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Age Action's Spring Raffle Winners

Congratulations to the winners of the 2021 Spring Raffle and to all those who supported this year’s campaign. We are so grateful to the many hundreds of people who support us and with your help we raised valuable funds for our advocacy and programmes work with older people.

1st

J Doran
Co Dublin

2nd         

J O'Sullivan
Co Cork

3rd

I Coghlan
Co Dublin

Sellers Prize

U Smiley
Co Dublin

Thank you to all who supported the raffle, this is one of our biggest and most reliable fundraisers, so your support makes all the difference

Fair and Flexible Pensions for All - Next Steps

The STOP67 campaign set out its strategy and policy objectives at a webinar on Wednesday, 28th April.

The STOP67 Campaign hosted the webinar in the wake of the successful campaign to repeal the legislation raising the pension age to 67. With the public consultation of the Pension Commission concluded and the Government awaiting their report, the discussion focused on the opportunity to create a fair and flexible pension system for all that would address income security, adequacy and choice for older people.

Hosted by NWCI, the webinar included inputs from Age Action, SIPTU, Active Retirement Ireland, INOU and SpunOut. Representatives of the main political parties, including Fianna Fáil, the Green Party, Sinn Féin, the Labour Party and the People Before Profit participated iln the webinar aong with a range of other organisations and interested groups.

1 Week to Go to Make Your Voice Heard on Pensions

(2 March 2021)  There is one week left to contribute to the public consultation undertaken by the Pensions Commission.

The Pensions Commission was established as part of a Government commitment to look at ways to ensure the sustainability of State Pensions and the Social Insurance Fund into the future following a sustained campaign by many organsiations including Age Action as part of the STOP67 Coalition.

The Sunday Business Post conducted  poll shows that 66% of people don’t want to see an increase in the pension age. That means 2 out of every 3 voters across all ages and political parties support the demands of our campaign. 

Your voice and work experience is essential to this debate. 

 

Advocacy groups say nursing homes must be subject to human rights inspections

(2 March 2021) 

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has said the pandemic has shown that older people living in residential care are not getting the protection and care they need. And it’s clear that there are problems in other residential settings, such as Direct Provision, as well.

ICCL, Age Action and Sage Advocacy believe the solution to this is independent, human rights-focused inspections. The government is talking about such a system, but it’s essential that residential institutions and care homes are included. Ireland’s sad history in this regard shows us why this is so important.

Winter Warmer Raffle 2020 Winners!

Congratulations to the winners of the 2020 Winter Warmer Raffle and to all those who supported this year’s campaign. We are so grateful to the many hundreds of people who support us and with your help we raise much needed funds for our work with older people.

 

1st M. Killian  Dublin €1,500.00

 

2nd M. Finglas Dublin €1,000.00

 

3rd C. Garvey Co. Dublin €500.00

 

4th B. Bates Dublin €100.00

 

Thank you to all who supported the raffle, this is one of our biggest and most reliable fundraisers, so your support makes all the difference.

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