensioners Convention and was leader of Britain s largest trade union, UNISON until 2001.Bickerstaffe s mother was unmarried at a time when it was considered shameful to be a single mother …   Wikipedia Jack Jones (trade union leader) — James Larkin Jones CH MBE (born March 29, 1913), known as Jack Jones, is a former British trade union leader and former General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union.Jones was born in Garston, Liverpool. He left school at 14 and… …   Wikipedia 2010 UK student protests — The official logo for the demonstration on 10 November. The 2010 UK student protests were a series of demonstrations that began in November 2010 in several areas of the United Kingdom, with the focal point of protests centred in London. The… …   Wikipedia Socialist Party (England and Wales) — Infobox British Political Party party name = Socialist Party party articletitle = Socialist Party (England and Wales) party leader = General Secretary: Peter Taaffe; Assistant General Secretary: Hannah Sell; Collective Leadership foundation =… …   Wikipedia Local Works — is the campaign coalition behind the Sustainable Communities Bill. It is now based in the campaign organisation Unlock Democracy, but was originally a campaign of the New Economics Foundation and, later, Active Citizens Transform.The Sustainable… …   Wikipedia Member organisations of Make Poverty History (UK) — Make Poverty History banner in front of Trades Union Congress. Make Poverty History was an anti poverty campaign, a coalition of charities, religious groups, trade unions and campaigning groups. Members of its British and Irish group were …   Wikipedia John McDonnell (politician) — Infobox MP honorific prefix = name = John McDonnell honorific suffix =MP |150px constituency MP = Hayes and Harlington parliament = majority = 10,847 (33.5%) predecessor = Terence Dicks successor = Incumbent term start = 1 May 1997 term end =… …   Wikipedia Solidar — is a group of European non governmental organisations (NGOs) which work in development and humanitarian aid, social policy, social service provision and life long learning. The alliance work internationally with trade unions, labour movement… …   Wikipedia Social Protection — ▪ 2006 Introduction With medical costs skyrocketing and government programs scaled back, citizens bore more responsibility for their health care costs; irregular migration, human trafficking, and migrant smuggling posed challenges for… …   Universalium 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”