WOULD YOU LIKE TO SIGN OUR ON-
Please encourage all your relatives and friends to sign too
ARMED FORCES PENSION GROUP
(Represented by)
AFPG LIMITED
The Mathom House
9 Broadmead Green
Thorpe End
Norwich.
NR13 5DE
Arthur Watters Cycle Ride
Arthur Watters the best man at Nigel’s wedding some 41 years ago, who is also an old school friend, is cycling the length of the United Kingdom and is seeking to raise money for the Royal British Legion (RBL).
He, and his family, are bearing all the costs but would welcome contributions to the RBL. Arthur has agreed that donations to the RBL from our members and friends may contain a reference to AFPG. In this way we will be able to calculate how much AFPG has contributed and draw this to the attention of RBL, RBL is aware of our campaign and is supportive of our quest for “Equality”.
If you can make a donation against the website, link shown below, it would be most welcome.
UK.Virginmoneygiving.com/there-
Nigel’s 69 year old friend, who recently had a Double Hip replacement is well aware of our cause and welcomes this opportunity to give some support in this way.
EfVA’s incorrect Statement on their Website
Whilst AFPG endorses the principle of "Equality" we consider it correct to inform
members of EfVA and readers of the AFPG website that there are inaccuracies insomuch
that EfVA is 'passing-
However, AFPG would like it known that whereas AFPG, CAFF www.caffuk.co.uk and EfVA complement the aim to obtain equality of pensions for those who served for less than 22 years prior to April 1975 and who were thus denied recognition for the pensionable years served, it is important that there should not be the following misconception as written on their website:
EfVA has no relationship with AFPG.
EfVA was not established in 1992 but after March 2010.
EfVA has not taken over and does not do the work previously undertaken by AFPG.
AFPG is only too willing to work with other organisations to obtain fair treatment for those who were serving as volunteers between 1949 and 1975 and who have been denied a pension. Our current aim is to get Parliament to honour the Military Covenant as written by the last Government and which was supported by the then opposition and is today seemingly promoted as the work of today's coalition Government.
The wording below has been copied from the EfVA website.
Company Description for Equality for Veterans Association (EfVA).
Established in 1992, Equality for Veterans Association has over 17 years of experience in the Service Charity arena, and provides support to Service Veterans throughout the UK and overseas. The association Chairman is located in Rustington (Littlehampton).
The Association incorporates activities previously undertaken by the Armed Forces
Pension Group (AFPG) and through the Equality activity stream of the Association
will continue to seek to rectify the inequality in occupational pensions for UK ex-
The Association is managed by an Executive Management Committee (EMC) who have been
focusing on the Ex-
There is no other comment to make.
AFPG LIMITED IS ALIVE AND WELL, THANKS TO YOU.
Since writing to members and also sending by email in the matter of the Articles of Association for AFPG, Jim Filby and I have received over 1000 responses by letter and email. In response the generosity of members has been astounding.
The cost of postage in terms of stamps, print, envelopes and papers came to almost £1000. Communicating by letter post remains a need. There remain almost 1200 members who do not have easy access to either email and/or the web, hence the expense. Funds of AFPG Limited had, as I am sure many of you are aware, had been depleted and there was doubt as to whether we would be able to continue to communicate by post. Since the letter we have received email addresses for many more members which will help to reduce costs in the future.
Of even greater significance is the fact that so many members have come up trumps.—
AFPG has received donations in excess of over £9000 .
Over the coming weeks I shall be writing to – by post or email – to each donor expressing AFPG’s thanks. To those of you awaiting an acknowledgement, I apologise for the delay but please be assured that all monies are accounted for and will be spent solely in pursuit of the aims of AFPG. In the coming days the Management Team will meet and consider the next steps. One suggestion I will be putting forward is that there should be a meeting, this time in London, at the Union Jack Club – your Club / my Club – in Waterloo. However, please let Jim or I know your views. The Management Team still needs to expand. If there were more involved on a day to day basis I could have replied to each correspondent by now!
Please consider if you can help by giving your time.
Parliament 2010 is a good place to start. Making your MP aware of the issues. Discussing
the MoD’s so inaccurate response is the real starting point. Phrases like in these
days of financial constraints “we can’t deal with legacy issues” are a cop out. We
must however be realistic. No Government is going to say ‘because you have been treated
wrongly we will pay pensions back to the date when you should have qualified’. We
should be explaining that we want payment from NOW. Similarly we should be considering
what we mean by Equality. As the ‘card’ that we produced at the AGM states “Equality
with whom, with what”. We cannot expect Equality with those leaving the service today.
We want Equality with our contemporaries. We want to be treated no less than the
Civil Servants who are the ONLY other Crown employees and the only other group whose
pension is non-
Please work on your MP. To date I have received letters from 42 MP's. So far follow-
Nigel H Lodge Director,
AFPG Limited
STATEMENT OF INTENT
Our aim is to secure equality of pensions for former regular members of the Armed Forces who served for fewer than 22 years at any time to April 1975 and who were discharged before 5th April 1975. This also applies to those regulars who were discharged prior to 1981 who do not meet the criteria of length of service and age. We ask Her Majesty's Government for pension rights based on years of service and related, pro rata, to pensions received by contemporaries who completed 22 years of service..
MEMBERSHIP
Membership of the Armed Forces Pension Group is open to all ex-
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